Koželuh, Haydn / Ariadna Na Naxu by Haydn, Kozeluch, J. A., From (2018/2018), Conductor Martin Petrák, kostel sv. Maří Magdalény zprava, Kateřina, Czech Republic

The great ancient themes of human sacrifice, desperate abandonment and the unbearable duration of hopelessness run like red threads through the thought labyrinth of the young Haydn Ensemble (2016). The cruel tradition of sacrificing virgins and the fervent wish for a better future are the foundations of both music-dramatic works presented by the leading Czech mezzo-soprano Markéta Cukrová – Koželuh's pre-Mozart opera Il Demofoonte to the famous Metastasio libretto, as well as Haydn's cantatas about the loving Ariadne, who remains rejected and isolated on the island.