The Circus
Direction, subject and screenplay Charlie Chaplin
Pagliacci
Prologue and two acts
Music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo
The Circus
Direction, subject and screenplay Charlie Chaplin
Pagliacci
Prologue and two acts
Music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo
The second title of Macerata Opera Festival 2022 is a new production of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci by Alessandro Talevi, which was first staged at the Sferisterio arena in 2015; set design by Madeleine Boy, costume design by Manuel Pedretti, and lighting by Marco Giusti. The opera will be preceded by the screening of one of Chaplin’s finest works, The Circus, in its version restored by Cineteca di Bologna and with the first live performance of its soundtrack since 1928, thanks to the work of Timothy Brock, an international expert of score and film restorations. Brock will conduct the orchestra and cast of Pagliacci, featuring Rebeka Lokar (Nedda), Fabio Sartori (Caino), and George Petean (Tonio)
FORM-Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana
Coro lirico marchigiano “Vincenzo Bellini”
Martino Faggiani choirmaster
Pueri Cantores “D. Zamberletti”
Gianluca Paolucci choirmaster
New production of the 2015 staging by Associazione Arena Sferisterio