Name: Oberon
Start: 2017-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-05-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Prinzregententheater

Organization

Münchner Opernfestspiele

Singer

Tenor

Julian Prégardien

Oberon

Soprano

Alyona Abramova

Titania

Brenden Gunnell

Huon

Baritone

Johannes Kammler

Sherasmin

Annette Dasch

Reiza

Mezzo-soprano

Rachael Wilson

Fatima

Anna El-Khashem

Mermaid

Manuela Linshalm

Die drei Pucks

Daniel Frantisek Kamen

Sebastian Mock

Stage director

Nikolaus Habjan

Conductor

Ivor Bolton

Lighting designer

Michael Bauer

Costume designer

Denise Heschl

Set designer

Jakob Brossmann

Dramaturge

Rainer Karlitschek

Chorus master

Sören Eckhoff

Bayerische Staatsoper

Orchestra

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

German

Germany

Munich

Prinzregententheater

Oberon by C.M. v. Weber, from Bayerische Staatsoper, performed at National Theatre Munich, 2017. Directed by Nikolaus Habjan, conductor Ivor Bolton, starring Rachael Wilson, Annette Dasch, Anna El-Khashem, Johannes Kammler, Julian Prégardien, Brenden Gunnell and Alyona Abramowa. Performed in German and subtitled in French.

Oberon , a three-act romantic opera by Carl Maria von Weber, was first staged at London's Covent Garden in 1826—the final year of Weber's life—with an English-language libretto by James Robinson Planché that drew its inspiration in the medieval epic  Huon of Bordeaux . Under the always colorful and lively direction of Ivor Bolton, the orchestra brings brio and vigor to this 2017 production at the Munich Opera. The maestro has a gift for breathing life back into neglected repertoire, and he does so with aplomb here, vividly evoking the title character's poetic lyre.

The figure of Oberon has inspired more than one genius: the fairy king in the work of Shakespeare ( A Midsummer Night's Dream ) is also Alberich, ruler of the Nibelungen race of dwarves in Wagner's  Ring  cycle. According to medieval legend, Oberon helps Huon of Bordeaux in his feats and exploits—for he wields magical powers that can rescue travelers who lose their way in the woods. In the heart of magical forests and maddening labyrinths, Oberon is the guardian of love, representing all the possibilities of the night...

Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper München

Oberon Weber

Public

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading