Name: L'olimpiade
Start: 2024-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The Vache

Organization

Admin

The Vache Baroque Festival

Stage director

Laura Attridge

Conductor

Jonathan Darbourne

Set designer

Caitlin Abbott

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Andrew Ellis

Associate Director

Rachel Wise

Assistant Lighting Designer

Josie Ireland

Contralto

Aoife Miskelly

Licidas

Countertenor

Nazan Fikret

Aristea

Natasha Page

Megacle

Tenor

Bechara Moufarrej

Clistene

Shafali Jalota

Argene

Frances Gregory

Alcandro

Iodáilis

L'olimpiade -  (The Olympiad)

Chalfont St Giles

United Kingdom

The Vache

L'olimpiade Pergolesi

Public

The Olympiad

Jnanakumar P

Béarla

Approved

The libretto of L’Olimpiade or The Olympiad was set to music by over fifty composers, making it one of the most popular in opera history. Based on the story of the ‘Trial of the Suitors’ by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, it has all the materials necessary for a work of high drama – loyal friends, crossed lovers, secret backstories, deception, disguise, and possible ruin.

For Vache Baroque’s 2024 Summer opera production, a cast of seven will sing Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s enthralling arias in Italian and act out the narrative in a newly-created English script by director Laura Attridge.

In true VB Festival fashion the grounds will become an extension of the stage, with sports-themed activities and immersive elements from the ‘Trial’ filling the hours before the main show. When the gun sounds, the opera will take just over two hours including an interval – a fast-paced, energetic performance reflecting the dash-to-the-line of this Olympic story.

English

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Caitheadh

Criú