Program

Gioachino Rossini, Ermione

I. Sinfonia

I.1 : "Troja! Qual Fosti Un Di!"

I.1 : "Mia Delizia! Un Solo Istante"

I.1 : "All'ombra Del Tuo Sposo"

I.2 : "Dall'Oriente L'astro Del Giorno"

I.2 : "A Tante Cure, O Amiche"

I.2 : "Non Proseguir"

I.2 : "Venga Il Greco Orator"

I.3 : "Reggia Abborrita!"

I.3 : "Che Fai di Te"

I.4 : "Marche Marziale"

I.4 : "Mi Guarda, E Impallidisce!"

I.4 : "Balena In Man Del Figlio"

I.4 : "Periglioso E Il Restar"

I.5 : "Amarti?"

I.6 : "Alfin L'Eroe Da Forte"

I.6 : "Sperar Poss'io?"

I.6 : "A Me Astianatte"

I.6 : "Pirro, deh serbami la fé giurata"

II.1 : "Liete Novelle"

II.1 : "Ombra Del Caro Sposo"

II.2 : "Sia Compiuto Il Mio Fato"

II.2 :"Essa Corre Al Trionfo"

II.2 : "Di, Che Vedesti Piangere"

II.2 : "Il Voglia Il Ciel"

II.2 : "Amata, L'amai"

II.2 : "Ma Che Ascolto?"

II.2 : "Un'empia Mel Rapi"

II.3 : "Il Tuo Dolor Ei Affretta"

II.3 : "Se a me nemiche, o stelle"

II.4 : "Ah! Qual Sovrasta A Pirro"

II.4 : "A Cosi Trista Immagine"

II.5 : "Che Feci? Dove Son?"

II.5 : "Sei Vindicata"

II.6 : "Ah! Ti Rinvenni!"

Rossini’s Ermione

Johannes Erath (stage director), Michele Mariotti (conductor) — With Anastasia Bartoli (Ermione), Victoria Yarovaya (Andromaca), Juan Diego Flórez (Oreste)...

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Cast

Johannes Erath — Stage director

Heike Scheele — Set designer

Jorge Jara — Costume designer

Fabio Antoci — Lighting designer

Anastasia Bartoli — Ermione

Victoria Yarovaya — Andromaca

Enea Scala — Pirro

Juan Diego Flórez — Oreste

Program notes

One of Rossini's most rarely heard and most drama-filled operas, the tragic Ermione, based on Racine's play Andromaque, comes blazing to life in this production from the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy. Set amid continued hostilities after the Trojan War, the opera centers on Hermione, daughter of Menelaus and Helen, consumed by a jealous passion when she discovers that her betrothed, Pyrrhus, is in love with the beautiful Andromache. Torn between love, vengeance, and honor, Hermione struggles to extricate herself from a whirlwind of emotional extremes, tracing a poignant portrait of impossible love and human ardor.

This mise en scène by Johannes Erath, with Michele Mariotti conducting the RAI's splendid orchestra, unfurls all the expressive force of Rossini's work in an ambitious staging that keeps human drama firmly at the center and raises the characters' conflicts to a boiling point. Anastasia Bartoli and Juan Diego Flórez bring dramatic flair and vocal virtuosity to the roles of Hermione and Orestes, who tries to win Hermione's affections away from Pyrrhus. Honored with the prestigious Franco Abbiati Prize for the Best Production of 2024, this Ermione offers a powerful and modern reading of a Rossini classic that sees love and revenge intertwine to catastrophic ends.

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