Organization

Regisseur

Regisseur (+1)

Christopher Alden

Dirigent

Muziek regisseur (+3)

Ivor Bolton

Licht ontwerper

Licht ontwerper (+1)

Adam Silverman

Kostuum ontwerper

Set designer (+1)

Jon Morrell

Set designer

Andrew Lieberman

Orchestra

Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid

Teatro Real

Opera Australia

Teatro Real de Madrid

English National Opera

San Francisco Opera

Sopraan (+2)

Brenda Rae

Partenope

Mezzosopraan (+3)

Teresa Iervolino

Rosmira

Countertenor (+3)

Iestyn Davies

Arsace

Countertenor (+6)

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Armindo

Tenor (+2)

Jeremy Ovenden

Emilio

Bariton (+6)

Nikolay Borchev

Ormonte

Sabina Puértolas

Mezzosopraan (+4)

Daniela Mack

Countertenor (+5)

Franco Fagioli

Countertenor (+7)

Christopher Lowrey

Tenor (+6)

Juan Sancho

Bariton (+2)

Gabriel Bermúdez

Four suitors for one woman –one is a transvestite in disguise – is the point of departure of one of the most remarkable operas composed by Handel for the audiences of London. With Partenope, the Saxon composer employed a dramatic register that combined the antihero and satirical character of 17th century Venetian operas with the sentimental comedies of confusion that characterized opera buffa. Rejected by the head of the Royal Academy of Music because the libretto was a product of “the depraved taste of the Italian audience”, nonetheless, Partenope was such a commercial success that it was revived seven years later on the same stage at the King’s Theatre.

At a distance from the musical conventions of opera seria, the score of Partenope is lighter than customary, with its short arias and numerous ensembles. These push the action forward and bring it closer to a symbiosis between the singing voice and theatre. The stage direction of Christopher Alden –recipient of the Oliver Award for the Best New Opera Production in 2009– brings this delightful work to life in a sophisticated and urban setting inspired by the mansion of Nancy Cunard, where the world of photographer and visual artist Man Ray plays an important part.

Italiaans

Partenope, HWV 27

Madrid

Spanje

Sala Principal

Partenope Madrid 2021 Rae Iervolino Davies Costanzo

Parténope Händel

Staged

Opera

Spaans

Engels

Georg Friedrich Händel's opera "Partenope" is not about a love triangle – but a love pentagon! No less than four dream princes woo the title heroine. No wonder the work does not adopt the tragic tone of the opera seria, but comes across as a baroque operetta.

Let's listen back to the performance of William Christie's Les Arts Florissants with an excerpt from the aria "Sei mia gioia" with soprano Ana Vieira Leite as Partenope.

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Cast

Partenope

Rosmira

Arsace

Armindo

Emilio

Ormonte

Productieteam

Regisseur

Dirigent

Set designer

Kostuum ontwerper

Licht ontwerper

Instrumentatie

Producent

Producent

Ensemble

Orkest

Co-producent

Co-producent