Organization

Singer

Soprano

Katrin Gerstenberger

Ariadne

Aki Hashimoto

Zerbinetta

Tenor

Chris Lysack

Bacchus

Baritone

David Pichlmaier

Harlequin

Bass

Marko Spehar

Truffaldin

Christian Tschelebiew

Michael Pegher

Brighella

Keith Bernard Stonum

Scaramuccio

Florina Ilie

Naiad

Mezzo-soprano

Maren Favela

Dryad

Rebekka Reister

Echo

Conductor

Hartmut Keil

Stage director

Christian Weise

Set designer

Jana Wassong

Costume designer

Amit Epstein

Dramaturge

Martina Stütz

Staatstheater Darmstadt

The citizen as a nobleman

Darmstadt

Germany

Staatstheater

Großes Haus

The citizen as a nobleman: Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss,R

Public

Ariadne on Naxos

Approved

THE CITIZEN AS A NOBLE MAN / ARIADNE ON NAXOS | Comedy by Molière / Opera by Richard Strauss

DER BÜRGER ALS EDELMANN / ARIADNE AUF NAXOS | Komödie von Molière / Oper von Richard Strauss

Desperate to become a nobleman, citizen Jourdain emulates Count Dorante. He stole an immense sum of money from Jourdain for the production of a mythological opera at Jourdain's house, starring Dorante and the Countess Dorimene. In return, he promises Jourdain an invitation to dinner with the Mughal Emperor of Kachikistan. Joudain's housekeeper Nicole and his family see through Dorante's machinations and decide to interfere in the action during the opera's performance...

" Ariadne auf Naxos " had already been conceived in 1912 by Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal for performance with Molière's comedy " Der Bürger als Edelmann ". With the combination of opera and drama, they tried to fathom the different effects of tragedy and comedy. Christian Weise's team has developed a new version of the play for Darmstadt, in which drama and opera are interwoven through a joint action by the entire ensemble - in a ludicrous plot about loyalty and fraud, Jourdain loses himself deeper and deeper in a fanatical fight for his life's dream, to be someone other than what he is.

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