Viva la Mamma!

First seen in Naples in 1827, this farce of a “theatre within a theatre” narrates the mishaps of a second-rate opera company as it stages the great serious drama Romolo ed Ersilia in a provincial theatre. The unbearable tensions between the two lead singers are finally resolved with the decisive intervention of one of their mothers. The co-production by Ópera de Lyon along with the Grand Theâtre de Genève and Teatro Real is brought to life by Laurent Pelly, a tireless champion of Donizetti's comedies.

• Gaetano DonizettiOriginal Music Composer
• Domenico GilardoniWriter
• Laurent PellyDirector

• Carlos ÁlvarezMamma Agata
• Nino MachaidzeDaria, la primadonna
• Borja QuizaProcolo
• Xabier AnduagaGuglielmo, primo tenore
• Sylvia SchwartzLuigia, la seconda donna
• Pietro Di BiancoBiscroma Strappaviscere
• Enric Martínez-CastignaniCesare Salsapariglia
• Pietro MicinskiEl empresario
• Luis López NavarroEl director escénico
• Carol GarcíaPippetto