Ariadne auf Naxos

Ariadne auf Naxos

Opéra in 1 Prologue and 1 Act, 1916 - Music Richard Strauss - Libretto Hugo von Hoffmansthal

Opéra de Limoges (May 2022) - Opéra de Rouen Normandie (November 2024)

« You think that we are hired to cure their indigestion with a performance of our opera, Ariadne on Naxos! »

CAST
Music direction, Robert Tuohy
Staging, Scenic design, Costume design, Jean-Philippe Clarac & Olivier Deloeuil
Collaboration for Scenic design, Christophe Pitoiset
Lighting, Rick Martin
Video, Pascal Boudet & Timothée Buisson
Dramaturgy, Luc Bourrousse

Camille Schnoor (Primadonna / Ariadne), Brian Register (Tenor / Bacchus), Julie Robard-Gendre (Komponist), Liudmilla Lokaichuk (Zerbinetta), Paul Schweinester (Tanzmeister / Brighella), Léo Vermot-Desroches (Offizier / Scaramuccio), Christophe Gay (Perückenmacher / Harlekin), Nicolas Brooymans (Lakai / Truffaldin), Christian Miedl (Musiklehrer), Jeanne Mendoche (Najade), Lida Antola (Echo), Agatha Schmidt (Dryade)

PRODUCTION
Opéra de Limoges, Opéra de Rouen Normandie

ABOUT

Why stage a new opera today? Through subtle and playful trompe-l’œil, anamorphosis and metamorphosis, this new production invites us to consider the contemporary stakes involved in artistic creation and opera performance. The Prologue brings into dialogue two groups of people gathered around a table: on stage, artists having a read-through, discovering the new opera they are to perform in front of its sponsor; on video, the elegant guests of this same patron, already seated for the sumptuous dinner that precedes the performance. The Opera then takes us to the island of Naxos, in an anamorphosis reminding us that Naxos is nothing but a fictitious space. Constantly deconstructed, the scenography evolves along the evening, in much the same way that the characters of the opera unravel, mutate and gradually reconstruct.
An Ariadne in the realm of illusion, between “Portrait of the Artist as a Worker“ and gourmet entertainment for rich patrons, right at the heart of the manufacture of live entertainment.

Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss Clarac Deloeuil
Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss Clarac Deloeuil
Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss Clarac Deloeuil
Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss Clarac Deloeuil
Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss Clarac Deloeuil
Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss Clarac Deloeuil
Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss Clarac Deloeuil
Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss Clarac Deloeuil
Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss Clarac Deloeuil