Ariadne auf Naxos
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Event location: Royal Opera House.
 Whatever happens, the show must go on as Ariadne auf Naxos looks at the serious and comic sides of art " both on stage and off " as a rich patron's whims force a new opera and a harlequinade together into one single work. Strauss's music takes full advantage of the dramatic potential: the intense lyricism of the Composer, the richly scored encounter of Ariadne and Bacchus, the virtuosic coloratura of flirty but fickle Zerbinetta. Such a musical tour de force needs a world-class cast as here " led by Deborah Voigt, a leading exponent of her role, and joined by young British singer Gillian Keith, winner of the Ferrier Competition, in a major debut. Christof Loy's popular production for The Royal Opera combines witty detail with a richly eclectic design of the classic and contemporary, the grand and the down-to-earth. With Mark Elder conducting, everything about this revival makes for an irresistible combination of the fine and the fun.
Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes
Sung in German with English surtitles
CREDITS
Composer
Richard Strauss
Director
Christof Loy
Revival Director
Andrew Sinclair
Designs
Herbert Murauer
Lighting
Jennifer Tipton
Choreography
Beate Vollack
PERFORMERS
Conductor
Mark Elder
Primadonna (Ariadne)
Deborah Voigt
Composer
Kristine Jepson
Music Master
Thomas Allen
Dancing Master
Alan Oke
Wigmaker
Jacques Imbrailo*
Lackey
Dean Robinson
Tenor (Bacchus)
Richard Margison
Robert D Smith
Zerbinetta
Gillian Keith
Harlequin
Markus Werba
Scaramuccio
Ji-Min Park*
Truffaldino
Jeremy White
Brighella
Haoyin Xue*
Naiad
Anita Watson*
Dryad
Sarah Castle
Echo
Anna Leese
The Major Domo
Christopher Quest
* Jette Parker young Artist
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