
08 Nov 2023

Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion
The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless.
The year is 1764. For over a year, Josef has been leading a precarious life in Venice. He hopes to become an opera composer. The city, full of talented and already-established composers, seems closed to him. Looking for work as a violinist, he comes into the orbit of a rich young woman. Thanks to her, he gets the opportunity to play at salons. But his real opportunity arises when he becomes the lover of a libertine marquise. She teaches him worldly manners, rids him of signs of a provincial upbringing and introduces him to a hedonistic existence free from religious intolerance. Thus transformed, Josef gets an incan incredible commission: to write an opera for the San Carlo, Europe's largest theatre.
Josef Mysliveček
Caterina Gabrielli
Marchioness
Carlo Fracassati, Anna's brother
Baron Manciniani, Anna's husband
Orfeo Crispi
Count Finocchietti
Impresario Santoro
Cornelia Rezzi
Cornelia's father
Noble Falier
King of Naples
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Leopold Mozart
Duke of Noja
Count of San Paolo
Carmela, Neapolitan maid
Man under the marquise's skirts
Card player
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