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Umberto Giordano, Siberia

I: "Godi dunque il suo sole Godi dunque il tuo sole"

I: "La Bàrina? No, non ancora"

I: "La Signora? Due parole…"

I: "Avanti!"

I: "O bella mia"

I: "Hanno cantato al nulla le cicale"

I: "Nel suo amore rianimata la coscienza ritrovai"

I: "Gléby!"

I: "Ogni giorno in me amor si fa gigante"

I: "Un giovine ufficial chiede di te"

I: "Sei giovane! Soldato!"

Act II: Prelude

II: "Buon di!"

II: "Di' pel nome di Cristo!"

II: "Malori! Dolori!"

II: "Il rancio!"

II: "La poloo-tappa della Steppa d'Omsk?"

II: "Orride steppe, torrida l'estate!"

II: "E' qui con te"

III: "Dalle nuvole ha il cielo snidato fuori"

III: "O donne, dite, stracci vecchi avete"

III: "Chi mai sarà?"

III: "Al lavoro!"

III: "Gléby! - Sì, Gléby!"

III: "Spremi dal cuor"

III: "Così credi sfuggirmi?"

III: Allegro moderato

III: "Or vedrete che scena!"

III: "La conobbi quand'era fanciulla"

III: "Fiele! Da un'ora!"

III: "Ah, se il fango"

III: "O bella mia"

III: "Un giorno ebbe l'amor pietà di me!"

III: "Cristo è risorto!"

III: "Orsu, l'orchestra dia principio!"

III: "Ah! Disgraziata!"

III: "Non piangere!"

Giordano's Siberia

Roberto Andò (stage director), Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) – With Sonya Yoncheva (Stephana), Giorgi Sturua (Vassili), George Petean (Gleby)...

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Cast

Roberto Andò — Stage director

Gianni Carluccio — Set designer, lighting designer

Nanà Cecchi — Costumes designer

Luca Scarzella — Video designer

Sonya Yoncheva — Stephana

Giorgi Sturua — Vassili

George Petean — Gleby

Program notes

“Then enjoy the sun, if it is a sunny day. Enjoy the moon, if there is a moon. There is life even in death, also for you.” Rather than an orchestral overture, it is these sinister words sung by a male chorus that set the macabre tone of Umberto Giordano’s three-act opera, Siberia. After its premiere at Milan’s La Scala in 1903, the work was performed only a handful of times and remained relatively unknown until the end of the 20th century. Here, Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva joins the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 2022 for Roberto Andò’s chilling production set in Stalin’s Soviet Union.

In three heart-rending acts named “The Woman,” “The Lover,” and “The Heroine,” a poignant tale unfolds on the Florentine stage: the prince’s mistress Stephana falls in love with lieutenant Vassili and follows him to a labor camp where her plan to escape with her beloved leads to her own tragic fate…

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