Dramma giocoso in two acts

Music by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)

Libretto by Domenico Gilardoni, based on the works Le convenienze teatrali (1794) and Le inconvenienze teatrali (1800) by Antonio Simeone Sografi

Premiered at the Teatro Nuovo of Naples on the 21st of November, 1827, and in the composer's revised version at the Teatro alla Cannobiana of Milan on the 20th of April, 1831

Premiere at the Teatro Real

Production of the Teatro Real, in co-production with the Opéra National de Lyon and the Grand Théâtre de Genève

Titular Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

Artistic team

Conductor | Evelino Pidò 

Stage Director and Costume Designer | Laurent Pelly

Set Designer | Chantal Thomas

Light Designer | Joël Adam

Chorus Master | Andrés Máspero

Cast

Daria, prima donna | Nino Machaidze 

Procolo, Daria's husband | Borja Quiza

Biscroma Stappaviscere, conductor | Pietro di Bianco

Agata, the mother | Carlos Álvarez 

Luigia, seconda donna | Sylvia Schwartz

Guglielmo, primo tenore | Xabier Anduaga 

Pippetto | Carol García

Cesare Salsapariglia, the poet I Enric Martínez-Castignani

Impresario I David Oller

Director of the theatre | Luis López Navarro