Ezio

Christoph Willibald Gluck

June 3, 2016 at 7:30pm
June 5, 2016 at 3:00pm
Huntington Avenue Theatre

Ezio

Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Libretto by Pietro Metastasio

Sung in Italian with projected English translations

 

Roman general Ezio is absolutely loyal to his emperor. But when that emperor threatens to marry Ezio’s beloved Fulvia and her vengeful father plots to rebel, Ezio must choose between his love and his loyalty. Written before Gluck’s operatic reform, Ezio boasts the intricacy, virtuosic arias, and balanced nuance of a classic opera seria. Gluck captures the wild emotions of Rome’s elite in arias so beautifully persuasive, it’s hard not to sympathize with even the most despicable of villains.

“There wasn’t a false note among the entire group.”

–South Shore Critic

Cast and Creative

Brenda Patterson Brenda Patterson
Ezio

Randall ScottingRandall Scotting
Valentiniano

Jennifer HollowayJennifer Holloway
Fulvia

William Hite William Hite
Massimo

Jesse Darden Jesse Darden
Varo

Erica PetrocelliErica Petrocelli
Onoria
Gil RoseGil Rose
Conductor

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director: Joshua Major
Costume Designer: Rachel Padula Shufelt
Scenic Designer: Jian Jung
Lighting Designer: Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew

Media