Name: La straniera
Start: 2013-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2013-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opernhaus

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Edita Gruberová

Alaide

Mezzo-soprano

Veronica Simeoni

Isoletta

Tenor

Dario Schmunck

Conte Arturo di Ravenstel

Baritone

Franco Vassallo

Valdeburgo

Benjamin Bernheim

Osburgo

Bass

Pavel Daniluk

Signore di Montolino

Roberto Lorenzi

Il priore degli Spedalieri

Conductor

Fabio Luisi

Stage director

Christof Loy

Costume designer

Ursula Renzenbrink

Set designer

Annette Kurz

Lighting designer

Franck Evin

Chorus master

Jürg Hämmerli

Dramaturge

Thomas Jonigk

Kathrin Brunner

Opernhaus Zürich

Others

Chor der Oper Zürich

Orchestra

Philharmonia Zürich

Italian

La straniera -  (The Stranger)

Zurich

Switzerland

Opernhaus

Public

The Stranger

German

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

La Straniera
A mysterious stranger who only leaves her house wearing a veil has aroused the suspicion of the villagers. Nevertheless, she awakens the love of Count Arturo di Ravensteel, who is about to marry Isoletta. He has no idea that the future queen of France is hiding behind the stranger whom he met under the name Alaide. La straniera , premiered in Milan in 1829 with great success, represents a milestone within Bellini's oeuvre , for the score reveals Bellini's will to break away from Rossini's stile fioritoto solve it radically and to seek the truth of feeling in song. However, the unrealistic plot was already criticized at the premiere, but Bellini and his librettist Felice Romani were by no means concerned with stringent logic. They set different accents: for example in the figure of Arturos, who, like Goethe's Werther, is driven by his obsessive passion and expressly refuses to learn Alaide's secret. La straniera is an unjustly forgotten jewel of bel canto culture, which we would like to show again this season in Christof Loy's production. Edita Gruberova as Alaide leads the exquisite cast of singers, General Music Director Fabio Luisi brings the score to bloom with the Philharmonia Zurich.

La straniera
Eine geheimnisvolle Fremde, die ihr Haus nur verschleiert verlässt, hat den Argwohn der Dorfbevölkerung auf sich gezogen. Trotzdem erweckt sie die Liebe des Grafen Arturo di Ravensteel, der kurz vor seiner Hochzeit mit Isoletta steht. Er ahnt nicht, dass sich hinter der Fremden, die er unter dem Namen Alaide kennengelernt hat, die zukünftige Königin Frankreichs verbirgt. Innerhalb von Bellinis Œuvre stellt La straniera, 1829 in Mailand mit grossem Erfolg uraufgeführt, einen Meilenstein dar, denn die Partitur offenbart Bellinis Willen, sich von Rossinis stile fiorito radikal zu lösen und die Wahrheit des Gefühls im Gesang zu suchen. Bereits an der Uraufführung wurde allerdings die wirklichkeitsferne Handlung kritisiert, aber Bellini und seinem Librettisten Felice Romani ging es mitnichten um eine stringente Logik. Sie setzten andere Akzente: etwa in der Gestalt Arturos, der ähnlich Goethes Werther von seiner obsessiven Leidenschaft getrieben ist und sich ausdrücklich dagegen wehrt, Alaides Geheimnis zu erfahren. La straniera ist ein zu Unrecht vergessenes Juwel der Belcanto-Kultur, das wir in der Inszenierung von Christof Loy auch in dieser Spielzeit zeigen möchten. Edita Gruberova als Alaide führt die exquisite Sänger-besetzung an, Generalmusikdirektor Fabio Luisi bringt mit der Philharmonia Zürich die Partitur zum Blühen.

Deutsch

The Stranger by Bellini, From (2013/2013), Directed by Christof Loy,, Conductor Fabio Luisi, Opernhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

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