Il caso Mortara

Il caso Mortara (The Mortara Case) is an opera in two acts composed by Francesco Cilluffo to an Italian-language libretto by the composer himself, inspired by The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara by David Kertzer. The opera was commissioned by the Dicapo Opera Theater, New York, and premiered in February 2010. It is the first Italian opera commissioned to an Italian composer by a New York opera company since the times of Giacomo Puccini at the Metropolitan Opera.[1] New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini hailed it as one of the most important events of New York's 2010 operatic season.[2]

Roles

RoleVoice typePremiere cast, 25 February 2010[2]
(Conductor: Pacien Mazzagatti)
Salomone MortaratenorPeter Furlong
Marianna Mortaramezzo-sopranoIulia Merca
Pope Pius IXbass-baritoneChad Armstrong
Edgardo MortarabaritoneChristopher DeVage
RachelesopranoChristina Rohm
Riccardo MortaratenorUbaldo Feliciano-Hernandez
Inquisitor FelettibassTom McNichols
Guard / Priest / Cardinal #1baritoneDaniel Quintana
Guard / Priest / Cardinal #2baritoneMichael Callas
Edgardo Mortara (child)mute roleJake Glickman

References

  1. "Dicapo Opera Theatre Announces 2009-10 Season". MusicalAmerica.com. February 11, 2009.
  2. Tommasini, Anthony (February 27, 2010). "New York Times review". The New York Times.
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