Giulio Zappa, Roberto Catalano e Izaskun Legarzan star morning this initiative.

The Tenerife Auditorium, cultural space which depends on the Area of Culture of the city Council directed the counselor Enrique Arriaga, offers a meeting online tomorrow [martes 9] at 19:00 hours through the profile of Facebook of Ópera de Tenerife. This act forms part of the activities parallel to the eighth edition of Opera (e)Studio, which ends with the staging of Il matrimonio segretoby Domenico Cimarosa, from 18 to 21 march, a co-production of Opera de Tenerife with the Teatro Regio di Parma and Teatro Massimo di Palermo.

The meeting online, titled Illustration and the pursuit of happiness: a marriage truly secret, will be presented by the founder of the Women’s Bookshop of the Canary islands, Izaskun Legarza, and will consist of a conversation between the director of Opera (e)Studio, Giulio Zappa, and the director of Il matrimonio segreto, Roberto Catalano. This activity, which will be provided with simultaneous translation, you can follow via the link below even if you do not have a profile in Facebook: https://es-es.facebook.com/operadetenerife.

Giulio Zappa (Monza, Italy) is the director of the project Opera (e)Studio since it was launched in 2013. He completed his musical studies under the direction of Oleg Marshev; she graduated in piano with the highest honors. Also, he graduated with honors in Language and foreign Literature by the Universita degli Studi di Milano, with a thesis on the opera of russia, under the supervision of the teachers Fausto Malcovati and Francesco Degrada. Since 1996 he has carried out an intense activity of concerts all over the world, in addition to being a guest, often, as a vocal coach and lecturer at numerous theatres and festivals in Europe and Asia.

Roberto Catalano (Palermo, Italy) was premiered this year at Opera de Tenerife. In 2002, he started to direct and write his own shows, in 2014 he won the competition of directors of the Festival’s Orizzonti of Chiusi and in 2016 worked as a writer and project manager of the AsLiCo Opera Education, a new version of La bohème (Puccini). In his first appearance will be responsible for the stage direction.

Il matrimonio segreto be transferred to the public tenerife to New York in the 50s, where is the cake Geronimo & Co. specializing in babàs (typical sweet of Naples) and run by an Italian, that he misses his hometown. His younger daughter, Carolina, has married in secret with Paolino, dealer of the pastry, and both dream of starring in a musical on Broadway. The idea of Geronimo to marry their daughters with great lords will lead the development of the plot, which originally was located in Bologna in the EIGHTEENTH century.

The singers participating in Opera (e)Studio, will the four functions divided in two casts. Thus, the Lithuanian Ignas Melnikas and the Italian Francesco Leone, low both, construed, to Geronimo, the soprano Italian Eleonara Note and Marilena Path will be in the role of Elisetta; the Italian Giulia Mazzola and the German Veronika Seghers, the two sopranos, will be Carolina; Fidalma will be interpreted by the Italian Mara Gaudenzi and the French-Claire Gascoin, mezzosopranos; the Spanish Jan Antem and the chilean Ramiro Maturana have been chosen for the role of Conte Robinson, baritone, while the Turkish-Bekir Serbest, and the Italian Antonio Mandrillo, both tenors, will assume the role of Pauline.

The musical direction of this artistic proposal is made by Davide Levi, to the front of the Symphonic orchestra of Tenerife. The rest of the team is completed with the set designer Emanuele Sinisi, costume designer Ilaria Ariemme and lighting designer Fiammetta Baldiserri.

The entries for any of the four functions of Il matrimonio segreto, you can acquire up to two hours before the start on the web page www.auditoriodetenerife.com and by phone at 902 317 327 and at the box office from Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 17:00 hours, and Saturdays from 10:00 to 14:00 hours. The purchase of tickets constitutes acceptance of the measures implemented by the cultural center of the Cabildo to cope with the COVID-19, such as the correct use of the mask or the assistance only with partner. The measures to the full, as well as the contingency plan, certified by AENOR, can be consulted on the website of the Auditorium.