Learning on ScreenGiulietta e Romeo
- Synopsis
- Production of Nicola Vaccai’s rarely-performed two-act opera from 1827 derived not from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet but from the same source, Luigi Da Porto’s novella written in the 1520s. In the opera Romeo is a ‘trouser role’ played by a woman, in this production by the mezzo soprano Raffaella Lupinacci.
- Series
- Afternoon Concert
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 28 Mar 2019 at 14:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
- Duration
- 180 mins
Credits
- Director
- Cecilia Ligorio
- Music
- Nicola Vaccai
- Conductor
- Sesto Quatrini
- Cast
Raffaella Lupinacci Romeo Leonor Bonilla Giulietta (Juliet) Leonardo Cortellazzi Capellio (Capulet) Vasa Stajkic Tebaldo (Tybalt)
Additional Details
- Production type
- Operas and Musicals
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Gender reversal
Notes
- History
- Recorded in July 2018 from the Festival della Valle d’Itria
Archive
- Name
BoB
- bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
- Web
- https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2389
- Address
- Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
York House
221 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9UZ - Notes
- Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
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