BESETZUNG / CAST:

GIOVANNA D’ARCO
Sophie Gordeladze – Sopran | soprano

CARLO VII.
Héctor Sandoval – Tenor | tenor

GIACOMO
Luca Grassi – Bariton | baritone
Giovannas Vater | Giovanna’s father

DELIL
Martin Piskorski – Tenor | tenor
Ein französischer Offizier | a French officer

TALBOT
Rory Dunne – Bassbariton | bass-baritone
Ein englischer Kommandeur | an English commander

CAPPELLA AQUILEIA
Orchester der OH! | Orchestra of Heidenheim Opera Festival

TSCHECHISCHER PHILHARMONISCHER CHOR BRÜNN |
CZECH PHILHARMONIC CHOIR OF BRNO
Festspielchor | Festival Choir

STATISTERIE | EXTRAS
Svetlana Loutsa, Lea Reinhardt

MUSIKALISCHE LEITUNG | MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Marcus Bosch

INSZENIERUNG | DIRECTOR
Ulrich Proschka

AUSSTATTUNG | STAGE & COSTUME DESIGNER
Lena Scheerer

LICHTDESIGN | LIGHTING DESIGNER
Hartmut Litzinger

DRAMATURGIE | DRAMATIC ADVISER
Gerhard Herfeldt

CHORLEITUNG | CHORUS MASTER
Petr Fiala

CHOR EINSTUDIERUNG | CHOIR REHEARSALS
Michael Dvořák

Giuseppe Verdi wanted his seventh opera to be passionate, fiery and action-packed, and he wanted a real prima donna to take centre stage. He found the ideal subject in one of the most famous female figures in world history: Joan of Arc. Verdi was highly satisfied with Temistocle Solera’s libretto. It was, he wrote in August 1844, ‘almost of an unusual beauty’. In fact, the title role brings a special radiance to the opera, which is not necessarily one of the composer’s most prominent roles on the repertoire today. However, it was celebrated by the premiere audience, and the day after the premiere Verdi wrote to his friend Francesco Maria Piave: ‘Without exception and without doubt, it is the best of my operas’. A few successful performances followed, but then the work faded into the shadows of Verdi’s later, even more famous operas. It is high time to bring it back to light!