Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco - Teatro alla Scala

A grand, emotionally charged stage experience with soaring voices and a tragic, heroic atmosphere.

Directed by

Riccardo Chailly

Genres

Music

Starring

Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli, Carlos Álvarez

Overview

"Giovanna d'Arco; ossia, la pulzella d'Orléans" is an operatic dramma lirico with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The opera partly reflects the story of Joan of Arc and is based on a play by Friedrich von Schiller, although claimed by the librettist to be "an entirely original Italian drama." If the thought of Anna Netrebko strutting her stuff in a suit of armour and tin hat sets your factor tingling then this is a must. It's an inconsistent opera but has some quite wonderful music along the way. The rest of the cast is good and the production won't offend either. Get it for Ms Netrebko's incredible performance alone.

How it feels

Earnest, melancholic, dark and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Faith, war, identity, power

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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