Details

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.

Creatives/Company

Music: Strauss
Lyrics: Hofmannsthal

Archive listings for Ariadne auf Naxos

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T01881452235 Company Garsington Opera. Conductor Mark Wigglesworth. Director Bruno Ravella. Design Giles Cadle. Lighting Malcolm Rippeth. Company Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer Natalya Romaniw (Ariadne). Performer Young Woo Kim (Bacchus). Performer Jennifer France (Zerbinetta). Performer Polly Leech (The composer). Performer William Dazeley (His music master). Performer John Graham-Hall (The dancing master). Performer Innocent Masuku (Brighella). Performer Ossian Huskinson (Truffaldino). Performer Richard Pinkstone (Scaramuccio). Performer Claire Lees (Naiad). Performer Sian Griffiths (Dryad). Performer Harriet Eyley (Echo). Performer Graham Clark (The Major-Domo). Performer Marcus Farnsworth (Harlequin).
18 Jun 23 to 21 Jul 23	Garsington Opera, High Wycombe :: V798 listing details L1127115396
T432741500 In German and English with English titlesCompany Opera North. Company Gothenburg Opera. Conductor Antony Hermus. Director Rodula Gaitanou. Design George Souglides. Costume George Souglides. Lighting Simon Corder. Choreographer Victoria Newlyn. Performer Hanna Hipp (Composer). Performer Elizaabeth Llewellyn (Prima Donna / Ariadne). Performer Erin Caves (Tenor / Bacchus). Performer Daniel Norman (Dancing Master). Performer Jennifer France (Zerbinetta).
24 Mar 23	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V570 listing details L02131832030
17 Mar 23	Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L1016222463
10 Mar 23	The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L1831005256
18 Feb 23 to 1 Mar 23	Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds :: V975 listing details L01269162425
T2011549067 Prologue in English with a new translation by Helen Cooper.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).
17 Jul 18 to 27 Jul 18	Opera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre, Inner London :: V203 listing details L0276925454
T1945680974 Company Scottish Opera.
20 Mar 18 to 28 Mar 18	Theatre Royal, Glasgow :: V623 listing details L2075009697
T046190145 Producer Glyndebourne Opera. Conductor Cornelius Meister. Director Katharina Thoma. Design Julia Muer. Costume Irina Bartels. Lighting Olaf Winter. Company London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer Lise Davidsen (Ariadne). Performer Angela Brower (Composer). Performer Hanna Hipp (Composer - Jul 19 / 23 / 27). Performer Erin Morley (Zerbinetta). Performer AJ Glueckert (Bacchus). Performer Thomas Allen (Music Master). Performer Michael Laurenz (Dancing Master). Performer Francois Piolino (Scaramuccio). Performer Bjorn Burger (Harlequin). Performer Manuel Gunther (Brighella). Performer Daniel Miroslaw (Truffaldino).
25 Jun 17 to 27 Jul 17	Glyndebourne, Lewes :: V671 listing details L01685447306
T1811404863 Sung in German with English surtitlesProducer Royal Opera House. Conductor Lothar Koenigs. Director Christof Loy. Design Herbert Murauer. Lighting Jennifer Tipton. Choreographer Beate Vollack. Company Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Performer Karita Mattila (The Prima Donna / Ariadne). Performer Robert Dean Smith (The Tenor / Bacchus). Performer Jane Archibald (Zerbinetta). Performer Ruxandra Donose (The Composer). Performer Nikolay Borchev (Harlequin). Performer Thomas Allen (Music Master). Performer Norbert Ernst (Dancing Master). Performer Ji-Min Park (Scaramuccio). Performer Paul Schweinester (Brighella). Performer Jeremy White (Truffaldino). Performer Sofia Fomina (Naiad). Performer Karen Cargill (Dryad). Performer Kiandra Howarth (Echo). Performer Samuel Dale Johnson (Wig Maker). Performer James Platt (Lackey). Performer Nicholas Ransley (Officer). Performer Christoph Quest (Major Domo). Performer Sergey Levitin (Concert Master).
10 Oct 15 to 16 Oct 15	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L01653608970
T1165882498 Sung in German with English surtitles. Running time: approx. 3hrs (inclu one interval)Producer Royal Opera House. Conductor Antonio Pappano. Director Christof Loy. Design Herbert Murauer. Lighting Jennifer Tipton. Choreographer Beate Vollack. Company Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Performer Karita Mattila (Prima Donna / Ariadne). Performer Roberto Sacca (Tenor / Bacchus). Performer Jane Archibald (Zerbinetta). Performer Ruxandra Donose (Composer). Performer Markus Werba (Harlequin). Performer Wynne Evans (Scaramuccio). Performer Paul Schweinester (Brighella). Performer Jeremy White (Truffaldino). Performer Sofia Fomina (Naiad). Performer Karen Cargill (Dryad). Performer Kiandra Howarth (Echo). Performer Thomas Ellen (Music Master). Performer Ed Lyon (Dancing Master). Performer Ashley Riches (Wig Maker). Performer Jihoon Kim (Lackey). Performer David Butt Philip (Officer). Performer Christoph Quest (Major Domo).
25 Jun 14 to 13 Jul 14	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L0726831067
T01821388366 New Production. Sung in German with English supertitlesProducer Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Conductor Vladimir Jurowski. Director Katharina Thoma. Design Julia Muer. Costume Irina Bartels. Lighting Olaf Winter. Director Lucy Burge (movement). Performer Thomas Allen (Music Master). Performer Soile Isokoski (Ariadne). Performer Kate Lindsey (Composer). Performer Dmitri Vargin (Harlequin). Performer James Kryshak (Scaramuccio). Performer Torben Jurgens (Truffaldino). Performer Andrew Stenson (Brighella). Performer Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Dancing Master). Performer Guy de Mey (Dancing Master Jun 13 / 20 / 23). Performer Ana Maria Labin (Naiad). Performer Gabriela Istoc (Echo). Performer Sergey Skorokhodov. Performer Adriana Di Paola. Performer William Relton. Company London Philharmonic Orchestra.
18 May 13 to 11 Jul 13	Glyndebourne, Lewes :: V671 listing details L01256804331
T0109420056 Sung in German with surtitles in EnglishCompany Welsh National Opera. Conductor Lothar Koenigs. Director Neil Armfield. Performer Orla Boylan (Ariadne). Performer Sarah Connolly (Composer). Performer Gillian Keith (Zerbinetta). Performer Eric Roberts (Major-Domo). Performer Robert Poulton (Music Master). Performer Stephen Rooke (Dancing Master).
30 Nov 10	New Theatre, Oxford :: V802 listing details L0598594075
23 Nov 10	Mayflower Theatre, Southampton :: V774 listing details L1524010308
9 Nov 10	Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham :: V145 listing details L0659123846
3 Nov 10	Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool :: V534 listing details L1184655587
19 Oct 10	Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol :: V856 listing details L1910846327
7 Oct 10 to 9 Oct 10	Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff :: V1984858935 listing details L0754595618
T198678956 Sung in German with English Surtitles. Approx running time 2 hours 45 minutes.Producer Royal Opera. Conductor Mark Elder. Director Christof Loy. Director Andrew Sinclair (revival director). Design Herbert Murauer. Lighting Jennifer Tipton. Choreographer Beate Vollack. Performer Deborah Voigt (The Prima Donna / Ariadne). Performer Thomas Allen (A Music Master). Performer Jacques Imbrailo (Wigmaker). Performer Dean Robinson (Lackey). Performer Robert D. Smith (The Tenor / Bacchus - Jul 16 / 19 / 28 Jul 1). Performer Richard Margison (The Tenor / Bacchus - Jun 21 / 25). Performer Gillian Keith (Zerbinetta). Performer Ji-Min Park (Comedian / Scaramuccio). Performer Jeremy White (Comedian / Truffaldino). Performer Haoyin Xue (Comedian / Brighella). Performer Elizabeth Cragg (Singer / Naiad). Performer Sarah Castle (Singer / Naiad). Performer Anna Leese (Singer / Echo). Performer Christoph Quest (The Major-Domo). Performer Elina Garanca. Performer Peter Hoare. Performer Christopher Maltman.
16 Jun 08 to 1 Jul 08	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L1535934007
T0303563435 With English supertitlesCompany Garsington Opera. Conductor Elgar Howarth. Director Martin Duncan. Design Francis O'Connor. Lighting Bruno Poet. Performer Orla Boylan (Ariadne). Performer John Horton Murray (Bacchus). Performer Wendy Dawn Thompson (Composer). Performer Elizabeth Cragg (Zerbinetta). Performer Russell Smythe (Music Master). Performer Daniel Norman (Dancing Master). Performer Quirijn de Lang (Harlequin). Performer Nicholas Sharratt (Brighella). Performer Andrew Slater (Truffaldino). Performer Tamsin Coombs (Echo). Performer Susan Atherton (Dryad). Performer Pascal Charbonneau (Scaramuccio). Performer Rainer Woss (Major Domo). Performer Martin Lamb (Lackey). Performer Rob Gildon (Wig Maker).
25 Jun 07 to 8 Jul 07	Garsington Opera, High Wycombe :: V798 listing details L552631076
T01573739820 Sung in German with English surtitles. Approx running time 2 hrs 30 minsCompany Welsh National Opera. Conductor Carlo Rizzi (except Oct 20 / 23 Dec 7). Conductor Anthony Negus (Oct 20 / 23 Dec 7). Director Neil Armfield. Design Dale Ferguson. Lighting Tim Mitchell. Choreographer Denni Sayers. Performer Alice Coote (Composer - except Dec 7). Performer Janice Watson (Ariadne). Performer Peter Hoare (Bacchus). Performer Katarzyna Dondalska (Zerbinetta). Performer Richard Van Allan (Major-Domo). Performer Gerd Grochowski (Music Maker). Performer Brian Galliford (Dancing Master). Performer Gail Pearson (Naiad). Performer Arlene Rolph (Dryad). Performer Elizabeth Donovan (Echo). Performer D'Arcy Bleiker (Harlequin). Performer Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks (Scaramuccio). Performer Tim Mirfin (Truffaldino). Performer Wynne Evans (Brighella).
7 Dec 04	Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol :: V856 listing details L131791054
3 Dec 04	Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool :: V534 listing details L538640631
18 Nov 04	Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham :: V145 listing details L01449726606
11 Nov 04	Venue Cymru (formerly - North Wales Theatre), Llandudno :: V848 listing details L89260950
4 Nov 04	Mayflower Theatre, Southampton :: V774 listing details L0451029605
30 Oct 04	New Theatre, Oxford :: V802 listing details L1204022298
20 Oct 04 to 23 Oct 04	Grand Opera House, Belfast :: V548 listing details L1811760986
15 Oct 04	Grand Theatre, Swansea :: V831 listing details L0215998124
11 Sep 04 to 25 Sep 04	New Theatre, Cardiff :: V823 listing details L0736604929
T0794483512 Sung in German with English surtitles. Running time 2 hours 42 minutes.Producer Royal Opera. Corporate Sponsor Alberto Vilar (2002). Director Christof Loy. Design Herbert Murauer. Lighting Jennifer Tipton. Choreographer Beate Vollack. Conductor Colin Davis. Performer Anne Schwanewilms (Ariadne). Performer Susan Graham (Composer). Performer Diana Damrau (Zerbinetta). Performer Richard Margison (Bacchus). Performer Dale Duesing (Music Master). Performer John Graham Hall (Dancing Master). Performer Jeremy White (Truffaldino). Performer Dean Robinson (Lackey). Performer Christoph Quest (Major Domo). Performer Grant Doyle (Harlequin). Performer Alasdair Elliot (Brighella). Performer Christopher Lemmings (Scaramuccio). Performer Ha Young Lee (Naiad). Performer Christine Rice (Dryad). Performer Rachel Nicholls (Echo). Performer Jared Holt (Wig Maker). Performer Hubert Francis (Officer).
22 Jun 04 to 9 Jul 04	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L01658068157
T0735791987 WebsiteCompany English Touring Opera. Conductor Richard Farnes. Director Colin Graham (original). Director Alison Brown (revival). Design Colin Graham. Performer Carol Smith. Performer Paul McNamara. Performer Eva Kallberg. Performer Lucy Bates. Performer Victoria Joyce. Performer Joanna Burton. Performer Rebecca Gale. Performer Huw Rhys Evans. Performer Robert Burt. Performer Richard Burkhard. Performer Dan Jordan. Performer David Gooderson.
31 May 03	Perth Theatre, Perth :: V637 listing details L1682566364
28 May 03	Darlington Hippodrome (formerly Civic Theatre), Darlington :: V562 listing details L566742137
14 May 03 to 17 May 03	Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L158214598
7 May 03 to 10 May 03	Theatre Royal, Brighton :: V657 listing details L03366960
3 May 03	Theatre Royal, York :: V954 listing details L1778077572
29 Apr 03	Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield :: V962 listing details L01215121543
9 Apr 03 to 12 Apr 03	Northcott Theatre, Exeter :: V886 listing details L01219824462
5 Apr 03	Jersey Opera House, St Helier :: V869 listing details L01638436872
31 Mar 03	Hall for Cornwall, Truro :: V1183 listing details L2008324958
29 Mar 03	Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910 listing details L01393085140
25 Mar 03	Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe :: V749 listing details L0629566688
19 Mar 03 to 22 Mar 03	Arts Theatre, Cambridge :: V19 listing details L0323338796
15 Mar 03	The Hawth, Crawley :: V720 listing details L0950728132
11 Mar 03	Kings Theatre Portsmouth, Southsea :: V780 listing details L490175498
7 Mar 03 to 8 Mar 03	Fairfield Halls, Outer London :: V295 listing details L1617260007
T0715388189 Conductor Oliver von Dohnanyi.
25 Oct 02 to 27 Oct 02	Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh :: V75 listing details L01856531030
T0551930663 New Production. Sponsored (2002) by Alberto Vilar. Ariadne auf Naxos was first performed by The Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House in 1976 and was last heard in 1987, in a production by [Jean-Louise Martinoty] with scenery by [Hans Schavernoch]. The production will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3.Company Royal Opera. Director Christof Loy. Design Herbert Murauer. Lighting Jennifer Tipton. Performer Petra Lang (Ariadne). Performer Natalie Dessay (Zerbinetta). Performer Sophie Koch (Composer). Performer Robert Brubaker (Tenor / Bacchus). Performer Thomas Allen (Music Master). Performer Nathan Gunn (Harlequin). Performer Lisa Larsson (Naiad). Performer Barry Banks (Brighella). Performer Dean Robinson (Lackey). Performer Robin Leggate (Scaramuccio). Performer Jeremy White (Truffaldino). Performer John Graham-Hall (Dancing Master). Performer Alice Coote (Dryad). Performer Edgaras Montvidas (Officer). Performer Rachel Nicholls (Echo). Performer D'Arcy Bleiker (Wigmaster). Performer Christoph Quest (Major Domo).
6 Sep 02 to 26 Sep 02	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L02104285384
T143899549 Concert PerformanceCompany London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Simon Rattle. Performer Katarina Dalayman (Prima Donna / Ariadne). Performer Christine Schafer (Zerbinetta). Performer Angelika Kirchschlager (The Composer). Performer Johan Botha (The Tenor / Bacchus). Performer Thomas Allen (Music master). Performer Christopher Maltman (Harlequin). Performer Barry Banks (Brighella). Performer Toby Spence (Scaramuccio). Performer Jyrki Korhohen (Truffaldino). Performer John Mark Ainsley (The Dance Master). Performer Susan Gritton (Naiad). Performer Anna Larsson (Dryad). Performer Lisa Milne (Echo). Performer Alasdair Elliott (An Officer).
9 Apr 00 to 11 Apr 00	Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L909715340
T329274754 Concert PerformanceCompany London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Simon Rattle. Performer Katarina Dalayman (Prima Donna / Ariadne). Performer Christine Schafer (Zerbinetta). Performer Angelika Kirchschlager (The Composer). Performer Johan Botha (The Tenor / Bacchus). Performer Thomas Allen (Music master). Performer Christopher Maltman (Harlequin). Performer Barry Banks (Brighella). Performer Toby Spence (Scaramuccio). Performer Jyrki Korhohen (Truffaldino). Performer John Mark Ainsley (The Dance Master). Performer Susan Gritton (Naiad). Performer Anna Larsson (Dryad). Performer Lisa Milne (Echo). Performer Alasdair Elliott (An Officer).
9 Apr 00	Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L1653536037
T0910982043 Sung in German, English surtitles.Company Scottish Opera. Conductor Richard Armstrong. Director Martin Duncan. Design Tim Hatley. Choreographer Sean Walsh. Lighting Chris Ellis. Performer Nigel Douglas. Performer Diana Montague. Performer John Horton Murray. Performer Peter Bronder. Performer Lisa Saffer. Performer Anne Evans. Performer David Stephenson. Performer David Owen. Performer Andrew Slater.
14 Apr 98 to 18 Apr 98	Festival Theatre, Edinburgh :: V600 listing details L1786485919
18 Mar 98 to 28 Mar 98	Theatre Royal, Glasgow :: V623 listing details L0197930840
T0298743753 The play will be in English, the opera in German.Translation Jeremy Sams.
20 Aug 97 to 24 Aug 97	Festival Theatre, Edinburgh :: V600 listing details L0359978438
T01202229416 Company English National Opera. Conductor Richard Hickox. Performer Christine Brewer. Performer Jon Fredric West. Performer Susan Parry. Choreographer Leah Hausman. Translation Tom Hammond.
25 Apr 97 to 29 May 97	London Coliseum, West End :: V376 listing details L0652203022