The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini

Eva-Maria Westbroek stars in the title role of Zandonai’s sensuous drama, opposite Marcello Giordani as Paolo. Piero Faggioni’s lush production provides the perfect setting for one of the all-time great tales of tragic passion, adapted from an episode in Dante’s Inferno. Mark Delavan co-stars as Giovanni, the husband and brother of the star-crossed lovers, whose jealousy leads him to kill them both. Robert Brubaker is Malatestino and Marco Armiliato conducts.

• Riccardo ZandonaiOriginal Music Composer
• Tito RicordiWriter
• Gabriele D'AnnunzioWriter

• Eva-Maria WestbroekFrancesca
• Marcello GiordaniPaolo Malatesta
• Mark DelavanGiovanni
• Robert BrubakerMalatestino
• Dina KuznetsovaSamaritana
• Sondra RadvanovskySelf - Host
• John MooreSimonetto
• Dísella LárusdóttirGarsenda
• Caitlin LynchBiancofiore
• Patricia RisleyAltichiara
• Renée TatumAdonella
• Ginger Costa-JacksonSmaragdi