Organization

Singer

Soprano

Ralitsa Ralinova

Cassandra

Mezzo-soprano

Iris Marie Sojer

Clitemestra

Countertenor

Rupert Enticknap

Guardiano

Baritone

Simon Stricker

Agamemnon

Bass-baritone

Gerard Farreras

Araldo

Ja-Young Park

Soloquartett

Katharina Greiß

Marco Agostini

Javier Horacio Zapata Vera

Conductor

Johannes Pell

Stage director

Nigel Lowery

Set designer

Chorus master

Markus Baisch

Dramaturge

David Greiner

Costume designer

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Wuppertaler Bühnen

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Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal

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Opernchor der Wuppertaler Bühnen

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Il canto s'attrista, perche?

Wuppertal

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Opernhaus

Il canto s'attrista, perche? Sciarrino

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n this »missing link« between Christoph Willibald Gluck's Iphigenia operas and Richard Strauss' Elektra, the betrayed Klytämnestra finally has her say.

In Mycenae we learn of the return of King Agamemnon, who has conquered Troy after ten years of war and is now returning home with Cassandra as his slave and mistress. His wife Klytämnestra can neither forgive him for the sacrifice of her daughter Iphigenia nor for the present adultery and takes terrible revenge.

Salvatore Sciarrino – well known in Wuppertal after a number of premieres and world premieres over the past few decades, most recently ›La porta della legge‹ in 2009 – is one of the most important contemporary Italian composers and has been looking at major theatrical material from a different perspective for years. After versions of 'Macbeth' and 'Lohengrin' he now turns to ancient Greek literature: Aeschylus' 'Oresteia'.

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Il canto s'attrista, perche? by Sciarrino, From (2020/2020), Directed by Nigel Lowery,, Conductor Johannes Pell, Oper Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

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