Wolf-Ferrari : The Cunning Widow (Teatro La Fenice di Venzia)

Synopsis

Wolf-Ferrari’s comic opera La vedova scaltra (The Cunning Widow), is among the works he based on plays by Goldoni. It matches closely the conventions of 18th-century opera buffa in its witty if sceptical look at the mechanisms governing the interplay of human relations. Four hopeful suitors, English, French, Spanish and Italian, vie for the hand of Rosaura, the cunning widow of the title, who disguises herself to meet each wooer, eventually choosing the only one who can demonstrate his sincerity. This production, filmed live at the Teatro La Fenice in February 2007 in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Goldoni in Venice in 1707, is the first to appear on DVD.

Main Cast

Anne-Lise Sollied

Rosaura

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Maurizio Muraro

Milord Runebif

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Emanuele D’Aguanno

Monsieur Le Bleau

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Mark Milhofer

Il Conte di Bosco Nero

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Riccardo Zanellato

Don Alvaro di Castiglia

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Elena Rossi

Marionette

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Alex Esposito

Arlecchino

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Claudio Zancopè

Birif

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Conductor	Karl Martin
	Original Music Composer	Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Directing	Stage Director	Massimo Gasparon
Writing	Opera	Mario Ghisalberti
	Original Story	Carlo Goldoni
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