TheatreHD Opera Club in GUM Cinema. I due Foscari. Special screening with Alla Sigalova
Оперный клуб TheatreHD в Кинозале ГУМ. Двое Фоскари. Спецпоказ с Аллой Сигаловой
On October 20 at 7:00 PM, the TheatreHD Opera Club at the GUM Cinema Hall presents "I Due Foscari" — a rare bel canto gem and one of Verdi's most deeply moving operas, live from the legendary La Scala! Starring the magnificent Plácido Domingo in the lead role.
The screening will be introduced by Alla Sigalova — choreographer, educator, professor, and head of the Movement Department at the Moscow Art Theatre School. In 2016, she was invited to La Scala by director Alvis Hermanis to serve as choreographer for this very production. So we're in for a first-hand account!
- 18:45 – guests arrive, a complimentary offerinfg from Simple
"I Due Foscari" is a story about fathers and sons, based on a drama by Byron. The Doge of Venice, Francesco Foscari, is torn between his duty to the state and his love for his son. His heir, Jacopo, has been unjustly condemned by the Council of Ten for a murder he did not commit. The tragedy unfolds against amber-hued Venetian sets that symbolise a dying grandeur. The city in its golden sunset is a bizarre carnival mask, hiding an abyss of cruelty behind it. Hermanis's production is a masterclass in how direction can be invisible yet absolutely precise. It never distracts the listener from the singing, yet it creates exactly the right atmosphere of pressure and hopelessness.
The role of Doge Francesco Foscari was sung by Plácido Domingo in his new baritone register, which suits him remarkably well. At the time of the recording, the maestro was 75, and he had already sung this role in Los Angeles, London, and Vienna. Beside him on stage are Francesco Meli (Jacopo) and Anna Pirozzi (Lucrezia), both utterly convincing in their roles. At the podium, maestro Michele Mariotti — widely regarded as one of the finest Verdi conductors of our time.
TheatreHD Opera Club at the GUM cinema hall
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Teatro alla Scala: I due Foscari
20 October, Tuesday
19:00 GUM Cinema Hall
Choreographer, director, actress and teacher, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation
Language: Italian, russian subtitles
