With more than 50 years of experience as film director, Peter Greenaway (Nightwatching, Eisenstein in Guanajuato) combines the worlds of film and opera at the Verdi Festival in Parma, demonstrating what magic those two can do together with an all new approach to Giuseppe Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco, staged and edited by himself and his wife, Saskia Boddeke. The opera's libretto is based on Friedrich Schiller's 'The Maid of Orleans'. It tells the story of the French national hero Jeanne d'Arc, who defends her country against the English troops during the Hundred Years' War. Constantly torn between her humble roots, her love for King Charles VII and her heavenly task to fight for France, she gains eternal glory by giving her life in the final, victorious battle against England.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| LLuciano GanciCarlo VII, re di Francia | Carlo VII, re di Francia |
| LLara GuidettiGiovanna guerriera | Giovanna guerriera |
| LLuciano LeoniTalbot, supremo comandante degli inglesi | Talbot, supremo comandante degli inglesi |
| GGabriele MangioneDelil, ufficiale del re | Delil, ufficiale del re |
| LLinda VignudelliGiovanna innocente | Giovanna innocente |
| VVittorio VitelliGiacomo, pastore in Domrémy | Giacomo, pastore in Domrémy |
| VVittoria YeoGiovanna, sua figlia | Giovanna, sua figlia |