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Video on demand: Il trionfo dell'onore

Watch online on operavision.euOperaVisionRecorded at Teatro Malibran, Venice, Italy
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On demand from Friday 18 September 2026 19:00
to Thursday 18 March 2027 12:00
Performers
Teatro La Fenice
Enrico OnofriConductor
Stefano VizioliDirector
Ugo NespoloSet Designer, Costume Designer
Carlos TieppoCostume Designer
Nevio CavinaLighting Designer
Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice
Tiziano ManciniFilm maker
Giulia BolcatoSopranoRiccardo Albenori
Rosa BoveMezzo-sopranoLeonora Dorini
Raffaele PeCountertenorErminio
Francesca Lombardi MazzulliSopranoDoralice Rosetti
Dave MonacoTenorFlaminio Castravacca
Luca CervoniTenorCornelia Buffacci
Giuseppina BridelliMezzo-sopranoRosina Caruccia
Tommaso BareaBass-baritoneRodimarte Bombarda

The charming but unscrupulous Riccardo pursues women while avoiding the consequences of his libertine lifestyle. His latest target is Leonora, whose love becomes entangled with the schemes of her brother Ercole and the virtuous protagonist Rosina. As Riccardo’s deceptions unravel, he is forced to face the consequences. But can the notorious libertine truly reform and find redemption?

Premiered on 26 November 1718 in Naples at the Teatro dei Fiorentini, Il trionfo dell'onore is Scarlatti’s only known comedy. Considered an early model of opera buffa, it has a coherent dramaturgical-musical structure with its interplay of no less than four couples. Scarlatti juggles a series of ensemble pieces, culminating in the superb concertato at the close of the second act. Stefano Vizioli’s production from La Fenice in Venice created with pop artist Ugo Nespolo, is a riot of colourful shapes and comic-book imagery, a convincing blend of commedia dell’arte and slapstick. The excellent cast tackles a rich variety of arias, duets and quartets conveying the work’s pathos as well as its sassy humour.

Recorded on 15.03.2025

This listing was input with the assistance of data from Operabook.

© Michele Crosera | Teatro La Fenice
© Michele Crosera | Teatro La Fenice