Organization

Singer

Soprano

Suzanne Jerosme

Giuditta

Countertenor

Max Emanuel Cencic

Lottario

Franco Fagioli

Adalgiso

Mezzo-soprano

Nian Wang

Edvige

Dennis Orellana

Berardo

Julia Lezhneva

Gildippe

Tenor

Petr Nekoranec

Asprando

Conductor

Markellos Chryssicos

Teatro Auditorio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Italian

Carlo il Calvo -  (Charles the Bald)

Madrid

Spain

Carlo il Calvo

Public

Charles the Bald

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

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Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

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Poet

Repetiteur

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Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Bass

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Carlo il Calvo is a serious opera by the 18th-century Italian composer Nicola Antonio Porpora, re-released with great success in 2020 as part of the new Bayreuth Barroque Opera Festival held at the Margravine Theater in Bayreuth, a space built at the beginning of the 20th century. XVIII and preserved in its entirety since then.

Carlo il Calvo was performed for the first time in 1738 at the Teatro delle Dame, the most important theater of the time in Rome. The cast was made up entirely of men and castrati. Women were not allowed to appear in public in the Papal States. The opera by Nicola Antonio Porpora, whose score has been preserved at the Naples Conservatory, is based on a 1699 Venetian libretto which, under various titles, was set to music by composers such as Vinacessi, Keller, Alessandro Scarlatti, Orlandini, Predieri, Fioré, Hurlebusch, Telemann and Vivaldi.

The plot is set in that period of the High Middle Ages when Charlemagne's Europe was disintegrating at the hands of his feuding heirs. Its distinctive feature is that the titular hero, Carlos, is a boy. Luis the German, Carlos's half brother and Charlemagne's grandson, kidnaps the legitimate heir to the throne to strip him of his sovereignty. This gives Carlos's mother the opportunity to experience heartbreaking scenes of despair and impressive outbursts of feeling. In the role of Luis, induced to do evil by malicious courtiers, Max Emanuel Cencic has the opportunity to launch himself into scenes of great paroxysm. Only Franco Fagioli, as the noble knight Adalgiso, has what it takes to stop the tyrant and restore God-given order. But in doing so,

The production was voted “Best New Production of 2020” by the readers of the French online magazine ForumOpéra.

English

Charles the Bald by Porpora, From (2021/2021), Conductor Markellos Chryssicos

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

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