Viva la Mamma!

The story

First seen in Naples in 1827, this farce of a “theatre within a theatre” narrates the mishaps of a second-rate opera company as it stages the great serious drama Romolo ed Ersilia in a provincial theatre. The unbearable tensions between the two lead singers are finally resolved with the decisive intervention of one of their mothers. The co-production by Ópera de Lyon along with the Grand Theâtre de Genève and Teatro Real is brought to life by Laurent Pelly, a tireless champion of Donizetti's comedies.

Cast

C Carlos ÁlvarezMamma Agata N Nino MachaidzeDaria, la primadonna B Borja QuizaProcolo X Xabier AnduagaGuglielmo, primo tenore S Sylvia SchwartzLuigia, la seconda donna P Pietro Di BiancoBiscroma Strappaviscere E Enric Martínez-CastignaniCesare Salsapariglia P Pietro MicinskiEl empresario L Luis López NavarroEl director escénico C Carol GarcíaPippetto