Intermezzo

Archive Listings for Intermezzo

T01873974683 (SCOTOP11) Sung in German with English Supertitles. Running time: 2hrs 55 minsCompany Scottish Opera. Conductor Francesco Corti. Director Wolfgang Quetes. Design Manfred Kaderk. Lighting Matthias Honig. Performer Anita Bader (Christine). Performer Roland Wood (Robert Storch). Performer Sarah Redgwick (Anna). Performer Nicky Spence (Baron Lummer). Performer Frances Morrison-Allen (Notary's Wife). Performer Julian Hubbard (councillor of Commerce). Performer David Morrison (Opera Singer). Performer Richard Rowe (Stroh). Performer Nicholas Lester (Councillor of Justice). Performer Michel de Souza (Notary).
7 Apr 11 to 9 Apr 11	Festival Theatre, Edinburgh :: V600 listing details L1293571700
26 Mar 11 to 2 Apr 11	Theatre Royal, Glasgow :: V623 listing details L976758592
T909480275 (MANOR01) Company Garsington Opera Company. Director David Fielding. Conductor Elgar Howarth. Design David Fielding. Performer Yvonne Kenny. Performer Tom Erik Lie. Performer Lynda Russell. Performer Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts. Performer James Oxley.
26 Jun 01 to 8 Jul 01	Wormsley Estate (previously operated from Garsington Manor), High Wycombe :: V798 listing details L01473203235

Details

Opera or Operetta :: Based on real-life exchanges in his own home, the libretto for Intermezzo was written by Strauss himself, fictionalising his volatile relationship with his wife. Set in the 1920s, it captures the flaws and foibles of high society with Oscar Wilde-like wit, and no small hint of irony. The conductor Richard Storch and his wife, Christine, are not getting on. When Christine intercepts a love letter apparently addressed to her husband she leaps to the obvious conclusion, but has she jumped the gun? Flirtations with penniless barons, confusingly similar names, the mysterious Mitzi Meyer...it all adds up to some stormy misunderstandings and more than a little confusion.

Music

Richard Strauss