L’esule di Roma

2026 OPERA

Melodramma eroico in two acts by Domenico Gilardoni
Music by Gaetano Donizetti

Critical edition by Roger Parker and Ian Schofield
© Casa Ricordi, Milan
with the collaboration and support of the Fondazione Teatro Donizetti of Bergamo

Cast Director to be definedConductor Katharina ThomaSet designer Devin McDonoughCostume designer Irina BartelsLighting designer Fiammetta BaldiserriVideo Luca Scarzella Murena Luca PisaroniArgelia Lidia FridmanSettimio Sergey RomanovskyPublio Marcelo Solís*Leontina Vittoria Vimercati Orchestra Donizetti OperaCoro dell’Accademia Teatro alla ScalaChorus master Salvo Sgrò New production by Fondazione Teatro Donizetti *Student of the Bottega Donizetti 2026 Synopsis The action unfolds in Imperial Rome, during the reign of Tiberius. The general Publio returns victorious from his campaign against the Sarmatians. Everyone assumes that his triumph will culminate in a marriage to Argelia, the daughter of the powerful senator Murena. Yet Murena is tormented by the thought…