Giuseppe Filianoti

Don Juan sins with his servant and is doomed in this tragicomic opera.

Live from La Scala Wednesday 10 December 2003

La production dramatique de Jean-Pierre Ponnelle donne vie à la Rome antique pour ce récit captivant de vengeance, de terreur et de tentative de meurtre. Giuseppe Filianoti est l'empereur Tito qui choisit Servilia (Lucy Crowe) pour être son impératrice. Mais quand elle lui dit qu'elle est déjà amoureuse d'Annio (Kate Lindsey), il décide d'épouser Vitellia (Barbara Frittoli) à la place. Ignorant l'honneur sur le point de lui être conféré, Vitelllia, fille de l'empereur déchu, est déterminée à se venger de Tito et piège son amant Sesto (Elīna Garanča) dans son sombre complot. Le spécialiste de la musique ancienne Harry Bicket dirige

The story takes place in Corinth, in Creon's palace. Glauce (the king's daughter) is making preparations for her wedding with Jason; the hero has repudiated Medea, his wife - with whom he had two children - who once helped him to recover the Golden Fleece. The Argonauts arrive to pay homage to the bride, who cannot hide her fear of Medea. Medea manages to enter the king's palace and begs for Jason's return; when he refuses, the sorceress curses him and swears vengeance; then, alone with him, she recalls the happy moments of their love. Creon orders Medea to leave Corinth and she pretends to agree, obtaining permission to spend one more day with her children; meanwhile, she orders Neris, her maidservant, to take to Glauce her wedding present: the diadem and mantle given to her by Apollo.

Starring Ferruccio Furlanetto, Giuseppe Filianoti & Dimitra Theodossiou. From Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Sicily