Jul.
15
2019
08/03/19 – Attila (RAI Italy) – 1pm
La Scala’s Attila
Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi’s Attila – a broadcast from the opening night of La Scala’s 2018-19 season. Conductor Riccardo Chailly is at the podium, with sought-after Russian bass, Ildar Abdrazakov, in the title role and Saioa Hernández, a Spanish soprano “with great beauty of tone, almost immaculate security, and limitless power and authority…” (Sydney Morning Herald), in her La Scala debut as Odabella.
Host: Lisa Flynn
Broadcast Producer: RAI
WFMT Series Producer: Daniel Goldberg
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Cast (in order of vocal appearance):
Attila – Ildar Adbrazakov
Odabella – Saioa Hernández
Ezlo – George Petean
Foresto – Fabio Sartori
Uldino – Francesco Pittari
Pope Leo I – Gianluca Bratto
Timing: Composer: 2:04:41
