Christoph Willibald Gluck

June 3, 2016 7:30pm
June 5, 2016 3:00pm
Huntington Avenue Theatre

EZIO

By Christoph Willibald Gluck

Libretto by Pietro Metastasio

BOSTON PREMIERE

Sung in Italian with projected English translations

Roman general Ezio is absolutely loyal to his emperor. But when that emperor threatens to marry Ezio’s beloved Fulvia and her vengeful father plots to rebel, Ezio must choose between his love and his loyalty. Written before Gluck’s operatic reform, Ezio boasts the intricacy, virtuosic arias, and balanced nuance of a classic opera seria. Gluck captures the wild emotions of Rome’s elite in arias so beautifully persuasive, it’s hard not to sympathize with even the most despicable of villains. 

Brenda Patterson
EZIO

Randall Scotting
VALENTINIANO

Jennifer Holloway
FULVIA

William Hite
MASSIMO

Jesse Darden
VARO

Erica Petrocelli
ONORIA

Joshua Major
STAGE DIRECTOR

Gil Rose
CONDUCTOR

Videos and photos by Kathy Wittman / Ball Square Films.

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  Reviews for Gluck’s Ezio
  by Odyssey Opera
  June 7, 2016
  ‘a vibrant and involving performance of this rarely spotted score.’…
• Load in
  by Kathy
  May 26, 2016
    For a nomadic opera company like Odyssey, load in…
• Tenor William Hite on murderous revenge and astonishing arias
  by Odyssey Opera
  May 12, 2016
  We interviewed our Ezio stars about singing Gluck, becoming their…
• Mezzo-soprano Brenda Patterson on Ezio’s uncanny timeliness and singing Gluck
  by Odyssey Opera
  May 9, 2016
  We interviewed our Ezio stars about singing Gluck, what it’s…
• 
  We are going to Rome – pack your toga!
  by Music Detective
  April 4, 2016
  For our upcoming festival, we journey back to the 18th…