Love, infidelity and murder are captured in Salvatore Sciarrino’s now iconic drama, based on the story of late 16th century composer Carlo Gesualdo, the count who murdered his wife and her lover.
CAST:
Shannon Mercer – La Malaspina
Geoffrey Sirett – Il Malaspina
Scott Belluz – a guest
Keith Klassen – a servant
And the voice of Nathalie Paulin in the Prologue: an Elegy of Claude Le Jeune (1608)
In English; running time 1h15m
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park
$30, $20 senior, $10 student | BUY TICKETS
Pre-concert talk with composer Salvatore Sciarrino
Hosted by Catherine Moore, Renaissance Musicologist and UofT Faculty
With the UofT Theatre for Early Music Madrigalists performing Gesualdo madrigals
Walter Hall Lobby 6:30 pm
Made possible by the generous support of the Jackman Humanities Institute Program for the Arts and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto.
Read an interview with Sciarrino
View the libretto for The Killing Flower