Stiffelio (2020)

The groundbreaking and awardwinning production of Giuseppe Verdis tense moral drama Stiffelio staged by famous opera director Graham Vick Opera in three acts 1850 Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after Le Pasteur ou lÉvangile et le Foyer by Émile Souvestre and Eugène Bourgeois Graham Vicks innovative staging of the most unjustly neglected of Verdis operas Stiffelio was presented with a Special Award at the 37th Franco Abbiati Music Critics Prize 2018 for the directors unique theatricality and the unprecedented level of audience involvement Performed at the Teatro Farnese on four mobile platforms the audience was free to move around the auditorium and choose their own vantage points mingling with actors chorus members and cameramen The Italian tenor Luciano Ganci Stiffelio and the Mexican soprano Maria Katzarava Lina deliver tense and dramatic performances in what was the highlight of the 2017 Festival Verdi in Parma