Opera by Francesco Cavalli
“Amante non è chi cede al furor d’irata Fortuna. Chi teme il dolore amante non è.”
He is not a lover who yields to the fury of irate Fortune. He is not a lover who fears pain
On the eve of his historic invasion of Europe, Xerse is distracted by love. The audacious construction of the ship-bridge over the Hellespont provides an undercurrent of anticipation over which play the desperate passions of sibling rivalry, authoritarian high-handedness, political intrigue, and a great reckoning with Fortune. Will the impulsive king of the Persian Empire get what he wants, or what is coming to him?
Brother against brother, sister against sister: it’s all in the (disfunctional) family.
Production:
Stage Director: Dustin Wills
Music Director: Grant Herried
Scenic Designer: Kate Noll
Costume Designer: Seth Bodie
Lighting Designer: Solomon Weisbard
Production Manager: Jes Mack
Technical Director: Ben Clark
Stage Manager: Shayna O’Neill
Assistant Stage Managers: Emma Clarkson
Corin Killins
Properties Master: Patrice Escandon
Fight Coordinator: Michael Rossmy
Movement Consultant: Emily Coates
Cast:
Zerse: Jack Lindberg
Eumene: Yingxue (Ring) Wang
Arsamene: Kohl Weisman
Elviro: Jeremy Weiss
Ariodate: Paul Steffan
Romilda: Ariadne Lih
Adelanta: Courtney Sanders
Amastre: Sylvia Leith
Aristone/Captain: Raphael Laden-Guindon
Clita: Abigail Sneider
