Le Comte Ory

Vitrifrigo Arena, Pesaro, Italy

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Important Info

Festival: Rossini Opera Festival 2022

Type: Opera

City: Pesaro, Italy

Starts at: 20:00

Acts: 2

Intervals: 1

Duration: 2h 40min

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Festival

Rossini Opera Festival 2022

The 43rd ROF was held from August 9th to 21st, and featured two new productions (Le Comte Ory and Otello), the revival of La gazzetta and the aforementioned Il viaggio a Reims, three opera-symphonic concerts, two Belcanto Concerts, a Concert from the Balcony of Casa Rossini, the return of Rossinimania with the musical entertainment Il sogno dell'orso, conceived by Sergio Ragni, and the celebratory Gala Tra rondò e tournedos, for Pier Luigi Pizzi's 40th anniversary at the ROF.

Overview

New co-production with the Teatro Comunale of Bologna

History

Premiere of this production: 20 August 1828, Salle Le Peletier, Paris

Le comte Ory is a comic opera written by Gioachino Rossini in 1828. Some of the music originates from his opera Il viaggio a Reims written three years earlier for the coronation of Charles X. The French libretto was by Eugène Scribe and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson adapted from a comedy they had first written in 1817. The work is ostensibly a comic opera in that the story is humorous, even farcical. However, it was devised for the Opéra rather than for the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique and there are structural inconsistencies with the contemporary opéra comique genre: whereas the latter consists of relatively short lyrical numbers and spoken dialogue, Le Comte Ory consists of "highly developed, even massive musical forms linked by accompanied recitative. Although the opera contains some of Rossini's most colorful orchestral writing, the quaint, brief overture is oddly restrained and unassuming, ending with a whisper of pizzicato strings.

Synopsis

Time: Circa 1200, during the Crusades
Place: Touraine

Act 1

The countryside before the castle of Formoutiers

The lords and men of Formoutiers have been away on a crusade. Count Ory, who is in love with the countess Adèle, takes advantage of the situation. Hoping to win her hand, he disguises himself as a hermit aided by Raimbaud, his friend. Raimbaud announces that a wise hermit will visit the village to offer advice on matters of the heart. The castle is filled with women waiting for their husbands to return from the crusades. Ory's page Isolier is in love with the countess. Isolier confides his love to the "hermit" (Count Ory in disguise) and explains his plan to sneak into the castle disguised as a female pilgrim.

The countess consults the hermit about a cure for her melancholia. He proposes that she fall in love, which she promptly does, with Isolier. The "hermit" warns her not to trust the page. Everyone is shocked when the Tutor reveals Ory's identity. The countess receives a letter announcing her brother's return.

Act 2

A large room in the castle

The countess and her attendants admit a group of female pilgrims awaiting their husbands' return from the crusade. This time the pilgrims are actually Ory and his men in disguise. Ory's new disguise is as "Sister Colette." Missing something to drink with dinner, Raimbaud breaks into the castle wine cellar and returns with enough for everyone. They toast the countess's absent brother. Isolier recognizes Ory and reveals his identity to Adèle. Isolier also tells the waiting women that their husbands will be back by midnight.

After everyone is in bed, Ory enters countess Adèle's room. He woos her, not realizing in the dark that it is Isolier's hand he is holding. The men return from the crusade. Isolier reveals himself and helps Count Ory escape from the castle.

Venue Info

Vitrifrigo Arena - Pesaro
Via Y. A. Gagarin, sn

Inaugurated in 1996 as BPAPalas, later on the name changed to Adriatic Arena and in 2018 to Vitrifrigo Arena. It is a multi-functional building that can house musical and sporting events on an international level. Situated near the Pesaro exit of the motorway, it has ample parking facilities and is connected to the town centre by shuttle bus.

The venue was inaugurated with a recital by operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti. The venue considered a futuristic construction, known to most as "the Spaceship" (l'Astronave), or as "the Ladybug" (la Coccinella) due to its external shell shape. It covers an area of 12,000 square meters and a land area of 13,000 square meters.

The multi-purpose arena is equipped with a press stand, a room for video data, a system for satellite reception, various video stations and an internal circuit control system. The venue also configures into a (much smaller) theater that is used each August for the world-renowned Rossini Opera Festival.

Important Info

Festival: Rossini Opera Festival 2022

Type: Opera

City: Pesaro, Italy

Starts at: 20:00

Acts: 2

Intervals: 1

Duration: 2h 40min

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