L'Arlesiana - Francesco Cilea - Dynamic

Conductor: Francesco Cilluffo
Orchestra: Form – Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana
Chorus: Coro Lirico Marchigiano V. Bellini
Director: Rosetta Cucchi
Set: Sarah Bacon
Costume designer : Claudia Pernigotti
Theater: Teatro G.B. Pergolesi, Jesi (AN), Italy

Cast:
Rosa Mamai Annunziata Vestri
Federico Dmitry Golovnin
Vivetta Mariangela Sicilia
Baldassarre Stefano Antonucci
Metifio Valeriu Caradja
Marco Christian Saitta
L’Innocente Riccardo Angelo Strano

An insane passion for a mysterious woman who, in the opera, is never shown. Federico wants her desperately, dreams of her, suffers for her, and step by step his mind begins to waver. The people around him try in vain to prevent this love from becoming a damning obsession.
A rare opera by the great Italian composer  Francesco Cilea.  Its famous aria "Il lamento di Federico" has always been a favourite with  tenors of all times. This recording also features the aria for tenor, "Una mattina",  written by Cilea for the opera's first version and then lost, here in world première recording.
Directed by Rosetta Cucchi, a coproduction Teatro Pergolesi and Wexford Festival Opera.

L’Arlesiana is a world première on video.
Available in CD - Blu-ray and DVD