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FULL I pazzi per progetto (Donizetti) Palermo 1997 Lo Piccolo Giordano Bettoschi Di Giorgio Gallo
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: I pazzi per progetto (Madmen by Design)
- Composer: Donizetti Gaetano
- Libretto: Domenico Gilardoni Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Italy, Opera Laboratorio
- Recorded: 1997
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Maurizio Lo Piccolo, Laura Giordano, Filippo Bettoschi, Filippo Di Giorgio, Lucio Gallo
- Conductor: Danilo Lombardini
- Orchestra: Strumentisti dell'Operalaboratorio
- Stage Director: Enzo Dara
- Stage Designer: Sergio Rubino
- Costume Designer: Sergio Rubino
- Lighting Designer: Giuseppe Calabro
Information about the Recording
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
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Darlemont: Maurizio lo Piccolo
Norina: Laura Giordano
Blinval: Luca Gallo
Cristina: Daniela Aimale
Eustachio: Filippo Bettoschi
Venanzio: Autuso Abbratozzato
Frank: Filippo di Giorgio
Place: A hospital for the insane in Paris
Time: Early 19th Century
The hospital’s director, Darlemont, has a niece, Norina, married to Blinval, a colonel of dragoons. The remoteness of the man from his beloved wife due to military reasons and mutual jealousy are the causes of series of actions when the two meet again. Since the meeting takes place in the hospital which is managed by Norina’s uncle, the two alternately pose themselves as crazy to find out the true feelings of each other, causing frantic carousel of deceptions and misunderstandings.
Added to all this is a very babbler and an all-too-sincere servant, (Frank), a deserter trumpeter who pretends to be a doctor (Eustace), a beautiful young girl (Christina), former lover of the colonel, who tries to escape from her old guardian (Venanzio). He in turn tries to make her go mad so that he can take her dowry.
These very well-matched ingredients result in a farce with all its rules. At the well-designed end, peace and moral obligation are restored.