Details

Giorgetta, the young wife of Michele, a river-barge master, has tired of her husband and of the vagabond life she leads with him. She has fallen in love with a young stevedore. They plan to meet on the barge later, but Michele, alone on the deck that night, unwittingly gives the pre-arranged signal When Giorgetta comes out from the cabin her husband's cloak has already been wrapped around her lovers dead body. Sung in Italian

Cast/Performers

Lucio Gallo (Michele), Martina Serafin (Giorgetta), Carl Tanner (Luigi), Carlo Bosi (Tinca), Jeremy White (Talpa), David Junghoon Kim (Ballad Seller), Irina Mishura (Frugola), Lauren Fagan (Lover), Luis Gomes (Lover)

Creatives/Company

Music: Puccini
Producer: Royal Opera House
Director(s): Richard Jones, Sarah Fahie (movement)
Design: Ultz
Costume: Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting: D.M. Wood
Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
Company(s): Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House