Stiffelio

Of Giuseppe Verdi’s two dozen operas we consider to be basic, few people are familiar with Stiffelio, which then continued life as Aroldo after being placed in a different context – or rather, it was forgotten all the more. And this despite the fact that Stiffelio is a masterpiece, with excellent tableaus and strong scenes. Its demanding main roles paint a picture of the conflicts between difficult and nuanced personalities: a protestant minister has to make a decision after discovering his wife’s infidelity... Stiffelio is the opera of Christian forgiveness, even though the forgiveness arrives late: the other man in the love triangle is doomed by the very emotion that the minister is trying to overcome. In recent years, Stiffelio has been performed twice by the opera’s performers: the present production is aimed at the lovers of the piece and the composer, and all festival-goers interested in the operatic resolution of moral issues.

General cast

Conductor

 

Leonardo Sini

 

Stiffelio, a Protestant minister

 

Boldizsár László

 

Stankar, Lina's father, an elderly colonel

 

Anatoly Fokanov

 

Lina, his wife

 

Anikó Bakonyi

 

Raffaele, a nobleman from Leuthold

 

N.N.

 

Jorg, an elderly minister

 

Krisztián Cser

 

Federico di Frengel

 

Jenő Dékán

 

Dorotea, Lina's cousin

 

Zsófia Kálnay

 

Featuring

 

Budapest Studio Chorus / Honvéd Male Choir

Credits

Writer

 

Francesco Maria Piave

 

Choir Master

 

Gábor Csiki

 

Hungarian surtitles

 

Lajos Csákovics