Ariadne auf Naxos

Richard Strauss

   
  
  

Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal

First Performance: Vienna, Hofoper, 4 October 1916

First Performance at the Israeli Opera: 19 April 2007

Conductor           Asher Fisch
Director Uwe Eric Laufenberg
Assistant Director Dagmar Pischel
Set Designer Tobias Hoheisel
Costume Designer Jessica Karge
Lighting Designer Wolfgang Göbbel
Choreographer Agnes Moyses

Soloists          

    

Ariadne

Victoria Safronova

Edit Zamir
Bacchus Stuart Skelton
John Horton Murray
Zerbinetta Chen Reiss
Julianne Gearhart 
The Composer Stephanie Houzeel
Ursula Hesse Von Den Steinen
Harlequin Paul Armin Edelmann
Scaramuccio Felix Livshitz
Truffaldino Noah Briger

Brighella

 John Easterlin
Music Master Georg Tichy
Dance Master Guy Mannheim
Wigmaster

Yevgeny Nezhinetz

Footman Alexei Kanunikoff
The Officer Joseph Almog Aridan
The Major Domo Georg Martin Bode
Najad Anastasia Klevan
Dryad Shirz Raz
Echo Ira Bertman

The Opera Orchestra - The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion

Surtitles: Israel Ouval 

Sung in German
Surtitles in English and Hebrew

Backstage mayhem. A young composer is on the verge of a nervous breakdown on the eve of his premiere. An irritating prima dona, a capricious tenor and a young and charming soprano are part and parcel of this vivacious production.    Synopsis

Production Album

Photos: Yossi Zwecker        

                   

Dates

Thurs 19.4 (20:00), Fri 20.4 (13:00), Sat 21.4 (21:00), Wed 25.4 (20:00),Thurs 24.6 (20:00), Fri 27.4 (13:00), Sat 28.4 (21:00), Mon 30.4 (20:00),Towards opening: Sat 14.4 (11:00)Before the show backstage tours: Thurs 26.4 (19:00), Mon 30.4 (19:00), Tues 1.5 (19:00)

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