
Eva-Maria Westbroek stars in the title role of Zandonai’s sensuous drama, opposite Marcello Giordani as Paolo. Piero Faggioni’s lush production provides the perfect setting for one of the all-time great tales of tragic passion, adapted from an episode in Dante’s Inferno. Mark Delavan co-stars as Giovanni, the husband and brother of the star-crossed lovers, whose jealousy leads him to kill them both. Robert Brubaker is Malatestino and Marco Armiliato conducts.

as Francesca

as Paolo Malatesta

as Giovanni

as Malatestino

as Samaritana

as Self - Host

as Simonetto

as Garsenda

as Biancofiore

as Altichiara

as Adonella

as Smaragdi

as Ostasio

as Ser Toldo Berardengo

as Giovanni (Gianciotto)

as An archer

as A prisoner