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Opera Matinee double bill - La cucina & Adina

The first work by a living Irish composer to appear on the Wexford festival鈥檚 main stage, Andrew Synnott's La Cucina tells the story of a sous chef baking a cake which goes wrong!

Andrew Synnott's La Cucina (The Kitchen) tells the story of sous chef Bianca, her tyrannous head chef, and the slightly disastrous baking of a cake. In this production of Rossini's Adina, depicting the wedding of the middle-aged Caliph to young Adina, part of the set was a huge wedding cake. The idea was to connect the two productions at last year's Wexford Festival. Rossini wrote Adina after his popular The Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola but it is rarely performed. La Cucina, to a libretto by Rosetta Cucchi, is the first work by a living Irish composer to appear on the festival鈥檚 main stage. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Andrew Synnott: La Cucina
Bianca, a sous-chef ..... M谩ire Flavin, soprano
Alberto Famosissimo, a chef ..... Luca Nucera, actor
Zeno, a supplier ..... Sheldon Baxter, baritone
Tobia, the supplier's helper ..... Manuel Amati, tenor
Camillo, the cook's aid ..... Emmanuel Franco, baritone
Wexford Festival Orchestra
Michele Spotti, conductor

c.2.40pm
Rossini: Adina
Adina, a slave girl ..... Rachel Kelly, mezzo-soprano
Selimo, Adina's former lover ..... Levy Sekgapane, tenor
The Caliph, father (unbeknownst to him) of Adina ..... Daniele Antonangeli, bass
Ali, a young man ..... Manuel Amati, tenor
Mustafa, gardener at the seraglio ..... Emmanuel Franco, bass
Wexford Festival Chorus
Wexford Festival Orchestra
Michele Spotti, conductor

3 hours

Last on

Thu 15 Oct 2020 14:00

Music Played

  • Francis George Scott

    Wee Willie Gray

    Performer: Lorna Anderson. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Samuel Barber

    There's Nae Lark

    Performer: Lorna Anderson. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
  • Andrew Synnott

    La Cucina

    Librettist: Rosetta Cucchi. Singer: Manuel Amati. Singer: Sheldon Baxter. Singer: Maire Flavin. Singer: Emmanuel Franco. Orchestra: Wexford Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Michele Spotti.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Adina

    Librettist: Gherardo Bevilacqua-Aldobrandini. Singer: Rachel Kelly. Singer: Levy Sekgapane. Singer: Daniele Antonangeli. Singer: Manuel Amati. Singer: Emmanuel Franco. Choir: Wexford Festival Opera Chorus. Conductor: Errol Girdlestone. Orchestra: Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Michele Spotti.
  • Hilding Rosenberg

    Orpheus in town

    Orchestra: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: B. Tommy Andersson.
  • Grace Williams

    Ave maris stella

    Choir: 91热爆 National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Adrian Partington.
  • Rhian Samuel

    Clytemnestra (Lament for his Absence)

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Orchestra: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Oct 2020 14:00