Received this morning in the mail : Giorgio Battistelli - Il Medico dei pazzi

This Wednesday morning, I have finally received the program book published by the Opéra de Nancy et de Lorraine for the world première of Giorgio's Battistelli's opera Il Medico dei pazzi.

It contains :
- complete cast and crew for the performances
- biography of the composer
- an article by the stage director Carlos Wagner
- an article on Eduardo Scarpetta
- an excerpt of Eugene Ionesco's play Rhinocéros
- the complete libretto, in French
- biographies of the performers
- several pictures of sketches for the sets and costumes

Today : new opera by Giorgio Battistelli in Nancy

Today, the new opera by Giorgio Battistelli, Il Medico dei pazzi, will be performed for the first time in Nancy. The libretto by the composer is a free adaptation of Eduardo Scarpetta's play.

When all masks of the Neapolitan comedy are summoned in a frantic dance sweeping all the quirks of our living together... we admire the wit, we laugh and we are surprised to see how all these truths are part of another wild round, which is nothing more than our daily lives.

The cast includes Alessandro Luongo (Felice Sciosciammocca), Bruno Taddia (Cicillo), Giuseppe Talamo (Michelino), Bruno Pratico (Carlo), Maurizio Pace (Errico), Valeriu Caradja (Raffaele). Francesco Lanzillotta conducts and Carlos Wagner directs.

This 'Neapolitan musical action' is Battistelli's 30th stage work, following, among others Prova d'orchestra (1995), The Cenci (1997), Impressions d'Afrique (2000) and Richard III (2004).