Rita or The Beaten Husband

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T0148683049 (ROH07) Sung in Italian. Approx running time 50 mins (no interval)Producer Royal Opera House. Conductor Andrew Griffiths. Director Thomas Guthrie. Design Kevin Knight. Lighting Simon Bennison. Performer Anita Watson (Rita). Performer Haoyin Xue. Performer Krzysztof Szumanski (Gasparo).
18 Oct 07 to 20 Oct 07	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L06594879

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Opera or Operetta :: A comic opera in one act (1860). As the plot relates, the wife of the title regularly beats up her husband - because she used to be beaten up by her previous now-dead husband. It’s not really a satisfactory situation for either of them. But her previous husband isn’t dead - he didn’t drown as everyone thought, but ran away to Canada. It’s a shock for both of them when she finds out that he’s alive, and he finds out that she didn’t die in a fire as he thought. So what of Rita’s current henpecked and hounded husband? Maybe the ex can show him a thing or two on how to improve his current marital lot and restore a bit of domestic bliss to the situation.

Music	Donizetti
Lyrics	Gustave Vaez