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| | Orchestra of St. Luke’s, in residence at the Caramoor International Music Festival. | | | | |  | | Ewa Podles | July 7 Ciro in Babilonia by Gioachino Rossini
Bel Canto at Caramoor
Saturday, 8:30pm ~ Venetian Theater
Tickets: $15.00, $20.00, $40.00, $60.00, $80.00, $100.00 Buy Now
| Ciro | Ewa Podleś, contralto | | Amira | Jessica Pratt, soprano | | Baldassare | Michael Spyres, tenor | | Zambri | Scott Bearden, baritone |
Davide Livermore, stage director
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Will Crutchfield, conductor and Director of Opera
In collaboration with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy.
This opera is an early Rossini, very fresh music, you can see Baroque opera turning into Romantic opera before your eyes in Rossini's hands. – Will Crutchfield, Caramoor Director of Opera
Historical Background
Operas on Old-Testament stories were popular in Italy in the early 19th century, and in some cities were obligatory for performances during Lent; other examples include Rossini’s own Mosè in Egitto, Donizetti’s Il diluvio universale (telling of Noah and the Flood), and Verdi’s Nabucco (about Belshazzar’s forefather Nebuchadnezzar). The usual dramatic strategy for these works was to insert a love story or other personal complication into the outline of the familiar narrative.
Rossini was just shy of 20 years old, with four operas already to his credit, when he received the contract to compose Ciro in Babilonia for the Teatro Comunale of Ferrara early in 1812, to a libretto by Francesco Aventi.
Just for Ticket holders:
Prior to the performance there will be Pre-opera events. Please check back in March for further details.
Just for Opera: Ride the Caramoor Caravan round-trip from NYC. More Info
 | | Kate Aldrich | July 21 I Capuleti ed i Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini
Bel Canto at Caramoor
Saturday, 8:00pm ~ Venetian Theater
Tickets: $15.00, $20.00, $40.00, $60.00, $80.00, $100.00 Buy Now
| Giulietta | Eglise Gutiérrez, soprano | | Romeo | Kate Aldrich, mezzo-soprano | | Tebaldo | Leonardo Capalbo, tenor |
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Will Crutchfield, conductor and Director of Opera
Bellini's I Capuleti ed i Montecchi tells the Romeo and Juliet story - based on the same ancient Italian sources that Shakespeare used - in the gorgeous language of Italian bel canto. Late in life, Richard Wagner told how its yearning, passionate melodies had inspired him to create Tristan und Isolde.
Just for Ticket holders:
Prior to the performance there will be Pre-opera events. Please check back in March for further details.
Just for Opera: Ride the Caramoor Caravan round-trip from NYC. More Info
All artists and programs are subject to change without notice.
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