AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 13, 2025
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Music by Pietro Mascagni
Melodrama in one act
Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci
Santuzza Teresa Romano
Alfio Fabián Velóz
Turiddu Amadi Lagha
Lucia Eleonora Filipponi
Lola Francesca Cucuzza
PAGLIACCI
Music by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Drama in a prologue and two acts
Libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Nedda, in the play Colombina Daniela Schillaci
Canio, in the play Pagliaccio Amadi Lagha
Tonio, in the play Taddeo Fabián Velóz
Beppe, in the play Arlecchino Giuseppe Infantino
Silvio, farmer Hae Kang
Conductor Aldo Sisillo
Director Plamen Kartaloff
Sets Giacomo Andrico
Costumes Nella Emil Dimitrova-Stoyanova
Lighting Stefano Mazzanti
ORCHESTRA OF EMILIA-ROMAGNA ARTURO TOSCANINI
MODENA LYRIC CHOIR
Chorus Master Corrado Casati
NEW PRODUCTION
Coproduction Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena, Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza, Teatro Galli di Rimini and Teatro dell’Opera di Sofia
The well-known story of the troubled love between the two young lovers is directed by Sebastiano Rolli who, after studying Chamber Music and Composition at the Conservatories of Parma and Milan, embarked on a brilliant career conducting prestigious ensembles in Italy and abroad. Andrea De Rosa, a director of drama and opera, has collaborated with prestigious conductors, and in recent years has worked at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg.
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GALLI THEATRE RIMINI
Erected between 1843 and 1856, the Amintore Galli Theater was inaugurated in 1857 with the first performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aroldo. The project and neoclassical style were designed by Luigi Poletti, an architect and engineer of the Papal States. Originally called the “New Theater,” it changed its name in 1859 to Vittorio Emanuele II Theater. Only later, in 1947, was it dedicated to the composer Amintore Galli (1845-1919). The theater’s activity was interrupted in 1943 when the building was severely destroyed by World War II bombings: the auditorium and stage collapsed, while the foyer remained almost intact.
On October 28, 2018, after 75 years of silence, the theater was reopened to the public, welcomed by the extraordinary voice of one of the world’s opera stars, Cecilia Bartoli. The inaugural program continued for three months, with special events such as the theatrical performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, conducted by Valerij Gergiev with the orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg, and the show by world-renowned dance artist Roberto Bolle, Roberto Bolle and Friends.
