[42] Opera-Christoph von Dohnanyi conducts Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss in Zurich [Etcohod]

[42] Opera

Christoph von Dohnanyi conducts:

Ariadne auf Naxos

by Richard Strauss

in Zurich

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Christoph von Dohnanyi conducts Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss in Zurich

Ariadne auf Naxos, by Richard Strauss

Christoph von Dohn?nyi (Conductor)
Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House

Claus Guth (Stage Director)

Alexander Pereira (Der Haushofmeister)
Michael Volle (Ein Musiklehrer)
Michelle Breedt (Der Komponist)
Roberto Saccà (Der Tenor / Bacchus)
Randall Ball (Ein Offizier)
Guy de Mey (Ein Tanzmeister)
Andrew Ashwin (Ein Peru'ckenmacher)
Ruben Drole (Ein Lakai)
Elena Mosuc (Zerbinetta)
Emily Magee (Primadonna / Ariadne)
Gabriel Berm?dez (Harlekin)
Martin Zysset (Scaramuccio)
Reinhard Mayr (Truffaldin)
Blagoj Nacoski (Brighella)
Eva Liebau (Najade)
Irène Friedli (Dryade)
Sandra Trattnigg (Echo)

Directed by Thomas Grimm
Recorded in 2006 at the Opernhaus Zürich

Hugo von Hofmannsthal called 'Ariadne auf Naxos', which he created in close collaboration with Richard Strauss, one of the 'most delicate of structures'. Indeed, in its complexity, the work truly does represent something utterly unique. Being and seeming, stage world and reality, comedy and tragedy, the heartbroken, unhappy Ariadne and the merrily partner-switching Zerbinetta - all of these contrasting pairs are clearly played off against one another in this 'opera with prologue'. Emily Magee and Roberto Saccà are radiant in their role debuts as Ariadne and Bacchus, just as Elena Mosuc's Zerbinetta is incomparably dazzling and Michelle Breedt's Composer profoundly touching. Christoph von Dohn?nyi, one of the great Strauss interpreters of our time, probes the depths of the incredibly finely-spun score with an elegant feel for sound, and ensures a perfect balance between operetta-like lightness and a tragic operatic tone. Claus Guth and Christian Schmidt of the production team underline the dichotomy between music and word through a well-planned, surprisingly new reading. The prologue takes place in the house of the 'richest man in Vienna', who has commissioned an opera troupe and a commedia dell'arte ensemble to entertain his guests. Owing to a lack of time, the Major-Domo, played by the Intendant of the Zu'rcher Oper Alexander Pereira, demands that the very different artists give their performances simultaneously. In Claus Guth's interpretation, this prologue is related in abstract theatrical metaphors. The production transposes the fictitious venue of the 'deserted island', as is called for in the second part by the 'opera in the opera', to a very real venue: the venerable Zurich restaurant 'Kronenhalle'.


Genre :opéras
Length:02:06:23
Director:Thomas Grimm

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