UN RACCONTO FIORENTINO

A FLORENTINE TALE

Music and Libretto by Louis Gioia
Based on a story by Giovanni Boccaccio
Conducted by John Yaffé
Directed by Nancy Rhodes

World Premiere at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

Un Racconto Fiorentino is a traditional opera for the 21st Century, based on a story by Giovanni Boccaccio, with music and libretto by American composer Louis Gioia; orchestrations by Glen Cortese. The concert staging included over 100 musicians onstage.

“Led by maestro John Yaffé, the forces on the Tully Hall stage performed with transcendent concentration, exemplary preparation, freedom and commitment.” - Donald Westwood, Opera News

STAFF
Christopher Fecteau and Mara Waldman, Musical Preparation
Mara Waldman, Chorus Master
Glen Cortese, Orchestrations
John Yaffé, Choral Arrangements
Jonathan Romeo, Orchestra Manager
Juliana Janes-Yaffé, Chorus Contractor
Jane Clegg, Production Manager
Douglas Shearer, Production Stage Manager
Charles Townsend Wittreitch Jr., Set Consultant and Props
A. Christina Giannini, Costumes
Kathleen Swanson and Nancy Rhodes, Choreography

CAST (in order of appearance)
Carlo, King of Naples (William Fleck)
Cardinal Latino, papal emissary (Richard Lewis)
Guido di Monforte, Carlo’s counsel (Charles Robert Stephens)
Page (Graham Fandrei)
Tavernkeeper (David W. Jackson)
Renzo, young villager (David Robinson)
Nardo Gonsalve, young villager (Méléna Marras)
Matteo Granduca, exiled Ghibelline soldier (Richard Lewis)
Ginevra, young villager (Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs)
Lamplighter (David Robinson)
Andrea Signorelli, Ginevra’s father (Steven Fredericks)
Mayday dancer, town witch (Kathleen Sullivan)
Marco (Richard Lippold)
Clergy, villagers, exiled Ghibelline soldiers

The opera will be performed in three acts with one intermission.

The composer acknowledges special thanks to the support extended by Saint Sebastian’s Parish Association and St. George’s Parish.