Casanova's Homecoming
Set in Venice in 1774, the opera portrays Giacomo Casanova and the people around him, including Lorenzo, Gabrielle, the Marquis De Lisle, Bellino, and Madame d’Urfé.
Loading credits…
Loading credits…
Set in Venice in 1774, the opera portrays Giacomo Casanova and the people around him, including Lorenzo, Gabrielle, the Marquis De Lisle, Bellino, and Madame d’Urfé.
The opera's libretto is based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Its roles include Christopher Sly, a tinker; Henry Pimpernel, a smith; Peter Turph, a tailor; and Marion Hackett, an alehouse hostess.
The two-act opera loosely adapts Great Expectations and centers on an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Aurelia Havisham’s death.
Passengers waiting in a train station reveal what they do but keep the contents of their luggage secret. A puppet master who seems to live in the station tries to manipulate them. The passengers leave one by one, except Mr. Owen, who acts out a story about sailing away and breaks the puppet master’s hold. The puppet master retains control of the Foreign Singer in the final moments.
At Lake Como, a Lodger who studies composer Jeffrey Aspern rents rooms from former prima donna Juliana Bordereau and her niece Tina, hoping to find Aspern’s papers and a lost Medea opera score. The story shifts between 1885, as the Lodger investigates, and 1835, when the audience sees Aspern’s relationship with the younger soprano Sonia and his death. Juliana dies after the Lodger learns she has kept the papers. Tina offers him the score if he will marry her; he initially refuses, then changes his mind, but Tina says it is too late. She burns the score page by page.
Set in Venice in 1774, the opera portrays Giacomo Casanova and the people around him, including Lorenzo, Gabrielle, the Marquis De Lisle, Bellino, and Madame d’Urfé.
The opera's libretto is based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Its roles include Christopher Sly, a tinker; Henry Pimpernel, a smith; Peter Turph, a tailor; and Marion Hackett, an alehouse hostess.
The two-act opera loosely adapts Great Expectations and centers on an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Aurelia Havisham’s death.
Passengers waiting in a train station reveal what they do but keep the contents of their luggage secret. A puppet master who seems to live in the station tries to manipulate them. The passengers leave one by one, except Mr. Owen, who acts out a story about sailing away and breaks the puppet master’s hold. The puppet master retains control of the Foreign Singer in the final moments.
At Lake Como, a Lodger who studies composer Jeffrey Aspern rents rooms from former prima donna Juliana Bordereau and her niece Tina, hoping to find Aspern’s papers and a lost Medea opera score. The story shifts between 1885, as the Lodger investigates, and 1835, when the audience sees Aspern’s relationship with the younger soprano Sonia and his death. Juliana dies after the Lodger learns she has kept the papers. Tina offers him the score if he will marry her; he initially refuses, then changes his mind, but Tina says it is too late. She burns the score page by page.