Ariane à Naxos at Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille

Dates: (1/22/2015 - 2/17/2015 )

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Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille

120 rue de Lyon
Paris,Île-de-France 75 012

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Phone: + 33 (0)1 71 25 24 23

Tickets: €5.00 - €150.00

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"Music is a sacred art, gathering the wildest follies like cherubim around a gleaming throne!" Such is the Composer's article of faith, vehemently proclaimed at the end of the Prologue of Ariadne auf Naxos. And boldness is hardly lacking in Strauss and Hofmannsthal's masterpiece, consisting of a long prologue that shows the process of artistic creation at work followed by a one-act opera in which the serious and the comic mingle with heady freedom. More than an illustration of the mixing of styles, Ariadne auf Naxos is its radiant embodiment. Displaying their poetic art, Hofmannsthal and Strauss also offer us a cast of unforgettable characters: the young, idealistic and amorous Composer, brother of both Mozart and Wagner; the luminous Zerbinetta, with her breathtaking coloratura originating in a peal of laughter; and the noble Ariadne, a character from lyric tragedy singing to the stars but shown in the Prologue in the less flattering but so very amusing guise of a capricious diva. The world is a delightful hotch-potch to which it is art's job to bring order, though art cannot and will not smooth its rough edges or resolve its intractable contradictions. One of the pinnacles of 20th century opera and Karita Mattila's eagerly-awaited return to the Paris Opera.

Cast and Creative team for Ariane à Naxos at Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille

Michael Schønwandt Conductor
Laurent Pelly Stage direction and costumes
Chantal Thomas Sets
Joël Adam Lighting
Agathe Melinand Dramaturgie et collaboration à la mise en scène

Franz Grundheber

Der Haushofmeister
Martin Gantner

Ein Musiklehrer
Sophie Koch

Der Komponist
Klaus Florian Vogt

Der Tenor (Bacchus)
Kevin Amiel

Ein Offizier
Dietmar Kerschbaum

Ein Tanzmeister
Piotr Kumon

Ein Perückenmacher
Ugo Rabec

Ein Lakai
Daniela Fally

Zerbinetta
Karita Mattila

Primadonna (Ariadne)
Olga Seliverstova

Najade
Agata Schmidt

Dryade
Ruzan Mantashyan

Echo
Edwin Crossley-Mercer

Harlekin
Oleksiy Palchykov

Scaramuccio
Andriy Gnatiuk

Truffaldino
Cyrille Dubois

Brighella

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