R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
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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
Palace of Arts Müpa Budapest
When Müpa Budapest, Hungary and its capital's new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than 100 years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and has no peers in the whole of Central Europe.
The creators of this ambitious project, the Trigránit Development Corporation, prime contractor Arcadom Construction and the Zoboki, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office, were driven by the desire to create a new European cultural citadel as part of the new Millennium City Centre complex along the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Danube waterfront. The result is a facility whose construction quality, appearance, functionality and 21st century technological infrastructure makes it ideally suited to productions of the highest standard. The building is also highly versatile and equipped to host performances of any genre and almost any scale.