Organization

Admin

Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik

Stage director

Choreographer (+2)

Deda Cristina Colonna

Conductor

Conductor (+5)

Andrea Marcon

Costume designer

Set designer (+1)

Domenico Franchi

Set designer

Lighting designer

Cesare Agoni

Soprano

Robin Johannsen

Dido

Soprano (+1)

Jone Martínez

Menalippe

Tenor (+4)

Jorge Franco

Achates

Soprano (+3)

Alicia Amo

Anna

Bass-baritone (+7)

Andreas Wolf

Hiarbas

Tenor (+1)

Jacob Lawrence

Aeneas

Orchestra

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

Baritone (+6)

José Antonio López

Juba

Juno

Bass

Simon Unterhofer

Elgabal

Venus

Tenor (+3)

Kieran White

Disalces

Mercurius

Baritone (+2)

Matthias Kofler

Bomilcar

Chorus

NovoCanto

Tiroler Landestheater

«The city of Carthage (...) was, like Babylon, 360 stadiums in circumference, which is why it is referred to by Suidas as the greatest and most powerful city in the world, and by Solinus, after Rome, as the second ornament of the earth,» states the preface to the opera «Dido, Königin von Carthago,» which premiered in 1707 at the Hamburg Opera House am Gänsemarkt. The story of Aeneas, fleeing from the destroyed Troy to Carthage, has been a prominent narrative in our cultural history since ancient times – including the tragic love death of Dido.

Christoph Graupner, composer of the «singspiel in three acts,» presents a surprisingly cheerful version of the tragedy. This rarity in German Baroque opera is now receiving its first staged production in more than 200 years. For a distinguished interpretation, the La Cetra Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Andrea Marcon, along with an exquisite ensemble of soloists including Robin Johannsen, Andreas Wolf, José Antonio López, Jorge Franco, and Jacob Lawrence, ensure a fitting presentation.

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