STRAUSS, R.: Ariadne auf Naxos [Opera] (Glyndebourne, 2013)
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60, TrV 228a
Composer: Strauss, Richard
Librettist/Text Author: Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
Conductor: Jurowski, Vladimir
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ariadne / Prima Donna: Isokoski, Soile
Bacchus / Tenor: Skorokhodov, Sergei
Composer: Lindsey, Kate
Music Master: Allen, Thomas
Zerbinetta: Claycomb, Laura
Set Designer: Muer, Julia
Costume Designer: Bartels, Irina
Lighting Designer: Winter, Olaf
Stage Director: Thoma, Katharina
Television Director: Roussillon, Francois
Date of Production: 03-2013
Festival: Glyndebourne Opera Festival
Venue: Glyndebourne Opera House
Playing Time: 02:01:56
Catalogue Number: OA1135D
UPC: 809478011354
Synopsis
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60, TrV 228a
Glyndebourne's wartime history as a home for evacuee children is the ingenious context for a new production of this unclassifiable entertainment in which low comedy and high tragedy compete for our attention, 'borne aloft by Strauss's divine music nd Hofmannsthal's visionary poetry'. At the centre of this production from Katharina Thoma is the noble, tragic figure of the abandoned Ariadne herself, in a haunting performance from Soile Isokoski, 'with brilliant support from the pit' (The Independent).
