28th January

Concert will begin at 16:55 hours GMT

Verdi's 'I vespri siciliani' with Micheletti, Pellegrini, Gramigni, Pretti, Rebeka and Pluzhnikova from Milan

Verdi's 'I vespri siciliani' is an opéra in five acts to a French libretto by Charles Duveyrier and Eugène Scribe from their work Le duc d'Albe, which was written in 1838 and offered to Halevy and Donizetti before Verdi agreed to set it to music in 1854. The story is based on a historical event, the Sicilian Vespers of 1282, using material drawn from the medieval Sicilian tract Lu rebellamentu di Sichilia.

Performers: Guido di Monforte: Luca Micheletti. Lord of Bethune: Andrea Pellegrini.  Count Vaudemont: Adriano Gramigni. Arrigo: Piero Pretti. Giovanni da Procida: Simon Lim. Duchess Elena: Marina Rebeka. Ninetta: Valentina Pluzhnikova. Danieli: Giorgio Misseri. Tebaldo: Bryan Avila Martinez. Roberto Christian Federici. Manfredo: Andrea Tanzillo.

Teatro alla Scala Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Fabio Luisi.

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