Details

With it's intermingling of the serious and the comic, the world of Keiser's Croesus has much in common with that of Shakespeare's late comedies. The score is striking for it's sheer variety. Arias of gorgeous melodic expressiveness are interspersed with ravishing duets, dramatically telling ensembles and dance music of bracing rhythmic thrust. Keiser fervently believed that 'the chief aim of music is the expression of the emotions', and he hits the target squarely in an opera of gloriously lively invention. Sung in English. Running time 3 hours

Cast/Performers

Paul Nilon (Croesus), Gillian Keith (Elmira), Henry Waddington (Cyrus), Michael Maniaci (Atis), William Dazeley (Orsanes), Mark Le Brocq (Eliates), Fflur Wyn (Clerida), Eric Roberts (Solon), Stephen Wallace (Halimacus), Sarah Pring (Trigesta), John Graham Hall (Elcius)

Creatives/Company

Music: Reinhard Keiser
Company(s): Opera North, Minnesota Opera
Conductor: Harry Bicket
Director: Tim Albery
Design: Leslie Travers
Costume: Leslie Travers
Lighting: Thomas Hase
Choreographer: Tim Claydon
Translation: Tim Albery