Pietro Spagnoli; Matias Moncada; Fan Zhou; Greta Doveri; Hyun-Seo Davide Park; Sung-Hwan Damien Park; Coro dell'Accademia Teatro alla Scala; Salvo Sgro; Orchestra Gli Originali; Gianluca Falaschi; Sesto Quatrini - Gaetano Donizetti: Chiara e Serafina

Despite the triumphant reception of his first opera, Gaetano Donizetti was young and inexperienced when he was commissioned to write Chiara e Serafina in 1822 for La Scala. Composed in haste, it was met with disapproval at its premiere and subsequently disappeared without a trace. Thanks to this revival at the Bergamo Donizetti Festival, after exactly 200 years, Chiara e Serafina has returned to the stage with a fine production that brings to life an entertaining tale of pirates, lovers, disguises, deceit and peril in 17th-century Majorca.