Performance

Venue	Opera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	17th July 2018
To	27th July 2018
When	Jul 17, 19, 21, 25, 27 at 19:30
What is currently on at Opera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre (V203)

Ariadne auf Naxos

T2011549067
An operatic divertissement to be performed in an abridged version of Moliere's comedy Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. Both pignant and comic, Ariadne auf Naxos is an opera within an opera. The curtain opens on a Viennese salon where preparations are being made for a performance of an opera. There is consternation when the Major Domo (Chied Butler) announces that due to time pressure, a harlequin troupe will be performing comedy during the opera itself. The conflicting scenarios and contrasting characters reveal what happens when stand-up comedy meets Greek tragedy and music hall meets high art.

Music	Strauss
Lyrics	Hofmannsthal

Archive :: production:T2011549067, opera or operetta:S1870, venue:V203

Production details

Prologue in English with a new translation by Helen Cooper.

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Producer	Opera Holland Park
Producer	Scottish Opera
Company	City of London Sinfonia
Conductor	Brad Cohen
Director	Antony McDonald
Design	Antony McDonald
Lighting	Wolfgang Gobbel
Choreographer	Lucy Burge
Director	Joe Dieffenbacher (Circus Skills Director)
Translation	Helen Cooper (Prologue Translation)
Performer	Mardi Byers (The Prima Donna / Ariadne)
Performer	Kor-Jan Dusseljee (The Tenor / Bacchus)
Performer	Jennifer France (Zerbinetta)
Performer	Alex Otterburn (Harlequin)
Performer	Daniel Norman (Scaramuccio)
Performer	Lancelot Nomura (Truffaldino)
Performer	Elgan Llyr Thomas)
Performer	Eleanor Bron (The Party Planner)
Performer	Stephen Gadd (The Professor Composition)
Performer	Julia Sporsen (The Composer)
Performer	Jamie MacDougall (The Producer)
Performer	Elizabeth Cragg (Naiad)
Performer	Laura Zigmantaite (Dryad)
Performer	Lucy Hall (Echo)
Performer	Thomas Humphreys (Wig Master)
Performer	Trevor Bowes (Butler)
Performer	Oliver Brignall (Officer)

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