Marianna Pizzolato tells her story and the path that brought her to the Metropolitan Opera, and her leading role, as Isabella, in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri.
Interview by Letizia Airos – as seen on i-ItalyTV.
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Italiana opening night at the Met!
What a wonderful night! I’m still all excited, a dream come true!
Isabella
Thanks to all my colleagues – my buddy Nicola Alaimo (who celebrates his birthday today! Buon compleanno!!!), René Barbera (a fellow debutante on the Met stage!), our Mustafà Ildar Abdrazakov, Ying Fang, Rihab Chaieb, and Dwayne Croft, the wonderful chorus and orchestra, the great Maestro James Levine, and all the crew and personnel at the Metropolitan Opera!
And of course THANK YOU to all the people who attended the opening night of L’italiana in Algeri, and to those who listened to the live broadcast from all over the world!
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L’italiana in Algeri
Che serata fantastica! Sono ancora emozionatissima, è un sogno diventato realtà!
Desidero ringraziare tutti i miei colleghi – il mio amico Nicola Alaimo (che oggi festeggia il suo compleanno, augurissimi!!!), René Barbera (il quale debuttava ieri sera al Met insieme a me!), il nostro Mustafà Ildar Abdrazakov, Ying Fang, Rihab Chaieb, e Dwayne Croft, i meravigliosi coro e orchestra del Met, il grande Maestro James Levine, e tutte le maestranze e il personale del Metropolitan Opera!
E ovviamente GRAZIE al pubblico della prima de L’italiana in Algeri, e a tutte le persone che ci hanno ascoltato da tutto il mondo tramite la trasmissione web dal vivo!
Marianna Pizzolato to make Met Opera house debut as Isabella in L’italiana in Algeri
James Levine conducts this comedy of a feisty Italian girl turning the tables on her bumbling captors via Rossini’s blend of madness and fun. Mezzo-soprano Marianna Pizzolato makes her Met debut in the title role, opposite tenor René Barbera and baritone Nicola Alaimo. Bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov plays the pasha who is overcome by love and pasta.