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Il diluvio universale (Donizetti) Bergamo 2023 Nahuel Di Pierro, Nicolò Donini, Sabrina Gárdez, Erica Artina
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Il diluvio universale
- Composer: Donizetti Gaetano
- Libretto: Domenico Gilardoni after Lord Byron's Heaven and Earth and Francesco Ringhieri's tragedy Il diluvio Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, Italy
- Recorded: November 17, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Nahuel Di Pierro, Nicolò Donini, Davide Zaccherini, Eduardo Martínez, Sabrina Gárdez, Erica Artina, Sophie Burns, Enea Scala, Giuliana Gianfaldoni, Maria Elena Papi, Wangmao Wang
- Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
- Orchestra: Orchestra Donizetti
- Chorus: Opera Coro dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala
- Chorus Master: Salvo Sgrò
- Stage Director: MASBEDO
- Stage Designer: 2050+
- Costume Designer: MASBEDO
- Lighting Designer: Fiammetta Baldiserri
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Donizetti Festival
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: DVD & BD
- Quality Video: 5 Audio:5
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, frsubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Il diluvio universale (The great flood) is an azione tragico-sacra, or opera, by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Domenico Gilardoni after Lord Byron’s Heaven and Earth and Francesco Ringhieri’s tragedy Il diluvio (1788).
The opera premiered at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples on 6 March. It failed to become an instant success.
It is known that for the premiere production to be accepted, it had to be given to the church censors in the form of an oratorio, since its planned production date was within the period of fasting. It was only allowed due to its being a biblical story.
Donizetti revised the opera and a new production opened on 17 January 1834 at Genoa’s Teatro Carlo Felice.
But after another staging in 1837 in Paris, it disappeared for 147 years.
20th century and beyond
The opera was not presented again until 1985 in Genoa.
The first production in Switzerland took place at St. Gallen where, since 2006, an opera is presented in the open air in front of the Cathedral around the first weekend of July. The production of Il diluvio was also given at the St. Galler Festspiele 2010 when Mirco Palazzi, Majella Cullagh and Manuela Custer appeared