On May 25 and 26 at the Sir James Dunn Theatre in Halifax, Opera Nova Scotia presents La finta giardiniera, a story Mozart set to music for Munich at the age of 18.
The cast of seven soloists, directed by David Overton, features four Talent Trust scholarship recipients.
- Top left: Lindsay Connolly as Cavalier Ramiro
(Portia White Award 2015) - Top right: Marcel d'Entremont as Don Anchise
(Portia White Award 2013) - Bottom left: Jennifer Farrell as Arminda
(Portia White Award 1999) - Bottom right: Suzanne Rigden as Serpetta
(Portia White Award 2007)
The title La finta giardiniera roughly translates into ‘the would-be, or supposed, (finta) gardener/gardener’s, girl (giardiniera)’, and we’re told a more nuanced translation contains spoilers.
The work is multifaceted, with shades of Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well and Much Ado About Nothing. It will be presented fully staged with orchestra: arias in Italian, narrative in English.
The performance begins at 7:00 p.m. on both evenings.
For more information (and spoilers), visit the La finta giardiniera Facebook event page.
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