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NERONE (Boito) Cagliari 2024 Mikheil Sheshaberidze, Franco Vassallo, Roberto Frontali, Valentina Boi
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Nerone
- Composer: Boito Arrigo
- Libretto: Arrigo Boito Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy
- Recorded: February 16, 2024
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Mikheil Sheshaberidze, Franco Vassallo, Roberto Frontali, Valentina Boi, Deniz Uzun, Mariangela Marini, Dongho Kim, Vassily Solodkyy, Antonino Giacobbe, Natalia Gavrilan, Fiorenzo Tornincasa, Nicola Ebau, Francesca Zanatta, Luana Spinola
- Conductor: Francesco Cilluffo
- Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari
- Chorus: Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari
- Chorus Master: Giovanni Andreoli
- Choreographer: Mattia Agatiello
- Stage Director: Fabio Ceresa
- Stage Designer: Tiziano Santi
- Costume Designer: Claudia Pernigotti
- Lighting Designer: Daniele Naldi
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Dynamic
- TV Director: Matteo Ricchetti
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: DVD & BD
- Quality Video: 5 Audio:5
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, desubs, frsubs, itsubs, jpsubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Nerone (Nero) is an opera in four acts composed by Arrigo Boito, to a libretto in Italian written by the composer. The work is a series of scenes from Imperial Rome at the time of Emperor Nero depicting tensions between the Imperial religion and Christianity, and ends with the Great Fire of Rome. Boito died in 1918 before finishing the work.
It was eventually premiered posthumously at La Scala on May 1, 1924, conducted by Arturo Toscanini in a version of the score completed by Toscanini, Vincenzo Tommasini, and Antonio Smareglia. The role of Nero, originally intended for Francesco Tamagno, was first performed by Aureliano Pertile. The role of Asteria, a young woman torn between her love for Nero and her Christian sympathies, was created by Rosa Raisa.
The opera was very well received at its premiere, and the newly rebuilt Rome Opera House inaugurated its first season with Nerone in 1928. However, it has only been rarely performed since that time, even in Italy. It did not receive its US premiere until April 12, 1982, when it was performed in a concert version by the Opera Orchestra of New York in Carnegie Hall