London Bel Canto Festival
Simone Victor
Beatrice di Tenda
22 August 2019
Simone Victor
Beatrice di Tenda
22 August 2019
Livia Brash
Beatrice di Tenda
24 August 2019
Livia Brash
Beatrice di Tenda
24 August 2019
Beatrice di Tenda
Vincenzo Bellini
Beatrice di Tenda
Vincenzo Bellini
Performances have finished
Performances have finished
Bellini's rarely performed opera Beatrice di Tenda performed with the London City Philharmonic conducted by Olsi Qinami.
'Melodramma Serio’ in two Acts
Music by Vincenzo Bellini
Text by Felice Romani
First Performance at Teatro La Fenice, Venice,
March 16th 1833
The Castle of Binasco, near Milan. 1418.
Beatrice Lascaris di Tenda is widow to former ruler and Condottieri Facino Cane. After his death, she married Filippo Maria Visconti, making him Duke of Milan and conferring on him her wealth, property, and political influence.
Brian Hotchkin
Filippo
Brian Hotchkin
Filippo
Sergio Augusto
Orombello
Sergio Augusto
Orombello
Taryn Surratt
Agnese
Taryn Surratt
Agnese
Sam Elmi
Anichino
Sam Elmi
Anichino
Romance, drama, beautiful music, and tragedy! What more could you ask for in an opera? The capstone of our 2019 opera festival will be Bellini's rarely performed Beatrice di Tenda performed with the London City Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Olsi Qinami.
Cast:
- Beatrice Simone Victor (22 August 2019)
- Beatrice Livia Brash (24 August 2019)
- Filippo Brian Hotckin
- Agnese Taryn Surratt
- Orombello Sergio Augusto
- Anichino Sam Elmi
- Rizzardo Shakti Pherwani
Beatrice di Tenda is a tragic opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini, from a libretto by Felice Romani, after the play of the same name by Carlo Tedaldi Fores.
Synopsis
In order to gain the title of Duke of Milan, Filippo has married the former Duke's wife, Beatrice. Filippo is distraught, however, because he is really in love with Agnese. Agnese, meanwhile, is in love with the Lord of Ventimiglia, Orombello; who is in love with Beatrice. Out of jealousy, Agnese arranges that Filippo should catch his wife in a compromising position with Orombello. Thinking falsely that Beatrice and Orombello had been lovers, Filippo sentences Beatrice to death. (stageagent.com)