Beatrice di Tenda

Beatrice di Tenda - Peter Sellars

• Conductor

  Mark Wigglesworth; Ching-Lien Wu

• Music

  Vincenzo Bellini
  (1801 - 1835)

• Libretto

  Felice Romani

• Director

  Peter Sellars

• Set design

  George Tsypin

• Costume design

  Camille Assaf

• Lighting design

  James F. Ingalls

• Dramaturgy

  Antonio Cuenca Ruiz

False accusation, unjust imprisonment, torture and a death sentence: such was the unfortunate fate of Beatrice di Tenda, a real character who became the heroine of Vincenzo Bellini’s opera. The work was first performed at Venice’s La Fenice in 1833 without any real success, to the great displeasure of the composer who tackled powerful themes such as justice and the aspiration for freedom, in a score with crystaline and lyrical lines. For its entry into the Paris Opera repertoire, Peter Sellars is directing this little-known score, his first Italian opera. With set designer George Tsypin, he sets the work in a steel-walled palace, evoking the domination and surveillance exercised by a ruthless dictatorship.

Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus

A coproduction with the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelone
With the exceptional support of Aline Foriel-Destezet

A recording of Beatrice di Tenda will be made, directed by Peter Sellars and produced by the Opéra national de Paris, with the support of the Orange Foundation, patron of the Paris Opera's audiovisual broadcasts. It will be broadcast live on POP - the Paris Opera's streaming platform - on Thursday 15 February 2024 at 7.30 pm.

Beatrice di Tenda

Beatrice di Tenda - Peter Sellars

• Beatrice di Tenda

  Tamara Wilson

• Filippo Visconti

  Quinn Kelsey

• Agnese del Maino

  Theresa Kronthaler

• Orombello

  Pene Pati

• Anichino

  Amitai Pati

• Rizzardo del Maino

  Taesung Lee