The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini
16/03/2013
2h 24m



Eva-Maria Westbroek stars in the title role of Zandonai’s sensuous drama, opposite Marcello Giordani as Paolo. Piero Faggioni’s lush production provides the perfect setting for one of the all-time great tales of tragic passion, adapted from an episode in Dante’s Inferno. Mark Delavan co-stars as Giovanni, the husband and brother of the star-crossed lovers, whose jealousy leads him to kill them both. Robert Brubaker is Malatestino and Marco Armiliato conducts.
Cast


Eva-Maria Westbroek
Francesca


Marcello Giordani
Paolo Malatesta
Mark Delavan
Giovanni


Robert Brubaker
Malatestino
Dina Kuznetsova
Samaritana


Sondra Radvanovsky
Self - Host
John Moore
Simonetto


Dísella Lárusdóttir
Garsenda
Caitlin Lynch
Biancofiore
Patricia Risley
Altichiara
Renée Tatum
Adonella


Ginger Costa-Jackson
Smaragdi


Philip Horst
Ostasio
Keith Jameson
Ser Toldo Berardengo
Mark Delavan
Giovanni (Gianciotto)
Hugo Vera
An archer


Robert Brubaker
A prisoner
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