Organization

Schwetzingen Festspiele

Singer

Bass-baritone

Jonathan de la Paz Zaens

Butes

Countertenor

Alin Deleanu

Orpheus

Baritone

Brett Carter

Odysseus

Bass

Martin Busen

Jason

Soprano

Maren Schwier

Aphrodite

Conductor

José María Sánchez-Verdú

Stage director

Sabrina Hölzer

Set designer

Etienne Pluss

Costume designer

Dramaturge

Ina Karr

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Chor des Staatstheater Mainz

Orchestra

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR

Argo

Schwetzingen

Germany

Rokokotheater

ARGO | Dramma in musica by José M. Sánchez-Verdú (music) and Gerhard Falkner (lyrics) | World premiere as part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival, Rococo Theater in the Schwetzingen Castle, April 27, 2018
00:02:15- 1. Introduction
00:14:51- 2. The ARGO
00:23:36- 3. Thalatta
00:30:43- 4th Song of the Sirens
00:48:10- 5. Prelude
00:52:57- 6. The lyre of Orpheus
01:05:58- 7. The Island of the Sirens
01:12:49- 8. Butes' Leap
01:26:13- Applause contributors: José María Sánchez-Verdú, musical director Mirella Weingarten, director Etienne Pluss, stage design & costumes Ulrich Schneider, light Ina Karr, dramaturgy Jonathan de la Paz Zaens, Butes Alin Deleanu, Orpheus Brett Carter, Odysseus Martin Busen, Jason Maren Schwier, Aphrodite SWR Symphonieorchester Choir of the Staatstheater Mainz SWR Experimentalstudio Joachim Haas, sound direction Sven Kestel, sound direction Constantin Popp, sound direction stage horns by Sabrina Bäumer. Loan to the Schwetzingen SWR Festival and the Staatstheater Mainz About the work: The myth is well known: In order to rob the Golden Fleece from Colchis, the legendary ship Argo sets sail under the leadership of Jason. On board 50 heroes including Orpheus and the lesser known Butes. When the sirens want to subdue the Argonauts with their song, Orpheus protects the men with his own song. Only Butes - magically attracted by the sounds - throws himself into the sea. Jumping into the water as an image for the search for the unknown, which includes failure and even one's own death. For Sánchez-Verdú, antiquity and the history of the Mediterranean as a temporal and geographical space are always points of reference for his compositions: Mare nostrum, the Mediterranean – an ambivalent place, on the one hand a space of search, of setting out for new shores, and on the other hand up to the present Symbol for catastrophes, wars and death. As is often the case in his works, Sánchez-Verdú includes the space in his composition. He is concerned with absorbing the movement of travel, the sea in its mobility in poetic concentration. An essential part of the musical and scenic concept is the live electronics, which will expand the sound of the room and keep the listeners moving as auditory ship travelers. Commissioned by the Schwetzingen SWR Festival Co-production with the Staatstheater Mainz SWR Classic - experience the variety of sounds! Web:http://www.SWRClassic.de/konzertvideos
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Argo Sánchez-Verdú

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Schwetzingen Festpiele, 2018José María Sánchez-Verdú - Musikalische LeitungMirella Weingarten - RegieEtienne Pluss - Bühnenbild & KostümeUlrich Schneider - L...

Argo by Sánchez-Verdú, From (2018/2018), Directed by Sabrina Hölzer,, Conductor José María Sánchez-Verdú, Rokokotheater, Schwetzingen, Germany

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