La Strada
Intro
La Strada
Luc Van Hove
From 29/01/2008 in Antwerp - from 17/02/2008 in Ghent
- Musical direction: Koen Kessels
- Director: Waut Koeken
- Gelsomina: Jeannette Fischer
- Zampanò: Richard Salter
- Il Matto: Yves Saelens
- Gelsomina's moeder / Schoonmoeder: Mireille Capelle
Flanders Opera’s Fellini cycle – with Satyricon (Maderna), Prova d’Orchestra (Battistelli) and Aladdin en de Wonderlamp (Rota) as previous editions — is to be crowned with an international creation. Composer Luc Van Hove and librettist Eric de Kuyper have written a new opera based on La Strada, Federico Fellini’s legendary road movie.
Practical
Surtitles: Dutch.
Team
- Musical direction
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Director
Waut Koeken
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Set design
Benoît Dugardyn
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Costumes
Carmen Van Nyvelseel
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Lightning
Peter Van Praet
- Choreography
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Video
Mario Costa
- Chorus master
- Gelsomina
- Zampanò
- Il Matto
- Gelsomina's moeder / Schoonmoeder
- Prostituee
- Non
- Meisje
- Carabiniere 2 / Caféklant
- Vrouw van Circusdirecteur
- Circusartiest
- Toeschouwer 1
- Toeschouwer 2
- Toeschouwer 3
- Carabiniere 1
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Koor en Kinderkoor van de Vlaamse Opera
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