REQUIEM BURLESQUE


Initial situation:

The funeral of the wealthy Vanna Valenti is to be celebrated with great pomp in a retirement home. The evening before, her son Vittorio arrives drunk, and his furious reckoning with his tyrannical mother, who is also responsible for his sister's suicide, not only provokes the resurrection of his mother that night, but also the appearance of the Celestials, who are to decide on the accusations in a divine court. In the madhouse, the son then falls in love with the director of the old people's home because she bravely defends him, but the mother rages and fights for her triumphant burial...

Verlag: Vorvertrag mit Musica Mundana


Duration of the Opera: 2 h 30 min.


Cast


Main roles:

Sibilla Ruggeri(Direktorin)        lyr. soprano

Vittorio Valenti (writer)                dram. tenor

Vanna Valenti  (mother / seniorin Gina)dram. mezzosoprano

Ermanno Valenti (father / senior Brüsa)basso

Priester Don Anselmo (Christ)     lyr.tenor


Secondary role

Seniorin Nina (Sister)    soprano

Junger Tenor 1(Archangel Michael)    tenor

Junger Tenor 2(Archangel Gabriel)    tenor

Junger Tenor 3(Archangel Raphael)    tenor


Choral soloists in supporting roles in Act 1 + 3 and as members of the chorus in Act 2:

senior Tina                 alto

senior Lina                 soprano

senior Jole           alto

Amalia             soprano

Chief mortician         bariton

Mortician son            tenor

Mortician son-in-law                               basso

Nurs 1                               soprano

Nurs 2                               soprano

Caregiver                 alto


choir: about. 40 singer + 6 children