
Overview
Duration: 2 hours (intermission after the second act)
Comic opera in two acts
Libretto: Cesare Sterbini
First performance: Rome, February 20, 1816
Italian with explanations in English, French, Spanish
Cast
Production: Wolf-Dieter Ludwig
New production 2014: Philippe Brunner
Set design: Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costumes: Marie-Luise Walek
Light: Philippe Brunner / Alexander Proschek
Puppet’s heads: Joseph Magnus
Technician: Alexander Proschek
Puppeteers: Philippe Brunner, Anne-Lise Droin, Pierre Droin, Vladimir Fediakov, Marion Mayer, Michaela Obermayr, Emanuel Paulus, Eva Wiener, Ursula Winzer
Singers: Manuel Ausensi, Ugo Benelli, Teresa Berganza, Fernando Corena, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Stefania Malagù, Dino Mantovani
Additional
information
Orchestra e coro Rossini di Napoli
Conductor: Silvio Varviso
Recording: Decca 1967
Premiere: Salzburg, July 11, 1971
New production: June 6, 2014
The puppets and the equipment were made in the workshops of the Salzburg Marionette Theatre.