Name: Ariadne auf Naxos
Start: 2003-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2003-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Deborah Voigt

Ariadne

Christine Brewer

Natalie Dessay

Zerbinetta

Susanne Mentzer

The composer

Kristine Jepson

Tenor

Richard Margison

Bacchus

Wolfgang Brendel

No role specified

Conductor

James Levine

The Metropolitan Opera

Ariadne auf Naxos -  (Ariadne on Naxos)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Elijah Moshinsky’s witty production deftly walks the line between the lighthearted humor and the profound philosophical underpinnings of Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s opera, masterfully conducted here by Met Music Director James Levine. Deborah Voigt stars as Ariadne, the mythical heroine abandoned on the island of Naxos by her lover, and Richard Margison is Bacchus, the young god who eventually takes her away to a new life. The spectacular Natalie Dessay as Zerbinetta leads the troupe of comedians who unsuccessfully try to cheer Ariadne up. Susanne Mentzer is delightful as the young Composer of the opera-within-the-opera, and Wolfgang Brendel sings the Music Master.

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Ariadne on Naxos

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