The Amalfi Battery in Cavallino-Treporti hosts The Secret of Susanna, a comic intermezzo in one act by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari with a libretto by Enrico Golisciani. The performance celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Venetian composer, one of the protagonists of Italian music between the 19th and 20th centuries.
Set in the early 20th century in an aristocratic residence, the opera tells the story of Countess Susanna and her husband, Count Gil. An apparently inexplicable secret fuels the Count's suspicions and jealousy, leading to misunderstandings and comical situations, supported by brilliant and refined musical writing.
On stage, Francesca Paola Geretto as Susanna, Marcello Rosiello as Count Gil, and Roberto Moro as Sante, along with the Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta. The direction is entrusted to Marco Paladin and the production to Federica Zagatti Wolf-Ferrari; the videomapping is curated by Mattia Innocenti and the lights by Davide Gagliani. The production with the Coro Polifonico Ars Nova is part of the “A Country at the Opera” project.
