The music of Giuseppe Verdi and Franz Lehar will be heard again in Parcul Rozelor, Timisoara, August 25-27, during the 18th edition of the outdoor opera and operetta festival organised by the Romanian National Opera in Timisoara (ONRT), write Agerpres.
Lyrical soloists will give life to the main characters in „Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi, the opera that opens the festival on Friday evening, „The Merry Widow” by Franz Lehar, with the last Verdi evening raising the curtain for „La traviata.”
„This edition comes with an exceptional house cast, which is always better than what the guests bring. At least, that’s what the audience tells me, and that’s why I’m proud of what we do. The festival starts with ‘Aida’, a gift of the ONRT for the Verdi public who could not watch the performance on the anniversary of the birth of the Timisoara Opera House, on April 27, 1947, when this work by Verdi was performed for the first time in Timisoara. Now, we offer it Urbi et Orbi, with an exceptional cast of the house,” ONRT manager Cristian Rudic told AGERPRES on Friday.
The three evenings of the festival will include some of the most famous creations of performing art, so that the public will have the opportunity to meet outdoors artists and edifying works for the development of the genre at this moment.
„Aida” recreates the world of ancient Egypt with maestro David Crescenzi (guest) at the conductor’s desk, and a cast that includes Marius Gosa (The King), Gabriela Toader (Amneris), Lacrimioara Cristescu (Aida), Teodor Ilincai (Radames) , Gelu Dobrea (Ramfis), Serban Vasile (Amonasro), Vasile Badescu (The Messenger) and Diana Chirila (High Priestess). Ballet soloists: Manuela Ardelean, Alina Mihai, Carla Dukai, and Andrea Chiappetta.
„The Merry Widow” follows on Saturday, conducted by Ciprian Todorascu (guest), and whose guests, in the embassy in Paris of the Balkan principality of Pontevedro, will be Octavian Vlaicu (Mirko Zeta), Crina Vezentan (Valencienne), Bogdan Zahariea (Danilo), Narcisa Brumar (Hanna Glavari), Cristian Balasescu (Camille de Rosillon), Mircea Dan Petcu (Vicontele Cascada), Dan Pataca (Raoul de St. Brioche), Mugurel Chirila (Bogdanovici), Diana Chirila (Silviana), Ciprian Roman (Kromov), Alina Pindici (Olga), Marius Zaharia (Pritschitsch), Diana Matei (Prascovia) and Leonard Ivan (Niegus). Ballet soloists: Manuela Ardelean and Alin Radu.
On Sunday evening, the festival ends with the nobility of Violetta from „La traviata”, an opera directed by Mihnea Ignat, which brings to the stage Paula Iancic (Violetta Valery), Gabriela Toader (Flora Bervoix), Loredana Borlovan (Annina), Eusebiu Huţan ( guest, Alfredo Germont), George Proca (Giorgio Germont), Darius Iordănescu (Gastone), Marius Gosa (Marquis D’Obigny), Octavian Vlaicu (Baron Douphol), Gelu Dobrea (Doctor Grenvil), Ciprian Roman (Giuseppe) and Mihai Prelipcian (a servant). Ballet soloists: Alina Mihai, Carla Dukai, Alin Radu, Andrea Chiappetta.
The event is parts of a series of events under TM 2023 European Capital of Culture.
