Opera in 1 Prologue and 1 Act, 1916 - Music Richard Strauss - Libretto Hugo von Hoffmansthal
Opéra de Rouen Normandie, 2024 / Opéra de Limoges, 2022
« You think that we are hired to cure their indigestion with a performance of our opera, Ariadne on Naxos ? »
CAST
Music direction : Ben Glassberg (Rouen) / Robert Tuohy (Limoges)
Staging, Scenic design, Costume design: Jean-Philippe Clarac & Olivier Deloeuil
Collaboration for Scenic design: Christophe Pitoiset
Lighting: Rick Martin
Video: Pascal Boudet & Timothée Buisson
Graphic design: Julien Roques - Dramaturgy: Luc Bourrousse
Sally Matthews / Camille Schnoor, John Findon / Brian Register, Paula Murrihy / Julie Robard-Gendre, Caroline Wettergreen / Liudmilla Lokaichuk, Grégoire Mour / Paul Schweinester, Robert Lewis / Léo Vermot-Desroches, Leon Kosavic / Christophe Gay, François Lis / Nicolas Brooymans, William Dazeley / Christian Miedl, Yerang Park / Jeanne Mendoche, Clara Guillon / Lida Antola, Aliénor Feix / Agatha Schmidt
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 island of Naxos, a spectacular anamorphosis, reminding us that Naxos is nothing but a fictitious space, is constantly deconstructed, as the scenography evolves along the evening, in much the same way that the characters of the opera unravel, mutate and gradually reconstruct.
