Season 2008

XXIX Edition • Pesaro, 9-23 August 2008

Teatro Rossini - 9 August, at 21.00
Il presagio romantico
Tenor
Juan Diego Flórez
with the partecipation of JULIA LEZHNEVA
Conductor ALBERTO ZEDDA
CORO DA CAMERA DI PRAGA
Chorus Master Jaroslav Brych
ORQUESTRA DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA
(Musical Director Lorin Maazel)
Pieces from La donna del lago e Guillaume Tell


Adriatic Arena (Teatro 1)
Sunday 10 August, at 20.00
Wednesday 13 August, at 20.00
Saturday 16 August, at 20.00
Tuesday 19 August, at 20.30
Thursday 21 August, at 20.00
ERMIONE
Azione tragica in due atti by Andrea Leone Tottola
Music by Gioachino Rossini
Critical edition Fondazione Rossini/Universal Music Publishing Ricordi, edited by Patricia B. Brauner and Philip Gossett
Conductor ROBERTO ABBADO
Director DANIELE ABBADO
Co-Director BORIS STETKA
Settings GRAZIANO GREGORI
Costumes CARLA TETI
Lighting designer GUIDO LEVI
Interpreters
Ermione SONIA GANASSI
Andromaca MARIANNA PIZZOLATO
Pirro GREGORY KUNDE
Oreste ANTONINO SIRAGUSA
Pilade FERDINAND VON BOTHMER
Fenicio NICOLA ULIVIERI
Cleone IRINA SAMOYLOVA
Cefisa CRISTINA FAUS
Attalo RICCARDO BOTTA
CORO DA CAMERA DI PRAGA
Chorus Master Jaroslav Brych
ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA
New coproduction with Fondazione Lirico Sinfonica Petruzzelli e Teatri di Bari


Teatro Rossini
Monday 11 August, at 20.00
Thursday 14 August, at 20.00
Sunday 17 August, at 20.00
Friday 22 August, at 20.00
L’EQUIVOCO STRAVAGANTE
Dramma giocoso per musica in due atti by Gaetano Gasbarri
Music by Gioachino Rossini
Critical edition Fondazione Rossini/Universal Music Publishing Ricordi, edited by Marco Beghelli and Stefano Piana
Conductor UMBERTO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI
Director EMILIO SAGI
Settings FRANCESCO CALCAGNINI
Costumes PEPA OJANGUREN
Lighting designer GUIDO LEVI
Interpreters
Ernestina MARINA PRUDENSKAJA
Gamberotto BRUNO DE SIMONE
Buralicchio MARCO VINCO
Ermanno DMITRY KORCHAK
Rosalia AMANDA FORSYTHE
Frontino RICARDO MIRABELLI
CORO DA CAMERA DI PRAGA
Chorus Master Pavel Vanek
ORCHESTRA HAYDN DI BOLZANO E TRENTO

Adriatic Arena (Teatro 2)
Tuesday 12 August, at 20.00
Friday 15 August, at 20.00
Monday 18 August, at 20.00
Wednesday 20 August, at 20.00
Saturday 23 August, at 20.00
MAOMETTO II
Dramma per musica in due atti by Cesare Della Valle
Music by Gioachino Rossini
Critical edition Fondazione Rossini/Universal Music Publishing Ricordi, edited by Claudio Scimone
Conductor GUSTAV KUHN
Director MICHAEL HAMPE
Settings ALBERTO ANDREIS
Costumes CHIARA DONATO
Lighting designer FRANCO MARRI
Interpreters
Paolo Erisso FRANCESCO MELI
Anna MARINA REBEKA
Calbo DANIELA BARCELLONA / HADAR HALEVY (20.VIII)
Condulmiero ENRICO IVIGLIA
Maometto II MICHELE PERTUSI
Selimo COSIMO PANOZZO
CORO DA CAMERA DI PRAGA
Chorus Master Lubomír Mátl
ORCHESTRA HAYDN DI BOLZANO E TRENTO
New coproduction with TheaterBremen

Teatro Rossini
Tuesday 19 August, at 17.00
Malibran
For the bicentenary of Maria Malibran
Mezzosoprano
Joyce DiDonato
With the participation of AMANDA FORSYTHE
Conductor LEONARDO VORDONI
CORO DA CAMERA DI PRAGA
Chorus Master Lubomír Mátl
ORCHESTRA HAYDN DI BOLZANO E TRENTO
Musics by W.A. Mozart, G. Rossini, V. Bellini

Teatro Rossini
Wednesday 20 August, at 17.00
Stabat Mater
for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Editor Universal Music Publishing Ricordi
Conductor ALBERTO ZEDDA
Interpreters
JULIA LEZHNEVA, soprano
DANIELA BARCELLONA, mezzosoprano
CELSO ALBELO, tenor
MIRCO PALAZZI, bass
CORO DA CAMERA DI PRAGA
Chorus Master Lubomír Mátl
ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA

Teatro Sperimentale
Monday 28 July, at 20.00
FESTIVAL GIOVANE
Accademia Rossiniana
Concert
ANNA BIGLIARDI, piano

Teatro Rossini
Friday 15 August, at 11.00
Monday 18 August, at 11.00
Il viaggio a Reims
Cantata scenica - Words by Luigi Balocchi
Music by Gioachino Rossini
Critical Edition Fondazione Rossini/Universal Music Publishing Ricordi, edited by Janet Johnson
Conductor DENIS VLASENKO
Settings and Director EMILIO SAGI
Co-director ELISABETTA COURIR
Costumes PEPA OJANGUREN
Lighting designer GUIDO LEVI
Interpreters 
Corinna CRISTINA OBREGÓN
Marchesa Melibea TAMARA KLIVADENKO (15 August) SALTANAT MURATBEKOVA (18 August)
Contessa di Folleville RINNAT MORIAH
Madama Cortese MICHELA ANTENUCCI
Cavalier Belfiore YIJIE SHI
Conte di Libenskof  ALEXEY KUDRYA
Lord Sidney  ALEXEY YAKIMOV
Don Profondo MARCO FILIPPO ROMANO
Barone di Trombonok VALDIS JANSONS
Don Alvaro DAVIDE FERSINI
Don Prudenzio JAN MARTINIK
Don Luigino ANICIO ZORZI GIUSTINIANI
Delia EMANUELA BRUNGA
Maddalena/Modestina  GUADALUPE PAZ
Antonio  JUSSI MERIKANTO
Zefirino/Gelsomino PABLO ANTONIO MARTÍN REYES

ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA

Teatro Rossini
Wednesday 13 August, at 17.00
Sunday 17 August, at 17.00
Friday 22 August, at 17.00

CONCERTI DI BELCANTO
Wednesday 13 August
CARMELA REMIGIO
Leone Magiera, piano
Music by W.A. Mozart, G. Rossini, F. Liszt, G. Verdi

Sunday 17 August
LAWRENCE BROWNLEE
Rosetta Cucchi, piano
Music by G. Rossini, G. Donizetti, H.T. Burleigh,
C.-T. Perkinson, H. Johnson

Friday 22 August
PATRIZIA CIOFI
Carmen Santoro, piano
Music by G. Fauré, H. Duparc, G. Charpentier,
J. Massenet, P. Viardot, L. Delibes, G. Rossini,
G. Donizetti, G. Meyerbeer


Auditorium di Palazzo Montani Antaldi
Monday 11 August, at 11.00

LUCIA!
LUCIA VALENTINI TERRANI
AL ROSSINI OPERA FESTIVAL (1982-1992)

Projection of the dvd edited by
Alberto Pancrazi


Ticket prices

ADRIATIC ARENA - Teatri 1 e 2
Ermione
Tier centre stalls E 125
Tier side seat E 65
Circle (unreserved seats)* E 30

Maometto II
Tier centre stalls E 125
Tier side seat E 65
Circle (unreserved seats)* E 30

TEATRO ROSSINI
Il presagio romantico
Stalls E 125
Seat in box category A and B E 100
Seat in box category C and Seat in box 4th floor E 60
Upper circle (unreserved seats)* E 20

L’equivoco stravagante
Stalls E 125
Seat in box category A E 110
Seat in box category B E 65
Seat in box category C E 50
Seat in box 4th floor E 40
Upper circle (unreserved seats)* E 20

Malibran
Stalls E 60
Seat in box 1st, 2nd & 3rd floor E 40
Seat in box 4th floor E 30
Upper circle (unreserved seats)* E 20

Stabat Mater
Stalls E 60
Seat in box 1st, 2nd & 3rd floor E 40
Seat in box 4th floor E 30
Upper circle (unreserved seats)* E 20

Festival giovane (Il viaggio a Reims)
All seats E 20
Under 26 and over 65* E 10

Concerti di Belcanto
All seats E 20

TEATRO SPERIMENTALE
Festival giovane (Accademia Rossiniana)
All seats E 10

Plus 10% booking fee on ticket price
* Only for Box Office sales

YOUTH TICKETS
Limited to performances taking place in Theatres 1 and 2 of the Adriatic Arena and restricted to the Tier side seat. 30 E for under 26 year-olds: Ermione, Maometto II; 1 E for under 14 year-olds accompanied by an adult: Ermione, Maometto II.