Ravel : L'Heure espagnole - Puccini : Gianni Schicchi - Palau de les Arts, Valencia

L'Heure espagnole
'Comédie musicale' in one act and 21 scenes by Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937
Libretto by Franc-Nohain (Maurice Étienne Legrand) based on his comedy of the same name (1904)
Premiered in Paris, Opéra Comique, 19 May 1911

Gianni Schicchi (Il Trittico)
Opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini 1858 -1924
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, based on an episode from Dante's 'Divine Comedy'
Premiered in New York, Metropolitan Opera, December 14, 1918

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Michele Spotti (Musical Direction)

Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier (Stage Director)
Alain Lagarde (set design), Agostino Cavalca (costumes), Christophe Forey (lighting)

L'Heure espagnole
Eve-Maud Hubeaux (Concepcion)
Iván Ayón Rivas (Gonzalve)
Mikeldi Atxalandabaso (Torquemada)
Armando Noguera (Ramiro)
Manuel Fuentes (Don Í?igo de Gómez)

Gianni Schicchi
Ambrogio Maestri (Gianni Schicchi)
Marina Monzó (Lauretta)
Elena Zilio (Zita)
Iván Ayón Rivas (Rinuccio)
Mikeldi Atxalandabaso (Gherardo)
Holly Brown (Nella)
Manuel Fuentes (Betto di Signa)
Giacomo Prestia (Simone)
Ester Ferraro (La Ciesca)

Valencia, Palau de les Arts, 2 May 2025