Ritratto is an opera in six scenes with music by Willem Jeths and a libretto by Frank Siera.
The 2020 productions were conducted by Geoffrey Paterson and directed by Marcel Sijm, with costumes by Jan Taminiau.
[2] The opera describes the life story of an Italian high society icon at the time of the beginning of the First World War.
The flamboyant wealthy heiress Luisa Casati stages herself as a living work of art and surrounds herself with leading artists of her time.
She distances herself from it in order to continue dedicating her life to art and ultimately sacrificed herself to her ideal.