Viva la Mamma!

Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali

“An opera where the prima donna is a baritone?”

First seen in Naples in 1827, this farce of a “theatre within a theatre” narrates the mishaps of a second-rate opera company as it stages the great serious drama Romolo ed Ersilia in a provincial theatre. The unbearable tensions between the two lead singers are finally resolved with the decisive intervention of one of their mothers. The co-production by Ópera de Lyon along with the Grand Theâtre de Genève and Teatro Real is brought to life by Laurent Pelly, a tireless champion of Donizetti's comedies.

Music

Gaetano Donizetti

Screenplay

Domenico Gilardoni

Director

Laurent Pelly

Status

Released

Release date

15/07/2021

Original language

Italian