Viva la Mamma!

An opera where the prima donna is a baritone?

Viva la Mamma! — Plot

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.

• Release date
• July 15, 2021
• Runtime
• 124 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Laurent Pelly

Viva la Mamma! — Cast

Carlos Álvarez Mamma Agata Nino Machaidze Daria, la primadonna

B

Borja Quiza Procolo

X

Xabier Anduaga Guglielmo, primo tenore

S

Sylvia Schwartz Luigia, la seconda donna

P

Pietro Di Bianco Biscroma Strappaviscere

E

Enric Martínez-Castignani Cesare Salsapariglia

P

Pietro Micinski El empresario