Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali - Wexford Festival Opera

Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali - Wexford Festival Opera (2024)

Music

Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage) is a two-act opera that shines an exaggerated spotlight on the behind-the-scenes working of a theatre and the rehearsal process, showing what can go wrong when the egos of the performers get in the way of putting on a good show. A regional (and mediocre) operatic troupe is rehearsing a new work and faces numerous obstacles. The prima donna acts every bit the diva, refusing to rehearse. The Tenor finds himself in the wrong production and quite out of his depth. The Seconda Donna’s mother (played by a baritone) demands that her daughter be given a more prominent role, before deciding to take on several roles herself. Not be outshone, the Prima Donna’s husband takes to the stage too. When the show eventually collapses and the company tries to flee under cover of night, rather than pay back all the investors (whose money has already been spent), the Impresario has other plans…

Directors: Orpha Phelan, Bob Corkey.

Casts

	Sharleen Joynt as Daria Garbinati
	Paolo Bordogna as Donna Agata Scannagalli
	Giuseppe Toia as Procolo
	Matteo Loi as Biscroma Strappaviscere
	Paola Leoci as Luigia Castragatti
	Alberto Robert as Guglielmo Antolstoinoff
	William Kyle as Cesare Salzapariglia
	Hannah Bennett as Pippetto
	Philip Kalmanovitch as Impresario
	Henry Grant Kerswell as Director of the Theatre

Crew