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Luisa Miller
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LUISA MILLER – Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1901
Melodramma tragico in three acts
Libreto by Salvatore Cammarano
based upon the theatre play Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich von Schiller
Intrigue when love is not enough
Friedrich Schiller premiered his drama Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love) on 13 April 1784, a few years before the outbreak of the French Revolution. Like so many philosophically inspired works from the Age of Enlightenment – and this is certainly one of them - Schiller's drama denounces the paralysing power of the class system of the old order, which prohibited any acceptable legal relationship between members of different social classes. Its young main characters see their own attempt at marriage fail in the face of their parents' firm refusal: the nobleman is defending his long-standing social rights; while Luisa's father does not act in line with the times to help Luisa in her groundbreaking relationship, thus proving the outdated ideas of the old order right. The unhappy end of these lovers greatly interested Giuseppe Verdi at a time in his life when bourgeois drama – life as experienced by ordinary people – was replacing historical drama and the Risorgimento. Not all social injustices were killed off by the revolutionary guillotine: class barriers continued - and continue - to survive.
A new production by Luisa Miller and the first opera conducted at Les Arts by its brand new Principal Music Director, Sir Mark Elder, and also by the acclaimed Buenos Aires director Valentina Carrasco. Her staging brings out the cruel and manipulative psychological background of family relationships, set in a traditional doll factory. The demanding vocal sextet features Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Rodolfo and brings together artists with well-established careers in Valencia, such as Federica Lombardi (Così fan tutte, La bohème), Alex Esposito (Anna Bolena, Les contes d'Hoffmann) and Gianluca Buratto (Don Giovanni), alongside emerging voices, including Argentine baritone Germán Alcántara, a regular presence in the Covent Garden seasons, and mezzo-soprano Maria Barakova, acclaimed at the Metropolitan and the Vienna State Opera.
Program and cast
Conductor - Sir Mark Elder
Stage Director - Valentina Carrasco
Set Designer - Carles Berga
Costume Designer - Luciana Gutman
Lighting Designer - Antonio Castro
Miller - Germán Alcántara
Luisa - Federica Lombardi
Il conte di Walter - Alex Esposito
Rodolfo - Freddie De Tommaso
Federica - Maria Barakova
Wurm - Gianluca Buratto
Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
Chorus Master Jordi Blanch Tordera
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía
The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía is a majestic building designed by the Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava. Its sculpted form is highly symbolic.
The innovative architecture of this 40.000 square metre building -75 metres high-, accommodates four venues for opera, music, ballet and theatre.
Platforms project at different levels with passage ways and Mediterranean gardens. Access to the different areas is provided by means of panoramic lifts and staircases situated inside the metal sides of the building. The contrast between the opaque sheet metal structure and the glass foyers produce ever-changing sensations when walking about the building.
The metal plume, planted on the footbridge at the main entrance of the Palau de les Arts, seems to float over the structure. This elevated footbridge can be reached by two different stairways, it is 56 metres long and it is situated at the western end of the building. From the main entrance, where the Box Office is located, two symmetrical corridors lead to the lobby of the Main Concert Hall.
Only one point of support sustains the plume over the almond-shaped building, leaving the eastern end of the feather floating in mid-air, defying gravity.
Fine white concrete covers the large metal structural supports of the building, while broken mosaic tile (trencadís) has been used to decorate the outer shells, walls and reflecting pools of the Palau.
The Palau is surrounded by more than 60.000 square metres of gardens, pathways, and 11.000 square metres of water in the reflecting pools below.
How to get here
Adress: Av. del Professor López Piñero, 1, Quatre Carreres, 46013 València, Valencia, Spania
Transport públic
Bus: EMT lines: 1, 13, 15, 19, 25, 35, 40, 95 i 99.
More information
Underground: The nearest stop is Ciutat Arts i Ciències – Justícia (line 10). Also, you can use the stop Alameda (lines 3 and 5) and it is a 20-minute walk through the Turia gardens.
Taxi
Taxi stand at Plaza Monteolivete
Bike
Valenbisi, with stations in Avda. de La Plata (Museo Fallero) and Autopista del Saler- Puente de Monteolivete
Nearest parking
Parking L’Umbracle
The nearest parking is placed at L’Umbracle, also inside the City of Arts and Sciences. This parking has capacity for 665 cars and 25 buses.
Accesibility
The four venues of Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía have areas exclusively enabled for people who require the use of wheelchairs.
These seats are not included in the general sales and cannot be reserved: their use is established following the order of request. In the case of people with a recognized degree of disability, and who need to be accompanied by another person, both the holder and the companion may benefit from the promotions aimed at this group.
Likewise, the theatre provides a wheelchair support service, from and to the main entrance of the building in Avenida López Professor Piñero. This service must be requested one week before the performance.
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