0562 Valenti
Minnesota Opera production of The Dream of Valentino
Music by Dominick Argento?Libretto by Charles Nolte
World premiere at The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. January 15, 1994
Creative Team
Conductor – Christoph Campestrini
Stage Director – Eric Simonson
Senic Designer – Erhard Rom
Projections Designer – Peter Nigrini
Costume Designer – Karin Kopischke
Lighting Designer – Robert Wierzel
Choreographer – Heidi Spesard-Noble
The Cast
Rudolph Valentino – James Valenti
June Mathis, a screenwriter – Brenda Harris
The Mogul, a film studio boss – Alan Held
Alla Nazimova, a celebrated actress – Eve Gigliotti
Marvin Heeno, the Mogul’s nephew – John Robert Lindsey
Natcha Rambova, a Hollywood director and designer – Victoria Vargas
Jean Acker, a young actress – Angela Mortellaro