THE
CREATIVE TEAM
Denise Mulholland
Artistic Director
Joseph Vella
Composer
VINCE VELLA
Librettist
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Chrsitopher Muscat
Conductor
THE CAST
THE CAST
THE OPERA OVERVIEW
The opera tells the story of Rosario, a Maltese fisherman, who, having married a local girl, finds himself stranded on the tiny Italian island of Valeriana during the Second World War. The island is under the charge of a despotic fascist podestà named Cirillo.
The opera tells the story of Rosario, a Maltese fisherman, who, having married a local girl, finds himself stranded on the tiny Italian island of Valeriana during the Second World War. The island is under the charge of a despotic fascist podestà named Cirillo.
Cirillo is a native of Valeriana and has known great deprivation as a child. He sees action in Africa and comes back to the island with a shattered arm. It is time to get his own back. All men of military age are despatched to the front, and the remaining inhabitants, a motely bunch of women, children and old men, are totally at his mercy.
Cirillo is a native of Valeriana and has known great deprivation as a child. He sees action in Africa and comes back to the island with a shattered arm. It is time to get his own back. All men of military age are despatched to the front, and the remaining inhabitants, a motely bunch of women, children and old men, are totally at his mercy.
Since Rosario refuses to renounce his British passport, or to collaborate with the Podestà, his boat is confiscated, and he finds himself beached. The two men are driven by a murderous hate towards each other. Cirillo suffers from paranoia and illusions of grandeur. Having failed to convert Valeriana into another Capri for fascist officials, he now wants to turn it into an impregnable fortress against the Allied Forces, with dire consequences for the inhabitants. It is a comic situation, but one which can and does have tragic outcomes.
Since Rosario refuses to renounce his British passport, or to collaborate with the Podestà, his boat is confiscated, and he finds himself beached. The two men are driven by a murderous hate towards each other. Cirillo suffers from paranoia and illusions of grandeur. Having failed to convert Valeriana into another Capri for fascist officials, he now wants to turn it into an impregnable fortress against the Allied Forces, with dire consequences for the inhabitants. It is a comic situation, but one which can and does have tragic outcomes.
THE CREATIVE TEAM
JOSEPH VELLA
COMPOSER
VINCENT VELLA
LIBRETTIST
DENISE MULHOLLAND
STAGE DIRECTOR
ANTHONY MIZZI
VIDEO ARTIST
LUKE AZZOPARDI
COSTUME DESIGNER
ANTHONY BONNICI
STAGE DESIGNER
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CHRISTOPHER MUSCAT
CONDUCTOR
MORITZ ZAVAN
LIGHT DESIGNER
BEHIND THE OPERA
BEHIND THE OPERA
THE CAST
LUKE AZZOPARDI
Costume Designer
Anthony Bonnici
Stage Designer
MORITZ ZAVAN
Light Designer
Anthony Mizzi
Video Artist
ANDRÉS MORENO GARCÍA
ROSARIO
MIRIAM CAUCHI
TERESA
CIRILLO
LOUIS ANDREW CASSAR
MARVIC MONTREAL
FILIPPA
NELLO
ILYAS IGE SULTANA
NOEL GALEA
IL PROFESSORE
PAU ARMENGOL TORRELLA
SENZ SAL
MATTEO
BRIAN CEFAI
