Audition Dates
18 Mar 2001 – 18 Mar 2001
- Sun 18 March 2001
Details
- Playwright
- Julian Mitchell
- Director
- David Meadows
AddressBradley Studio, U.W.A.
It is 1879. Giuseppe Verdi, Italy's greatest and most beloved opera composer, has not written an opera for nearly a decade. What is to be done?
Verdi’s closest associates, publisher Giulio Ricordi, and conductor Franco Faccio, are determined to get the Maestro working again. They conspire to team him with brilliant operatic wordsmith Arrigo Boito, and the greatest tragic opera ever written - “Otello” - is conceived.
But trouble is looming. Boito hasnÂ’t always had nice things to say about Verdi. And at 66 years of age, the man himself isnÂ’t sure he can cut it anymore.
Who said art was easy?
Staged to commemorate the centennial of VerdiÂ’s death, five actors, five opera singers, and one pianist will join forces to tell the amazing behind-the-scenes true story of the creation of VerdiÂ’s masterpiece, "Otello".
This brilliantly crafted play-with-music not only celebrates the life and work of Italy’s most revered composer, but also provides a fascinating insight into the creative process... the original “Making of...”, if you like.
Seamlessly blending music and drama, this is a charming, witty, thoroughly engaging show.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A PLAY. THE ACTORS IN THIS SHOW ARE _NOT_ REQUIRED TO SING.
Characters:
GIUSEPPE VERDI (60Â’s)
ItalyÂ’s greatest opera composer. A noble, dignified, stubborn man. Happy in retirement but ready to work if he feels the world wants it. Possesses an innate authority. Full beard, slim build.
ARRIGO BOITO (40Â’s)
a nervous, self-doubting, neurotic genius. Sometime composer, full-time poet/librettist. A gifted operatic wordsmith with a real artistic soul. Dapper, slightly overweight, with a large moustache.
GIUSEPPINA STREPPONI (60Â’s)
VerdiÂ’s wife. A strong, sharp, intelligent woman, wholly devoted to her husbandÂ’s best interests. A former soprano, she has endured much in her marriage, but is awake to what her husband needs, in spite of his protestations.
FRANCO FACCIO (40Â’s)
VerdiÂ’s favourite conductor. Can be infuriatingly vague, and even outright dim, but he is a prodigiously talented musician and a great friend to Boito.
GIULIO RICORDI (40Â’s)
VerdiÂ’s publisher and BoitoÂ’s good friend. A practical, urbane man, and a worthy successor to the Ricordi publishing empire.
Verdi’s closest associates, publisher Giulio Ricordi, and conductor Franco Faccio, are determined to get the Maestro working again. They conspire to team him with brilliant operatic wordsmith Arrigo Boito, and the greatest tragic opera ever written - “Otello” - is conceived.
But trouble is looming. Boito hasnÂ’t always had nice things to say about Verdi. And at 66 years of age, the man himself isnÂ’t sure he can cut it anymore.
Who said art was easy?
Staged to commemorate the centennial of VerdiÂ’s death, five actors, five opera singers, and one pianist will join forces to tell the amazing behind-the-scenes true story of the creation of VerdiÂ’s masterpiece, "Otello".
This brilliantly crafted play-with-music not only celebrates the life and work of Italy’s most revered composer, but also provides a fascinating insight into the creative process... the original “Making of...”, if you like.
Seamlessly blending music and drama, this is a charming, witty, thoroughly engaging show.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A PLAY. THE ACTORS IN THIS SHOW ARE _NOT_ REQUIRED TO SING.
Characters:
GIUSEPPE VERDI (60Â’s)
ItalyÂ’s greatest opera composer. A noble, dignified, stubborn man. Happy in retirement but ready to work if he feels the world wants it. Possesses an innate authority. Full beard, slim build.
ARRIGO BOITO (40Â’s)
a nervous, self-doubting, neurotic genius. Sometime composer, full-time poet/librettist. A gifted operatic wordsmith with a real artistic soul. Dapper, slightly overweight, with a large moustache.
GIUSEPPINA STREPPONI (60Â’s)
VerdiÂ’s wife. A strong, sharp, intelligent woman, wholly devoted to her husbandÂ’s best interests. A former soprano, she has endured much in her marriage, but is awake to what her husband needs, in spite of his protestations.
FRANCO FACCIO (40Â’s)
VerdiÂ’s favourite conductor. Can be infuriatingly vague, and even outright dim, but he is a prodigiously talented musician and a great friend to Boito.
GIULIO RICORDI (40Â’s)
VerdiÂ’s publisher and BoitoÂ’s good friend. A practical, urbane man, and a worthy successor to the Ricordi publishing empire.
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