Images of the Opera 'Un Giorno di Regno' from Giuseppe Verdi

at Wenkenhof in Riehen near Basel, Switzerland


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The following WEB-pages display images of several rehearsals and performances held late August and early September 2007 in the 'Reithalle' of Wenkenhof in Riehen near Basel, Switzerland.

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi

born, October 9/10, 1813, Roncole, near Busseto, Parma (Italy)
died January 27, 1901, Milan, Italy
A leading Italian composer of opera in the 19th century, noted for operas such as Rigoletto (1851), Il trovatore (1853), La traviata (1853), Don Carlos (1867), Aida (1871), Otello (1887), and Falstaff (1893) and for his Requiem Mass (1874).

His rising career was deflected by tragedy: in 1840 his young wife died, following the deaths of two infant children. In addition to this personal grief, Verdi saw his next opera, Un giorno di regno (King for a Day), a comedy, hissed off the stage.

“Un giorno di regno”, or “King for a Day” (Opera by Giuseppe Verdi)

Intendant: Jan Schultsz
Produktion: Opern Festival Riehen
Produktions Leitung: Heidi Kopp
Regie: Joachim Rathke
Bühnenbild: Philipp Kiefer
Kostüm: Imke Sturm-Krohne
Maske: Helen Laitzsch
Conductor: Jan Schultsz with the Symphony Orchestra from Budapest
Korepetitor: Marco Medved

Cast of performing Artists at 'Reithalle' of Wenkenhof, 2007:

Cavaliere di Belfiore, a French officer impersonating Stanislao of Poland - Baritone - Gabriele Nani
Barone di Kelbar - the usurper - Bass - Arkadius Burski
The Marchesa del Poggio - a young widow, the Baron's niece, in love with Belfiore - Soprano - Monica Minarelli
Giulietta di Kelbar, the Baron's daughter - Mezzo-soprano - Violetta Radomirska
Edoardo di Sanval, a young official, la Rocca's nephew - Tenor - Arnold Rutowski
La Rocca, Treasurer to the Estates of Brittany - Bass - Jacques Calatayud
Count Ivrea, Commandant of Brest, engaged to the Marchesa - Tenor - Angel Petkov
Delmonte, esquire to the false Stanislao - Bass - Erich Bieri
Servants, the vassals of the Baron - Chor - Regio-Chor Binningen

Additional Information about Giuseppe Verdi, 'Un Giorno di Regno', the Artists and Regio-Chor Binningen:
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