R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

 R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

Classical Music, Opera, Theatre

Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme - suite, Op. 60-IIIa

 Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60

It is traditional for the BFO to kick off each season with a new opera production. This time around we can look forward to Ariadne auf Naxos, composed by the experimentally inclined Richard Strauss to a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and staged by the team of Iván Fischer and the outstanding actress and commedia dell'arte specialist Chiara D'Anna, with internationally renowned singers serving as the soloists. The main part of the opera was originally preceded by Molière's play Le bourgeois gentilhomme, with incidental music by Strauss, but owing to the length this entailed, the creators themselves later changed it to an operatic prologue. In this production, a suite compiled from that incidental music will introduce the work prior to the intermission. The original version - in an audience-friendly guise.

A joint production by the BFO, Müpa Budapest and the Iván Fischer Opera Company, Vicenza Opera Festival and Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi.

Program and cast

Conductor and director:

Iván Fischer 

Cast:

Bacchus

Andrew Staples 

Zerbinetta

Anna-Lena Elbert 

Ariadne

Emily Magee 

Harlequin

Gurgen Baveyan 

Scaramuccio

Stuart Patterson 

Truffaldino

Daniel Noyola 

Brighella

Juan de Dios Mateos 

Naiad

Samantha Gaul 

Dryad

Olivia Vermeulen 

Echo

Mirella Hagen 

Featuring:

Budapest Festival Orchestra 

Creator:

Co-director

Chiara D'Anna