Name: Ariadne auf Naxos
Start: 2006-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2007-01-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opernhaus

Organization

Cantante

Narrazione

Alexander Pereira

Il maggiordomo

Baritono

Michael Volle

Il maestro di musica

Rolf Haustein

Soprano

Michelle Breedt

Il compositore

Tenore

Roberto Saccà

Il tenore

Guy de Mey

Il maestro di ballo

Andreas Winkler

Elena Mosuc

Zerbinetta

Emily Magee

La prima donna

Gabriel Bermúdez

Arlecchino

Martin Zysset

Scaramuccio

Basso

Reinhard Mayr

Truffaldino

Blagoj Nacoski

Brighella

Eva Liebau

La Naiade

Mezzosoprano

Irène Friedli

La Driade

Sandra Trattnigg

Andrew Ashwin

Il parrucchiere

Ruben Drole

Il lacchè

Direzione d'orchestra

Christoph von Dohnányi

Jochen Rieder

Regia

Claus Guth

Scenografia

Christian Schmidt

Costumi

Luci

Jürgen Hoffmann

Opernhaus Zürich

Orchestra

Philharmonia Zürich

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Opernhaus

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Ariadne auf Naxos is one of many beautifully crafted operas created by Richard Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. In the compelling production from the Zurich Opera, recorded on this DVD, Christoph von Dohnányi leads a particularly strong cast of singer-actors in a thrilling interpretation of the work. Ariadne is sung by the American soprano Emily Magee, who has received worldwide praise for her performances in works by both Wagner and Strauss. The German-born Italian tenor Roberto Saccà, who is regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of his generation, takes the part of Bacchus. Both made their role débuts under Christoph von Dohnányi’s subtle yet sensual leadership, and both were acclaimed for their vocal radiance, subtle handling of the text and the care that they lavished on the technical aspects of their parts. The critics were also captivated by the rest of the brilliant cast: Elena Moşuc (Zerbinetta) lightly mastered the incredible heights of her role, Michael Volle was a vocally resplendent Music Master and Michelle Breedt a touching Composer. An entertaining and intelligently crafted production of one of the key operas exploring the intertextuality that occurs between “real life” and what today would be called “virtual reality”.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal called "Ariadne auf Naxos", which he created in close collaboration with Richard Strauss, one of the "finest structures". In fact, in its complexity, the work represents something very special. Reality and appearance, stage world and reality, comedy and tragedy, the broken, unhappy Ariadne and the cheerful, partnership-changing Zerbinetta - all these contrasting couples are presented in this "opera with prologue" clearly played off against each other. Emily Magee and Roberto Saccà shine in their role debuts as Ariadne and Bacchus, as does Elena Mosuc's Zerbinetta, which is incomparably dazzling, and Michelle Breedt's composer, who is deeply moving. Christoph von Dohnányi, one of the great Strauss interpreters of our time,

Claus Guth and Christian Schmidt from the production team underscore the dichotomy between music and words with a well-planned, surprisingly new reading. The prologue takes place in the house of "Vienna's richest man", who commissioned an opera group and a commedia dell'arte ensemble to entertain his guests. Due to lack of time, the Major-Domo, played by the director of the Zurich Opera Alexander Pereira, demands that the very different artists should appear at the same time. In Claus Guth's interpretation, this prologue is linked by abstract theatrical metaphors. The staging transforms the fictional location of the "deserted island", as required in the second part of the "opera in the opera", into a very real location, namely the time-honoured Zurich restaurant "

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