Teatro Massimo “Bellini”, Catania (Italy)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 _ 8,30 p.m.
CASSANDRA
Musical dramma in a Prologue and two Acts by Luigi Illica and Vittorio Gnecchi
Director Gabriele Rech
Conductor Donato Renzetti, Antonino Manuli
Choir and Orchestra of Teatro Massimo Bellini
Choir Master Tiziana Carlini
Scenography Giuseppe Di Iorio
Costumes Sandra Meurer
Prologo Nikola Mijailovic
Agamennone John Treleaven, Roman Sadnik
Clitennestra Giovanna Casolla, Alessandra Rezza
Cassandra Mariana Pentcheva, Anna Maria Chiuri
Egisto Carmelo Corrado Caruso, Piero Terranova
New staging (first complete performance in modern times – first run in Catania)
Further performances: Jan 13, 5:30 p.m. – Jan 14, 8:30 p.m. – Jan 15, 5:30 p.m. – Jan 16, 5:30 p.m. – Jan 18, 5:30 p.m. – Jan 19, 5:30 p.m.
Info and tickets: www.teatromassimobellini.it
19.09.2010, 7.00 p.m. _ Deutsche Oper, Berlin
CASSANDRA by Vittorio Gnecchi Ruscone
ELEKTRA by Richard Strauss
Kirsten Harms, director
Choir and Orchestra of Berlin Deutsche Oper
Donald Runnicles, director
Thomas Blondelle (Agamennone)
Takesha Meshé Kizart (Clitennestra)
Julia Benzinger (Cassandra)
Markus Brück (Egisto)
Nathan De’Shon Myers (Il prologo)
Further performances: 29.09.10, 25.09.10
Info and tickets: www.deutscheoperberlin.de
V. Hewitt, N. Velissiotis and M. Iannelli
6.09.2009 – 9 p.m. _ Castell’Arquato (PC), Italy
XXVI INTERNATIONAL AWARD “LUIGI ILLICA”
to MARCO IANNELLI and NIKOLAOS VELISSIOTIS
for their work to recover “Cassandra” by Luigi Illica and Vittorio Gnecchi Ruscone
28.01.2009 – 7 p.m. _ Deutsche Oper, Berlin
CASSANDRA by Vittorio Gnecchi Ruscone
ELEKTRA by Richard Strauss
conductor Kazushi Ono
director Kirsten Harms
Other performances: 31.01.09, 13.02.09
27.01.2008 – 8.30 p.m. _ Basilica San Marcello al Corso, Rome
MISSA SALISBURGENSIS by Vittorio Gnecchi Ruscone
Denia Mazzola Gavazzeni, soprano
Giovanni Brollo, organ
Ensemble Corale Ab Harmoniae
Fabio Piazzalunga, director
20.01.2008 – 6.15 p.m. _ Santuario Santa Maria del Fonte, Caravaggio BG (Italy)
MISSA SALISBURGENSIS by Vittorio Gnecchi Ruscone
Denia Mazzola Gavazzeni, soprano
Giovanni Brollo, organ
Ensemble Corale Ab Harmoniae
Fabio Piazzalunga, director
3.11.2007 – 6 p.m. _ Deutsche Oper, Berlino
CASSANDRA by Vittorio Gnecchi Ruscone
ELEKTRA by Richard Strauss
conductor Leopold Hager
director Kirsten Harms
Other performances: 3.11.07, 8.11.07, 16.11.07 e 19.01.08
27.10.2006 – 8.30 p.m. _ Church of San Giuseppe and San Floriano, Verderio Superiore, LC (Italy)
Absolute premiere of the
MISSA SALISBRUGENSIS by Vittorio Gnecchi Ruscone
Milan Cathedral Choir
soprano Simona Cataldo
conductor Claudio Riva
24.10.2006 – 9 p.m. _ Verderio Superiore, LC (Italy)
Presentation of MISSA SALISBRUGENSIS by VIttorio Gnecchi Ruscone
Speaker Marco Iannelli
23.09.2006 – 9 p.m. _ Church of San Michele Arcangelo, Busto Arsizio VA (Italy)
Partial performance of
MISSA SALISBURGENSIS by Vittorio Gnecchi Ruscone
Milan Cathedral Choir
conductor Claudio Riva
