Details

La Gazza ladra. Set in an Italian village in the early 1800s a servant girl is engaged to the son of the farmer in whose house she is employed. Accused of stealing a silver spoon she is condemned to death but is saved at the last minute as the people learn that the thief was a magpie. Sung in English. Running time approx. 3 hours

Cast/Performers

Mary Hegarty (Ninetta), Ann-Marie Gibbons (Pippo), Ashley Catling (Gianetto), Jonathan Best (Fernando), Robert Poulton (Podesta), Claire Williams (Lucia), Dean Robinson (Fabrizio)

Creatives/Company

Music: Rossini
Lyrics: Giovanni Gherardini
Company: Opera North
Conductor: David Parry
Director(s): Martin Duncan, Nik Ashton (revival director)
Design: Sue Blane
Lighting: Colin Smith
Translation: Jeremy Sams