La finta giardiniera (1997)

15 November ’97 > 6 December ’97

Info

During an attack of jealousy, Count Belfiore injures his lover, Countess Violante. He assumes that he has killed her and flees. The Countess follows after him, accompanied by her servant Roberto. Under the name Sandrina, she enters the service of the Podestà, disguised as a gardener. Everything for love, because despite their argument, Belfiore is still the man of her dreams whom she hopes to win back this way. On his flight, Belfiore also ends up in the Podestà house, where he is preparing to marry someone else. However, this other one, Arminda, still harbors feelings for her former lover Ramiro, who complains extensively to the Podestà about her infidelity. But the Podestà himself is not free from romantic feelings either: he is secretly in love with his new gardener. But then again, is she who she claims to be…?

Cast

Sandrina Anne Dawson
Count Belfiore Jeffrey Lentz
Arminda Sandra Zeltzer
Podestà Harry Nicoll
Don Ramiro Ann Taylor
Serpetta Machteld Baumans
Nardo Michael Sokol

Creatives

Director Keith Warner
Musical direction Lionel Friend
Set- and costume design Roswitha Gerlitz
Light design Allen Hahn
Orchestra Limburgs Symphonie Orkest

Media

‘La finta giardiniera’ by young Mozart gets a smooth performance from Opera Zuid’

‘Early Mozart at Opera Zuid’

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