FRIDAY 12 JULY 2019
READINGS AND SCENES FROM FOSCA
PASSION
6.00 pm Caffè Poliziano
Gabriele Marchesini reciting voice
Verena Gunz mezzo-soprano
Readings from Fosca
Scenes from Fosca from Passion by Stephen Sondheim
8.30 pm Foyer of Teatro Poliziano
Aperitif at the Opera
9.30 pm Teatro Poliziano
PASSION
music and verses by Stephen Sondheim
libretto by James Lapine
Italian premiere with surtitles edited by Prescott Studio, translation by Giulia Livia Zanotti
Janie Dee Fosca
Philip Smith Giorgio
Anna Gillingham Clara
Eric Roberts Doctor Tambourri
Richard Berkeley-Steele Count Ludovic
Michael Kristensen Colonel Ricci
Florian Plock Lieutenant Torasso
Adam Temple-Smith Sergeant Lombardi (Cook)
Jake Muffatt Lieutenant Barri
Peter Marsh Major Rizzolli
Ben Leonard Private Augenti
Verena Gunz Fosca's Mother
Malcolm Rivers Fosca's Father
Maren Favela Mistress
Yaltah Katharina Woyniewicz young Fosca
Alessio Antelmi, Paolo Cantele, Matteo Francia, Matteo Germinario,
Andrew Lugowski, John MacDonald, Luigi Pollio Soldiers
Anna Cipriani, Caterina Gabrieli Attendants
Keith Warner direction
Katharina Kastening assistant direction
Ashley Martin-Davis set
Jeremy Daker assistant set
Tom Rand costume designer
Joanna Johnston assistant costume
John Bishop lighting designer
Passion Ensemble
Roland Bӧer conductor
John Shea and Emily Hooker substitute maestro and piano
in collaboration with the Bernstein School of Musical Theatre of Bologna