The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini

The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini

144 mins | March 16, 2013

Eva-Maria Westbroek stars in the title role of Zandonai’s sensuous drama, opposite Marcello Giordani as Paolo. Piero Faggioni’s lush production provides the perfect setting for one of the all-time great tales of tragic passion, adapted from an episode in Dante’s Inferno. Mark Delavan co-stars as Giovanni, the husband and brother of the star-crossed lovers, whose jealousy leads him to kill them both. Robert Brubaker is Malatestino and Marco Armiliato conducts.

The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini

144 mins | March 16, 2013

The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini
Eva-Maria Westbroek stars in the title role of Zandonai’s sensuous drama, opposite Marcello Giordani as Paolo. Piero Faggioni’s lush production provides the perfect setting for one of the all-time great tales of tragic passion, adapted from an episode in Dante’s Inferno. Mark Delavan co-stars as Giovanni, the husband and brother of the star-crossed lovers, whose jealousy leads him to kill them both. Robert Brubaker is Malatestino and Marco Armiliato conducts.
Producers
Original title The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini
Directors David Kneuss
Writers Tito Ricordi, Dante Alighieri, Gabriele D'Annunzio

Cast

Eva-Maria Westbroek

as Francesca

Marcello Giordani

as Paolo Malatesta

Mark Delavan

as Giovanni / Giovanni (Gianciotto)

Robert Brubaker

as Malatestino / A prisoner

Dina Kuznetsova

as Samaritana

Sondra Radvanovsky

as Self - Host

John Moore

as Simonetto

Caitlin Lynch

as Biancofiore

Patricia Risley

as Altichiara

Renée Tatum

as Adonella

Ginger Costa-Jackson

as Smaragdi

Philip Horst

as Ostasio

Keith Jameson

as Ser Toldo Berardengo

Hugo Vera

as An archer