Giasone

Composer: Cavalli, Francesco

Librettist/Text Author: Cicognini, Giacinto Andrea

Conductor: Sardelli, Federico Maria

Orchestra: Vlaamse Opera Ghent Symphony Orchestra

Amore / Alinda: Noldus, Angelique

Delfa / Eolo: d'Or, Yaniv

Demo: Adami, Filippo

Egeo / Sole: Pons, Emilio

Ercole / Oreste: Ashwin, Andrew

Giasone: Dumaux, Christophe

Giove / Besso: Wagner, Josef

Isfile: Johannsen, Robin

Medea: Bradic, Katarina

Set Designer: Hansen, Julia

Costume Designer: Hansen, Julia

Lighting Designer: Berthome, Philippe

Stage Director: Clement, Mariame

Television Director: Ricchetti, Matteo

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Date of Production: 2012

Venue: Vlaamse Opera Antwerp/Ghent

Playing Time: 03:18:05

Catalogue Number: 33663

UPC: 8007144336639

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Giasone - Jason - is not the hero one would expect, in this opera by Cavalli. Indeed, his easy morality makes of him, unexpectedly, quite the modern character. Says Mariame Clement, who directed the production.

"People think they know the story, because they think, Medea, Giasone [...] but actually there's much more going on than what we know in mythology. [...] What we tried to do is to recreate a mythology of our own, to have a sort of world that is neither modern nor ancient, that's not contemporary but not historical either... a world of its own."

A brilliant opera, which comedy, tragedy and fantasy are seamlessly interwoven. On the podium, the baroque specialist Federico Maria Sardelli; in the title role, the sensational counter-tenor Christophe Dumaux.