FULL ENRICO IV (Roberto Scarcella Perino) New York 2026 Gianluca Margheri, Anna Maria Vacca, Tessa McQueen, Ben Reisinger

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Enrico IV  
• Composer: Scarcella Perino Roberto   
• Libretto: Federica Anichini, from a 1922 play by Luigi Pirandello  
• Venue & Opera Company: Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, New York University  
• Recorded: February 19, 2026
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Gianluca Margheri, Anna Maria Vacca, Tessa McQueen, Ben Reisinger, Joseph Parrish, Dasol Lee, Shelén Hughes Camacho, Lauren Randolph, Jonghyun Park, Giuseppe Annunziato
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra: Mariam Bombrun, PIANO  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: CasaItalianaNYU  
• Date Published: 2026  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, itsubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Enrico IV, a tragedy in three acts by Luigi Pirandello, produced and published more than 100 years ago in 1922 in Milan is sometimes translated as Henry IV. The theme of Enrico IV is madness, which lies just under the skin of ordinary life and is, perhaps, superior to ordinary life in its construction of a satisfying reality. The play tells the story of a modern nobleman who, as a result of a fall from a horse 20 years earlier, believes himself to be the 11th-century Holy Roman emperor Henry IV. He lives in a castle in Umbria, provided by his wealthy sister, where he is served by “courtiers” and others in period costume who help him maintain his illusion. A psychiatrist attempting to restore the nobleman’s sanity arranges for visits by his nephew, Donna Matilde (his former beloved), her daughter, and Henry’s rival in love. In reality the nobleman is sane; he simply prefers the trappings of the Middle Ages to the horrifying modern world. He seals his fate by committing a crime that makes it necessary for him to spend the rest of his life feigning madness.

  Luigi Pirandello was a playwright, novelist and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934. With his invention of the “theater within the theater,” Luigi Pirandello became an important innovator in modern drama. Pirandello wrote over 50 plays, and his two greatest are Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921) and Henry IV (1922), both of which made Pirandello widely known and influential and helped him win the Nobel Prize in 1934.

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