The Bohemian

The story

The year is 1764. For over a year, Josef has been leading a precarious life in Venice. He hopes to become an opera composer. The city, full of talented and already-established composers, seems closed to him. Looking for work as a violinist, he comes into the orbit of a rich young woman. Thanks to her, he gets the opportunity to play at salons. But his real opportunity arises when he becomes the lover of a libertine marquise. She teaches him worldly manners, rids him of signs of a provincial upbringing and introduces him to a hedonistic existence free from religious intolerance. Thus transformed, Josef gets an incan incredible commission: to write an opera for the San Carlo, Europe's largest theatre.

Cast

V Vojtěch DykJosef Mysliveček B Barbara RonchiCaterina Gabrielli E Elena RadonicichMarchioness L Lana VladyAnna Fracassati D Dario LubattiCarlo Fracassati, Anna's brother A Antonio De MatteoBaron Manciniani, Anna's husband D Diego PagottoOrfeo Crispi A Alberto CraccoCount Finocchietti P Pietro TammaroImpresario Santoro F Federica VecchioCornelia Rezzi F Fabrizio ParentiCornelia's father A Achille BrugniniNoble Falier

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M Mirko CiccarielloKing of Naples P Philip HahnWolfgang Amadeus Mozart C Christian DieterleLeopold Mozart L Lino MusellaDuke of Noja S Salvatore LangellaCount of San Paolo C Chiara CelottoCarmela, Neapolitan maid K Karel RodenMan under the marquise's skirts Z Zdeněk GodlaCard player M Martina Babišová P Philippe Jaroussky(singing voice) E Emőke Baráth(singing voice) J Juan Sancho(singing voice) S Simona ŠaturováCaterina Gabrielli (singing voice) K Krystian Adam(singing voice) G Giulia Semenzato(singing voice) S Sophie Harmsen B Benno Schachtner R Raffaella Milanesi(singing voice) C Cristiano Donati L Lenka VlasákováServant G Goran Maiello A Agáta Hrnčířová F Federica Rosellini B Bára Vidomská V Viktorie Hásková C Claire PalazzoMary