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		Yosef 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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