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Riccardo Zanellato - Attila*
One of the most appreciated bass of our time, Riccardo Zanellato has recently gained
great successes in Ferrando in Il Trovatore at the Salzburg Festival besides
Placido Domingo under Daniele Gatti, in Bellini’s I Puritani and Lucia di
Lammermoor in Florence, Simon Boccanegra in Dresden, Turandot
at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, La Bohème and Norma at the Teatro
Regio in Turin, Norma in Paris, revivals of Macbeth ( R. Abbado/Wilson)
at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna and a Gala concert for the 5th Anniversary of
the Guangzhou Opera House in China. Mr. Zanellato’s future plans include:
Nabucco in Stuttgart; Aida in Valencia and Naples (Pinchas
Steinberg conducting); Il Trovatore at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan; new
production of Don Carlo in Leipzig. Mr. Zanellato will sing Verdi’s Requiem
with the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Riccardo Chailly; Beethoven’s
Ninth Symphony in St. Danis under the baton of Michele Mariotti with the
Orchestre National de France; and Bruckner’s Te Deum at the Teatro Petruzzelli
in Bari.
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Gezim Myshketa - Ezio*
After his acclaimed debut as Frà Melitone in La Forza del Destino at the Teatro
Filarmonico in Verona, Gezim Myshketa will make his debut in this Verdi’s masterpiece.
Recent engagements include also: La Traviata in Hamburg; Carmen at
the Deutsche Oper in Berlin and in St. Gallen; La Traviata, Falstaff and
La Bohème in Stuttgart. Amongst Mr. Myshketa future plans it is worth mentioning:
Simon Boccanegra (Paolo Albiani) in Antwerp; La Traviata in Leipzig;
I Puritani, Faust and revivals of Carmen and La Bohème
in Stuttgart; La Rondine at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse.
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Daniele Abbado - director
Daniele Abbado studied at the School of Dramatic Arts of the Piccolo Teatro di Milano
and graduated in philosophy. He began his career as a theatre director in 1988,
extending progressively his interest in stage dramaturgy, TV direction, multimedia
shows and lyric opera productions. His work in opera repertoire include different
masterpieces by Mozart, Rossini, Bellini, Verdi, Boito, Puccini, Weber, Beethoven,
Schumann, Wagner, and at the same time he directed productions of 20th century authors
such as Berg, Weill, Ravel, Stravinskij, Honegger, Britten, Dalla Piccola. His production
of Il prigioniero and Il volo di notte by Dalla Piccola, produced
by Maggio Musicale (Florence) was awarded the Premio Abbiati as best Italian performance
in 2004 and in
2012 he received the Premio Oscar della Lirica as Best Director. Daniele
Abbado was Artistic Director of Teatro “R. Valli” in Reggio Emilia (2002-2012).
After the great success of his Debussy production Pelléas et Mélisande at
the Maggio Musicale in Florence and Nabucco at the Liceu in Barcelona his
future plans include: Tosca, Falstaff
and Pelléas et Mélisande at the Teatro
Regio in Turin; Trovatore at the Wiener Staatsoper in Vienna; revivals of
Nabucco in London and revivals of Attila at the Teatro Massimo in
Palermo.
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Gianni Carluccio - set and lighting designer
Gianni Carluccio graduated in 1981 in Set Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in
Milan. He began to work as set and costume designer in 1983. As designer he worked
with directors such as Roberto Andò, Daniele Abbado, Walter Pagliaro and Moni Ovadia
in the most important theaters in Italy such as Piccolo Teatro of Milan, Teatro
Massimo di Palermo, Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
and many others. To his vast experience one can include productions such as: Wozzeck
by Alban Berg performed for the opening of the new Auditorium Parco della Musica
in Rome; doublebill Il Prigioniero and Volo di notte by Luigi Dallapiccola,
production that has won the prestigious Premio Abbiati in 2004. In 2013 he began
his collaboration with the director Marco Bellocchio designing stage and lighting
in Uncle Vanja and Pagliacci. International experiences include the
world premiere of Jr. Butterfly by S. Saegusa at the Bunka Kaykan Theater
in Tokyo, and Così fan tutte at the Opera House of St. Paul, Minnesota, both
with director Daniele Abbado.
He participated in exhibitions and variuos events, in particular he collaborated
on the installation of Peter Greenaway and Robert Wilson in Milan and Lille.
He also works regularly as Production Designer in Cinema. His recent engagements
include: Akhnaten at the MiTo Festival; Die Zauberflöte at the Teatro
Massimo in Palermo; Pélleas et Mélisande at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
in Florence. Future projects include: revivals of Attila (Teatro Massimo Palermo) and Minetti (Teatro Biondo in
Palermo); revivals of Pélleas et Mélisande at the Teatro Regio in Turin.
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Teatro Comunale
Bologna
January 23rd, 2016
January 24th*
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