Overview
For the second concert scheduled for Thursday April 20th, Mariotti has chosen one of the great masterpieces of German musical literature Manfred. Lord Byron’s dramatic poem that Robert Schumann drew from, which has been missing from the Costanzi for 56 years. The protagonist of the piece, the Byronian anti-hero tormented by incurable internal conflicts, is played for the first time by the great actor Glauco Mauri, aged 93. Halfway between an oratorio and an opera inspired by the Singspiel and the melologue. The Chorus of the Rome Opera also makes an appearance on stage.
Music by Robert Schumann
Dramatic poem in three parts for soloists, chorus and orchestra
libretto by Richard Fohl after George Byron
CONDUCTOR: Michele Mariotti
CHOIR MASTER: Ciro Visco
ACTING ROLE: Glauco Mauri
ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS OF THE OPERA THEATER OF ROME
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