The third title of the Teatro Carlo Felice’s 2024-25 season will be Nino Rota’s “Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze.”

The work in four acts will be shown on Dec. 13, 15, and 17 and will be conducted by Giampaolo Bisanti. Damiano Michieletto will conduct the work in a production from 2007 that was made in collaboration with the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège.

The production will star Marco Ciaponi (Fadinard), Nicola Ulivieri (Nonancourt), Paolo Bordogna (Beaupertuis/Emilio), Didier Pieri (Lo zio Vezinet), Gianluca Moro (Felice), Blagoj Nacoski (Achille di Rosalba/Una guardia), Franco Rios Castro (Un caporale delle guardie), Benedetta Torre (Elena), Giulia Bolcato (Anaide), Marika Colasanto (La modista), Sonia Ganassi (La Baronessa di Champigny), and Federico Mazzucco (Minardi).

“Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze” is one of the most celebrated works by Nino Rota and was composed in 1945 from a libretto by Ernesta Rinaldi. It had its world premiere in 1955 at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo.