MARIA EGIZIACA (Respighi) Venice 2024 Francesca Dotto, Simone Alberghini, Vincenzo Costanzo

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: MARIA EGIZIACA  
• Composer: Respighi Ottorino   
• Libretto: Claudio Guastalla, based on a Medieval life of Saint Mary of Egypt    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Teatro Malibran, Venezia, Italy  
• Recorded: March 2024
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Francesca Dotto, Simone Alberghini, Vincenzo Costanzo, Michele Galbiati, Luigi Morassi, Ilaria Vanacore, William Corrò
• Conductor: Manlio Benzi  
• Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice  
• Chorus: Coro del Teatro La Fenice  
• Chorus Master: Alfonso Caiani  
• Stage Director: Pier Luigi Pizzi  
• Stage Designer: Pier Luigi Pizzi  
• Costume Designer: Pier Luigi Pizzi  
• Lighting Designer: Fabio Barettin  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Dynamic  
• Date Published: 2024  
• Format: DVD & BD
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: PRESTO     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Maria egiziaca (Saint Mary of Egypt) is an opera in a single three-episode act by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. The libretto, by Claudio Guastalla, is based on a Medieval life of Saint Mary of Egypt, contained in the translation into the vernacular of the Vitae Patrum written by Domenico Cavalca.

The work was originally intended as a concert piece although it has been fully staged in some revivals. It was first performed at Carnegie Hall, New York City, on 16 March 1932. The first stage performance was at the Teatro Goldoni in Venice on 10 August 1932. Both the language of the libretto and the music employ archaism; Respighi’s score contains stylistic echoes of Gregorian chant, Renaissance music and Monteverdi.