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Andrew Synnott's La Cucina (The Kitchen) tells the story of sous chef Bianca, her tyrannous head chef, and the slightly disastrous baking of a cake. In this production of Rossini's Adina, depicting the wedding of the middle-aged Caliph to young Adina, part of the set was a huge wedding cake. The idea was to connect the two productions at last year's Wexford Festival. Rossini wrote Adina after his popular The Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola but it is rarely performed. La Cucina, to a libretto by Rosetta Cucchi, is the first work by a living Irish composer to appear on the festival鈥檚 main stage. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Andrew Synnott: La Cucina
Bianca, a sous-chef ..... M谩ire Flavin, soprano
Alberto Famosissimo, a chef ..... Luca Nucera, actor
Zeno, a supplier ..... Sheldon Baxter, baritone
Tobia, the supplier's helper ..... Manuel Amati, tenor
Camillo, the cook's aid ..... Emmanuel Franco, baritone
Wexford Festival Orchestra
Michele Spotti, conductor

c.2.40pm
Rossini: Adina
Adina, a slave girl ..... Rachel Kelly, mezzo-soprano
Selimo, Adina's former lover ..... Levy Sekgapane, tenor
The Caliph, father (unbeknownst to him) of Adina ..... Daniele Antonangeli, bass
Ali, a young man ..... Manuel Amati, tenor
Mustafa, gardener at the seraglio ..... Emmanuel Franco, bass
Wexford Festival Chorus
Wexford Festival Orchestra
Michele Spotti, conductor