Illustration above by Mark Simmons

Music – Dante De Silva               Libretto – Mitchell Morris

Information about the June 7, 2013 reading of a draft of Gesualdo, Prince of Madness at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Final changes are being made and the final draft should be completed in 2015.

Cast of Characters:

Carlo – Daniel Cilli
Maria – Michelle Rice
Leonora – Maya Kherani
Fabrizio – Andres Ramirez
Artemisia/Anna – Nikola Printz
Orazio – Chris Filipowicz
Female Trio – Sarah Eve Brand, Lora Libby, and Rachel Rush

Instrumentalists:

Piano – Keisuke Nakagoshi
Keyboard – Eva-Maria Zimmerman
Theorbo – Adam Cockerham
Percussion – McKenzie Camp

Production Team:

Nicole Paiement – Conductor, Artistic Director
Brian Staufenbiel – GraphicOpera Concept and Stage Director
Mark Simmons – Graphic Artist
Sony Green – Animator
Keisuke Nakagoshi – Rehearsal Accompanist
Jason O’Connell – Sound Engineer/Technical Support
Jacques Desjardins – General Manager
Laura Anderson – Stage Manager

       

Excerpts from the reading:
  1. Act 1, Scene 3 – Crudelissima doglia
    (Carlo – “I might have known”)
  2. Act 1, Scene 4 – O tenebroso giorno
    (Anna – “Padrone, what have you done?”)
  3. Act 2, Intermezzo
    (Chorus – “Luci serene e chiare“)
  4. Act 2, Scene 2 – Io tacerò, ma nel silenzio mio…
    (Carlo – “What shall I do?”)
  5. Act 2, Scene 3 – Poichè l’avida sete
    (Leonora – “Help, there is no help for me”)
  6. Act 2, Scene 5 – Dolcissimo mia vita
    (Orazio – “My Lord, let me send for your physicians”)
Trailer (linked from Sony Green’s Vimeo Page):