The third production of Teatro Carlo Felice’s 2024-25 season will be Nino Rota’s Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze.

This four-act opera will be performed on December 13, 15, and 17, with Giampaolo Bisanti conducting. The production, originally from 2007, is a collaboration with the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège and will be staged by Damiano Michieletto.

The cast includes Marco Ciaponi (Fadinard), Nicola Ulivieri (Nonancourt), Paolo Bordogna (Beaupertuis/Emilio), Didier Pieri (Lo zio Vezinet), Gianluca Moro (Felice), Blagoj Nacoski (Achille di Rosalba/Una guardia), Franco Rios Castro (Un caporale delle guardie), Benedetta Torre (Elena), Giulia Bolcato (Anaide), Marika Colasanto (La modista), Sonia Ganassi (La Baronessa di Champigny), and Federico Mazzucco (Minardi).

Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze is one of Nino Rota’s most famous works, composed in 1945 with a libretto by Ernesta Rinaldi. It premiered in 1955 at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo.