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Krassimira Stoyanova

Danae

Baritone

Tomasz Konieczny

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Norbert Ernst

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Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke

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Regine Hangler

Xanthe

Gerhard Siegel

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Pavel Kolgatin

Vier Könige

Andi Früh

Ryan Speedo Green

Jongmin Park

Mária Celeng

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Olga Bezsmertna

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Contralto

Michaela Selinger

Alkmene

Jennifer Johnston

Leda

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Franz Welser-Möst

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Alvis Hermanis

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Juozas Statkevicius

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Ernst Raffelsberger

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Alla Sigalova

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Gleb Filshtinsky

Salzburger Festspiele

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Die Liebe der Danae -  (The Love of Danae)

Salzburg

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Großes Festspielhaus

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The Love of Danae

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Franz Welser-Möst
Wiener Philharmoniker · Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Krassimira Stoyanova (Danae) · Tomasz Konieczny (Jupiter) · Norbert Ernst (Merkur) · Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Pollux) · Regine Hangler (Xanthe) · Gerhard Siegel (Midas) · Mária Celeng (Semele) · Olga Bezsmertna (Europa) · Michaela Selinger (Alkmene) · Jennifer Johnston (Leda)
Stage design by Alvis Hermanis

With Richard Strauss’ penultimate, satirically mythological opera Die Liebe der Danae (The Love of Danae) after a draft by Hugo von Hofmannsthal the Salzburg Festival continues its series of operas by the Festival founders Hofmannsthal and Strauss with the Wiener Philharmoniker under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst. Krassimira Stoyanova is heading a truly supreme cast and emerges as the “one in a thousand, the true Strauss lyric-dramatic soprano who can soar and swoop, working miracles on phrases that never stop coming” (The Artsdesk). Alvis Hermanis’ colorful production brings oriental flair to Salzburg, his “staging was spectacular above all else” (Opera Today). “Once more, this very rarely presented opera returned successfully on stage, leaving the audience with unforgettable impressive images embedded in soft romantic sound.“ (Opera Online).

Die Liebe der Danae Strauss,R

The Love of Danae by Strauss, From (2016/2016), Directed by Alvis Hermanis,, Conductor Franz Welser-Möst, Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria

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