NOSTALGIA Verdi – La Monnaie / De Munt

PART 2. Late 2000s. A opening in a plush art gallery. Among the hand-picked guests, Carlo, Giuseppe and Lorenzo, three old friends, meet again after many years. Within the installation on display, a documentary showing footage of their revolutionary youth is being screened. Each of them seems to remember that time differently, but they do share one feeling: the shadow of Laura, who disappeared without a trace forty years earlier, still haunts them… La Monnaie’s ambitious, two-part production brings together musical highlights from the sixteen first operas of Giuseppe Verdi to tell a new story. We meet three friends during two key years of their lives: the protest years after May 1968 and a reunion forty years later. Separated by time but linked by their shared past, these friends take stock of what remains of the unrest, violence and idealism of their youthful years, and try to uncover the truth behind an unsolved mystery. The project unfolds over the course of two separate opera performances, Rivoluzione and Nostalgia. With compelling arias, emblematic overtures and such memorable choral parts as ‘Va, pensiero’ from Nabucco, these performances will take us to the heart of Verdi’s musical genius. Full performance streamed LIVE on OperaVision on 30 March 2024 at 15:00 CET and available until 30 September 2024 at 12:00 CET: CAST Carlo Scott Hendricks Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Parodi Lorenzo Dennis Rudge Donatella Helena Dix Virginia Gabriela Legun Icilio Paride Cataldo Laura Saténik Khourdoian Orchestra La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra Chorus La Monnaie Chorus La Monnaie Choral Academy Music Giuseppe Verdi Conductor Carlo Goldstein Script, direction, sets & video Krystian Lada Costume Adrian Stapf Light Aleksandr Prowaliński Choreographer Michiel Vandevelde Set collaborator Łukasz Misztal Video collaborator Jérémy Adonis Chorus master Emmanuel Trenque OperaVision is a freeview opera streaming platform, supported by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme. Watch live streams as the performances themselves unfold in the opera house. Enjoy a variety of shows - including opera, operetta, musical theatre, dance, ballet and concerts. Opera connaisseur or curious newcomer, there is something for everyone on OperaVision. @operavision