I Grotteschi
Part I: Miro
I Grotteschi is a new creation based on the three surviving operas by Monteverdi: L’Orfeo (1607), Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (1639-1640) and L’incoronazione di Poppea (1642). In Miro, the first episode, we are introduced to a prosperous Roman family that shuts itself off from the world during a pandemic. Driven by loss, desire and ambition, its various generations and members of staff gradually become entangled in a suffocating power struggle.
Cast
Conductor LEONARDO GARCÍA-ALARCÓN
Scenario, Director & Costume Designer RAFAEL R. VILLALOBOS
Set Designer EMANUELE SINISI
Lighting Designer FELIPE RAMOS
Fortuna GIULIA SEMENZATO
Privilegio MATTHEW NEWLIN
Virtù RAFFAELLA LUPINACCI
Costanza STÉPHANIE D’OUSTRAC
Coraggio JEREMY OVENDEN
Melancolia MARK MILHOFER
Carità ARIANNA VENDITTELLI
Giudizio ANICIO ZORZI GIUSTINIANI
Impazienza JESSICA NILES
Capriccio FEDERICO FIORIO
Sapienza JÉRÔME VARNIER
Esperienza XAVIER SABATA
Production DE MUNT / LA MONNAIE
In co-production with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of Taxshelter.be and ING
With the support of the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter
La Monnaie thanks the following artists for the reproductions of their works used in this production.
Georg Baselitz, Archinto zerrissen (2020) © Georg Baselitz 2025.
Anish Kapoor, Flood (2019) Anish Kapoor. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2025. Photograph: Dave Morgan
Luigi Ontani, Electricthrone (2007). Courtesy the artist and Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome
Giovanni Battista Moroni, Giovanni Gerolamo Grumelli – Il Cavaliere in Rosa (1560), Palazzo Moroni, Bergamo
