Ritratto (opera)

Ritratto
Opera by Willem Jeths
LibrettistFrank Siera
LanguageEnglish, Italian, German
Premiere
  • 12 March 2020 (video recording of dress rehearsal)
  • 7 October 2020 (live premiere)
    Dutch National Opera

Ritratto is an opera in six scenes with music by Willem Jeths and a libretto by Frank Siera. The 2020 productions were conducted by Geoffrey Paterson and directed by Marcel Sijm, with costumes by Jan Taminiau.[1] The Dutch National Opera commissioned the work. The opera was scheduled to premiere at the Opera Forward Festival in Amsterdam on March 21, 2020, but the premiere was cancelled because of lockdown measures in the Netherlands, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[2]

  1. ^ "Ritratto – production details". Dutch National Opera. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  2. ^ "Ritratto beleeft virtuele wereldpremiÈre" (in Dutch). Place de l'Opera. 20 March 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2023.