Name: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Start: 2014-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2014-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opernhaus

Organization

Tenor

Roberto Saccà

The Emperor

Soprano

Emily Magee

The Empress

Mezzo-soprano

Birgit Remmert

The nurse

Bass-baritone

Thomas Johannes Mayer

Barak

Evelyn Herlitzius

The dyer's wife

Valeriy Murga

The one-eyed man

Bass

Wenwei Zhang

The one-armed man

Airam Hernández

The hunchback

Baritone

Reinhard Mayr

The messenger of Keikobad

Beate Vollack

The voice of a falcon

Robin Yujoong Kim

The apparition of a youth

Singer

Ivan Thirion

Die Wächter der Stadt

Roberto Lorenzi

Oleg Loza

Contralto

Judit Kutasi

A voice from above

Conductor

Peter Tilling

Stage director

David Pountney

Set designer

Robert Israel

Costume designer

Marie-Jeanne Lecca

Lighting designer

Jürgen Hoffmann

Chorus master

Jürg Hämmerli

Hamida Kristoffersen

The guardian of the temple threshold

Opernhaus Zürich

Others

Chor der Oper Zürich

Kinderchor der Oper Zürich

SoprAlti der Oper Zurich

Orchestra

Philharmonia Zürich

Gearmáinis

Die Frau ohne Schatten -  (The Woman without a Shadow)

Zurich

Switzerland

Opernhaus

Public

The Woman without a Shadow

Béarla

Approved

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Choreographer

Dancer

Actor

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Countertenor

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

It was a serious mistake to entrust this difficult-to-cast and scenically demanding work to medium-sized and small theaters immediately after the war. When I later only saw the post-war set in Stuttgart, I understood that the work could have little success. In the end, it was But it still prevailed and made a deep impression, especially in the Vienna-Salzburg performance and most recently in Munich, and artistic people in particular consider it my most important work. " Richard Strauss

DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN - R. STRAUSS

Die Frau ohne Schatten
Richard Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten gehört zu den grossen Stückherausforderungen des Opernrepertoires. Das Werk erfordert einen riesigen Orchesterapparat, und gleich fünf dramatische Hauptpartien sind zu besetzen. In unserer Wiederaufnahme singt mit Evelyn Herlitzius, eine grosse Strauss- und Wagnerinterpretin, die anspruchsvolle Rolle der Färberin. Mit Emily Magee und Roberto Saccà sind auch die Partien der Kaiserin und des Kaisers mit hochkarätigen und in Zürich bestens bekannten Künstlern besetzt. Die musikalische Leitung dieser Wiederaufnahme übernimmt Peter Tilling, der im Jahr 2009 bereits zwei Vorstellungen dieser Produktion dirigiert hat. Der Regisseur David Pountney liest diese geheimisvolle Märchenoper, die Strauss und Hugo von Hofmannsthal während des Ersten Weltkriegs schrieben, als eine «Studie über vier Figuren auf der Suche nach ihrem Menschsein».

Seit sie den Menschenkaiser geheiratet hat, gehört die Tochter des Geisterkönigs Keikobad weder dem Geisterreich noch der Welt der Menschen an, denn sie wirft keinen Schatten. Um ganz Mensch zu werden, steigt sie mit Hilfe der Amme zur Erde hinab. Dort will sie der Färberin, die mit ihrem Mann Barak in ärmlichen Verhältnissen lebt, den Schatten abkaufen...

Deutsch

The woman without a shadow
Richard Strauss' The Woman Without a Shadowis one of the greatest challenges in the operatic repertoire. The work requires a huge orchestra, and five main dramatic roles have to be cast. In our revival, Evelyn Herlitzius, a great interpreter of Strauss and Wagner, sings the demanding role of the dyer. With Emily Magee and Roberto Saccà, the roles of Empress and Emperor are also cast by top-class artists who are well known in Zurich. The musical director of this revival is Peter Tilling, who conducted two performances of this production in 2009. Director David Pountney reads this mysterious fairy tale opera, written by Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal during World War I, as a "study in four characters in search of their humanity".

Ever since she married the human emperor, the daughter of the spirit king Keikobad has belonged neither to the spirit realm nor to the human world, for she casts no shadow. In order to become fully human, she descends to earth with the help of the wet nurse. There she wants to buy the shade from the dyer, who lives in poor circumstances with her husband Barak...

English

The Woman without a Shadow by Strauss, Dom 30 Samh 2014, Ó (2014/2014), Faoi stiúir David Pountney,, Seoltóir Peter Tilling, Opernhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Físeáin

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid