Five operas and ballets scheduled for the summer season of the Teatro San Carlo in Naples
If you think that with the arrival of the summer season and the warm evenings the theater goes on vacation, you are wrong. The Teatro San Carlo, for the second consecutive year, will not close for holidays but, on the contrary, will enrich its artistic program with a review of five operas and ballets, Entitled San Carlo Opera Festival.
Also for the second edition of the San Carlo Opera Festival, the Massimo Partenopeo will ensure that all spectators can access the scheduled shows, offering lower prices than in the classic season, starting from just over 20 euros.
In short, until the beginning of the autumn season, the Teatro San Carlo will accompany all those who want, even in summer, to continue to feed on theater, attending five of the most famous pièce in the world.
San Carlo Opera Festival Program
Tosca
The famous opera in three acts with music by Giacomo Puccini on a libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi it was performed for the first time in 1887 at the Théatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in Paris, played by Sarah Bernhardt as the protagonist. There Tosca it is considered Puccini's most dramatic work, thanks to the twists that keep the viewer in constant tension. The plot, of a historical and amorous nature, takes place in 1800 in Rome following the revolutionary events in France and the fall of the first Roman Republic.
Director: Jordi Bernàcer
Direction and lights: Jean Kalman
When: from 11 to 24 July 2015
Dates and times:
- Saturday 11 July 2015, 20.00 hours
- Wednesday 15 July 2015, 20.00 hours
- Friday 17 July 2015, 20.00 hours
- Sunday 19 July 2015, 17.00 hours
- Wednesday 22 July 2015, 20.00 hours
- Friday 24 July 2015, 17.00 hours
Price tickets: from 22 to 50 euro
Information on Tosca at the Teatro San Carlo
La Bohème
Opera in four paintings by Giacomo Puccini on a libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, performed for the first time at the Teatro Regio in Turin in 1896. In the Paris of 1830 the story centers on the gay and carefree existence of a group of young bohemian artists in a series of episodes.
Director: Stefano Ranzani
Director: Francesco Saponaro
When: from 14 to 25 July 2015
Dates and times:
- Tuesday 14 July 2015, 20.00 hours
- Thursday 16 July 2015, 20.00 hours
- Saturday 18 July 2015, 17.00 hours
- Tuesday 21 July 2015, 20.00 hours
- Thursday 23 July 2015, 17.00 hours
- Saturday 25 July 2015, 20.00 hours
Price tickets: from 22 to 50 euro
Information on La Bohème at the Teatro San Carlo
Amadeus
Luke Barbary will play Salieri, in the adaptation in the concert version by John Axelrod, of the homonymous play by Peter Shaffer dedicated to the rivalry between composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart e Antonio Salieri. Di Amadeus ne fu fatto anche un film nel 1984, diretto dal regista Miloš Forman.
Director: John Axelrod
Chorus Master: Marco Faelli
When: And July 28 29 2015
Dates and times:
- Tuesday 28 July 2015, 20.00 pm
- Wednesday 29 July 2015, 20.00 pm
Price tickets: from 22 to 34 euro
Information on Amadeus at the Teatro San Carlo
Giselle
At the Teatro San Carlo you can watch the symbol of the classic ballet par excellence, the most famous in the world, written and conceived in 1841 by the French novelist Théophile Gautier, set to music by Adolphe-Charles Adam and choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. The ballet was staged at the Opéra National de Paris in 1841, interpreted by the ballerina Carlotta Grisi, who inspired Gautier in the composition of the Giselle, and by Lucien Petipa in the role of Albrecht.
At the San Carlo, in the role of Giselle, there will be the famous dancer Svetlana Zakharova.
Adolphe Adam music
Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius petipa in the version of Lyudmila Semeniaka
Director: Alexei Baklan
When: 1 and 2 August 2015
Dates and times:
- Saturday 1 August 2015 at 20.00 pm
- Sunday 2 August 2015 at 17.00 pm
Price tickets: from 18 to 42 euro
Information on Giselle at the Teatro San Carlo
Don Pasquale
Opera buffa in three acts of Gaetano Donizetti, on a libretto by Donizetti himself and Giovanni Ruffini, based on the playful drama by Angelo Anelli Ser Marcantonio, set to music by Stefano Pavesi in 1810. It was staged in the Salle Ventadour of the Théâtre-Italien in Paris in 1843. It was inspired by the masks of the comedy of art, as per the tradition of the comic opera.
Director: Giancarlo Andretta
Chorus Master: Marco Faelli
Directed by: Roberto De Simone
When: 26 from September to October 3 2015
Dates and times:
- Saturday 26 September 2015, 20.00 hours
- Tuesday 29 September 2015, 20.00 hours
- Thursday 1 October 2015, 17.00 hours
- Saturday 3 October 2015, 20.00 hours
Price tickets: from 22 to 50 euro
Information on Don Pasquale at the Teatro San Carlo
