Rita or The Beaten Husband

Rita or The Beaten Husband (Opera or Operetta) production archive for QTIX code T0148683049. Details of all Rita or The Beaten Husband archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S816909806

Archive Listings

18 Oct 07
to
20 Oct 07

Royal Opera House
West End, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

Details

A comic opera in one act (1860). As the plot relates, the wife of the title regularly beats up her husband - because she used to be beaten up by her previous now-dead husband. It's not really a satisfactory situation for either of them. But her previous husband isn't dead - he didn't drown as everyone thought, but ran away to Canada. It's a shock for both of them when she finds out that he's alive, and he finds out that she didn't die in a fire as he thought. So what of Rita's current henpecked and hounded husband? Maybe the ex can show him a thing or two on how to improve his current marital lot and restore a bit of domestic bliss to the situation. Sung in Italian. Approx running time 50 mins (no interval)

Cast/Performers

Anita Watson (Rita), Haoyin Xue, Krzysztof Szumanski (Gasparo)

Creatives/Company

Music: Donizetti
Lyrics: Gustave Vaez
Producer: Royal Opera House
Conductor: Andrew Griffiths
Director: Thomas Guthrie
Design: Kevin Knight
Lighting: Simon Bennison

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

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