TG Vivo - Teatro Grattacielo and Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy Present: BENIAMINO GIGLI, 100 YEARS AT THE MET, SCENES FROM BOITO’S MEFISTOFELE

Teatro Grattacielo and Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy are happy to announce their first all-digital 2020 production: BENIAMINO GIGLI, 100 YEARS AT THE MET, SCENES FROM BOITO’S MEFISTOFELE.

Our very first production, entirely produced during Covid-19 related lockdown, has been a labor of love. We filmed it at the Blue Building in NYC. This film is a dedication to tenor Beniamino Gigli. November 26th marks the 100th Anniversary of his Met debut in the role of Faust in Boito’s Mefistofele.

BENIAMINO GIGLI
100 YEARS AT THE MET
with scenes from Boito’s Mefistofele
Music and Libretto by Arrigo Boito

On November 26, 2020 tenor Beniamino Gigli appeared from the first time at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC as Faust in Boito’s Mefistofele conducted by Roberto Moranzoni and directed by Samuel Thewman. He stayed at the Met until 1932.

MEFISTOFELE: Alessandro Tirotta
MARGHERITA: Francesca Mondanaro
FAUST: Thomas Massey
MARTHA: Karolina Pilou
DIRECTOR: Malena Dayen
COMMENTARY: John Yohalem
ART DIRECTOR: Sangmin Chae
ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR: Emily Twines
LIGHTING: Anthony Tornambene
CONDUCTOR: Kamal Khan

PRODUCED BY: Enzo Pizzimenti

IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE BLUE BUILDING, NEW YORK

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