La Gazzetta at The israeli opera-Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center

Dates: (3/29/2017 - 4/1/2017 )

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The israeli opera-Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center

19 Shaul Hamelech Street
Tel Aviv-Yafo,Tel Aviv 64369

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Tickets: 190 NIS - 470 NIS

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ACT 1
The action takes place in the Aquila in Paris, a small hotel frequented by numerous groups of tourists. Upon returning from a long trip around the world, Alberto is complaining. He has not been able to find a girl he likes
anywhere. He meets Madama La Rose, the “manageress” at the hotel, and Mr Traversen, an English eccentric who is also staying at the Aquila. This little group are chatting while waiting for the day’s news (La Gazzette.com).
Pomponio, a Neapolitan merchant, arrives at the hotel with his daughter Lisetta and his secretary Tommasino. He is the perfect example of the “nouveau riche”. He has placed an advertisement in La Gazzette extolling his daughter whom he wants to marry off at any price and preferably to a very rich suitor. Pomponio is expecting to receive hundreds of applicants from around the world. In the hotel, the manager Filippo ponders this mad behaviour of the father of Lisetta whom he loves, a love which is reciprocated. It is at this moment that two new customers enter the hotel: Anselmo and Doralice, his exuberant daughter. Lisetta returns to the hotel with lots of shopping bags. Alone with Filippo, she takes the opportunity to complain about her father’s attitude and the shameful advertisement, when Alberto arrives. He, quite naturally, makes the connection with the young woman presented in La Gazzette. He tries to seduce her but Filippo finds a way to stop him by claiming that Lisetta is his wife. But when Doralice arrives, Alberto is once again certain that she is the young woman mentioned in La Gazzette. Since she is even more to his taste than the other woman, all seems for the best. And even if he does have to ask her father for her hand, things seem to be off to a good start as this attraction is mutual. Pomponio comes back into the room. Alberto asks him for the hand of the woman he thinks is his daughter. The two men introduce themselves to each other with much bravado and blustering in order to appear as though they come from important families, which highlights the misunderstandings even more. Impressed by Alberto’s origins, Pomponio concludes the deal then suggests to Alberto that he should hide to observe what happens. The two girls, accompanied by Filippo, then return to the hall of the hotel where Pomponio tells his daughter than he has just found her a husband. But he gets Alberto’s surname wrong, calling him Filippo, to the great delight of the two people who think they have won the game. Taken a back, Pomponio immediately calls Alberto. He comes out of his hiding place but cannot see the young woman he loves anywhere and he is clearly astonished. Confusion reigns, especially since Lisetta and Filippo continue to proclaim their mutual love, which irritates Pomponio even more as he does not want to admit defeat. Better still, he is intending to do the same thing again with another advertisement which, this time, would invite the women of France to come running to marry him. Filippo then decides to play some dirty tricks on him with the help of the other accomplices. For his tricks to succeed, he first claims to be married to Madama La Rose and says he is waiting for an important person, a Quaker, who is coming to the hotel specially to marry Lisetta. Lisetta is informed by her father that Filippo is already married and so believes that she has been betrayed. At this moment, the grand Quaker arrives with his entourage, but it is actually Filippo in disguise. He immediately launches into a display of gallantry and, above all, confuses the clueless Pomponio even more. Although Pomponio falls for the trick once again, Lisetta, meanwhile, shows her disagreement. Pomponio tries in vain to convince his daughter. Her refusal provokes the simulated rage of the grand Quaker who makes a scene in the hall of the hotel and shouts loudly that he has been deceived and that he will destroy Pomponio.

ACT 2
Alberto talks things over with Mr Traversen who claims that he has won the heart of Doralice and is waiting for the notary to formalise their union which has been agreed by Anselmo. At that moment, Filippo returns. He is sorry that he was not able to explain himself to Lisetta. The young woman, who has also returned, is furious.
But, very quickly, she gives in and admits that, like him, she will love him for ever. Alberto is stunned by Mr Traversen’s announcement. He who has searched so hard for his ideal love must suffer just at the moment when he believed he had found her. He would like to drive Doralice from his heart, but an inner voice tells him that the situation could well turn around and that love is the outcome. Filippo confirms Doralice’s love to Alberto and they join forces to challenge Pomponio to a duel. Alberto uses the pretext that Pomponio promised Lisetta to him and then refused to let him have her, and Filippo that he has lost the custom of the rich Quakers because of him. In truth, poor Pomponio is anything but reassured at the idea of having to fight a duel with these two angry young men. The merchant’s cowardice amuses the two partners in crime who do all they can to make him so terrified that he asks for a surrender, which is accompanied by a long list of humiliating expressions. Pomponio agrees to
everything, only too happy that he has managed to stay alive. Filippo devises a new plan so that Alberto and he can run away with Doralice and Lisetta. To achieve this, they must all disguise themselves as Turks. Pomponio arrives and tells his daughter that she must leave the hotel with him. They therefore need to play for time, so Madama La Rose suggests to Lisetta that she should pretend to faint. When the young woman pretends to
come round, she describes how she was welcomed by the heroes of old who all denounced the narrow-minded attitude of her father: either he must make concessions or he will not see her again. Filippo then launches his ultimate plan by announcing the arrival of some important people from Turkey. Their Excellencies have but one ambition: to hail the great man that is Pomponio, who must first put on Turkish dress like theirs. Our Neapolitan merchant is nervous at the prospect of such renown and is no longer sure what attitude to adopt. Mr Traversen is made aware that Doralice will never be his wife despite the promise made by her father. Once they are all disguised as Turks and Pomponio can no longer find his daughter, it takes the firmness of Madama La Rose to explain the true picture to these blind fathers, telling them that their two daughters must be married to the men they truly love. Compelled and under duress, Pomponio and Anselmo make the best of a bad situation, forgive their daughters and accept their new sons-in-law.

Cast and Creative team for La Gazzetta at The israeli opera-Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center

Libretto: Giuseppe Palomba

Conductor Jan Schultsz
Director Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera
Set Designer Jean Guy Lecat
Costume Designer Fernand Ruiz
Lighting Designer Olivier Wery

Among the soloists:
Lisetta Cinzia Forte
Shiri Hershkovitz
Dolarice Julie Bailly
Alberto Daniele Zanfardino
Enrico Casari
Filippo Laurent Kubla
Don Pomponio Enrico Maria Marabelli
Madama La Rose Alexise Yerna
Traversen Roger Joakim
Anselmo Patrick Delcour

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