Salzburg Festival 2017: Ariodante
About this event
At Salzburg Festival 2017, Cecilia Bartoli shines as Ariodante with her dazzling coloratura in a highly acclaimed new production by the German director Christoph Loy, who is known for his clever psychological stagings. Loy turns Handel’s splendid baroque opera into an exciting and differentiated reflection on gender roles and introduces us to the ruthless world of intrigue at the Royal Court of Scotland – “one of the most intelligent opera works one has ever seen in the early repertoire” (ORF).
A high-class ensemble, first and foremost a brilliant Cecilia Bartoli in the trouser role of the knight Ariodante who effortlessly switches between cheerful and lamenting virtuoso singing – “a league of her own!” (Standard) – makes the production a true triumph. At her side perform audience favourite Rolando Villazón as Lurcano, French soprano Sandrine Piau as desperate love-seeking Dalinda and young American soprano Kathryn Lewek, praised by critics as a “true discovery” (Neue Zürcher Zeitung).
Gianluca Capuano at the podium of the Musiciens du Prince – Monaco “provides for elegance, richness of colour and a sensitive, stirring realisation of the ingenious score” (Kurier).
Featuring
Conductor: Gianluca Capuano
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco
Chorus: Bachchor Salzburg
Chorus Master: Alois Glassner
Choreographer: Andreas Heise
Stage Director: Christof Loy
Ariodante: Cecilia Bartoli
The King of Scotland: Nathan Berg
Ginevra: Kathryn Lewek
Lurcanio: Rolando Villazón
Polinesso: Christophe Dumaux
Dalinda: Sandrine Piau
Odoardo: Kristofer Lundin
Dancers: William John Banks, Christopher Basile, Andrew Cummings, Chris Agius Darmanian, Rouven Pabst, Glauber Silva, Rory Stead, Jack Widdowson
Repertoire
George Frideric Handel: Ariodante HWV 33
Duration: approx. 215 minutes.
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