25.07.2022

CAROLINA LIPPO in Francesco Cavalli's „Il Xerse” in Martina Franca

The Italian soprano Carolina Lippo is a welcome guest at the Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca in southern Italy, where she has so far performed in Nicola De Giosa's Don Checco, Leonardo Leo's L'ambizione delusa and Alfredo Casella's La donna serpente - the latter production conducted by Fabio Luisi. This year, under the baton of the proven baroque specialist Federico Maria Sardelli, Carolina will impersonate the role of Romilda in Francesco Cavalli's Dramma per musica Il Xerse, premiered in Venice in 1655 and revived in Paris in 1660 as part of the wedding celebrations of Louis XIV and Maria Teresa of Spain, where it was expanded to five acts and accompanied by six dance interludes by Lully.

Cast

Carlo Vistoli, Xerse
Ekaterina Protsenko, Amastre
Gaia Petrone, Arsamene
Carolina Lippo, Romilda
Dioklea Hoxha, Adelanta
Carlo Allemano, Ariodate
Nicolò Donini, Aristone
Nicolò Balducci, Periarco
Aco Bišcevic, Elviro
Mario Fumarola, Cupido
Greta Corrente | Flavia Grazia Giuliani | Alessia Martino |Angelica Massafra, Le guardie

Federico Maria Sardelli, conductor
Leo Muscato, director
Andrea Belli, stage design
Giovanna Fiorentini, costumes 
Alessandro Carletti, light design

Orchestra Barocca Modo Antiquo