Although only 60 minutes is "Dido and Aeneas" as the only full-fledged opera by Henry Purcell. Basically, the three-act piece classified yet strong in the tradition of English in mythological scenes inspired "Masque" field. Too short, however, to today to guarantee a full-length evening. So, conductor Michael Schneider, director Arila Siegert have for their production Mainz other shorter musical works by Purcell, Matthew Locke's teachers and some 100 years older Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi colleagues added together. So that individual scenes can be intensified further emotionally. Particularly well known among monodic Monteverdi's "Lamento d'Arianna" is.
The model for the opera comes from Virgil's "Aeneid" and was created by what was then known poet Nahum Tate. The premiere took place in a boarding school for Damsels in Chelsea is instead formed, on whose behalf the work probably. Carthage's Queen Dido falls in love with the Trojan hero Aeneas, but she promised her late husband to marry no more. Nevertheless, the two come closer, but their happiness is soon smothered by a sorceress List in the bud.
For director Arila Siegert it is about the fateful consequences that occur when one gets involved with a love. "This is the internalization of love and sorrow told," she explained. The feeling of abandonment-sein occurs later in the center. "Love is eternal pain," says she, therefore it is the Interpret action and timeless. "As rare as is the happiness of today, it was at that time also," said their view.
Michael Schneider, a renowned expert in historical performance practice, finds it especially exciting to revive the ancient tragedy, as it was taught in the beginnings of opera, again. A musical challenge was the "extremely polyphonic music of Purcell, whose complexity and density. The staging of Arila Siegert, who has staged in Mainz last Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro", relies on the focus of individual scenes. "It will seem as if time has stopped and you can immerse yourself in each state," makes them curious about the implementation.
An important optical role play for ten one hundred-pound boats from set designer Hans Dieter Schaal and "restrained costumes by Susan Maier-Staufen, which reflect in particular the duality between light and dark again," said the director.
- The premiere on 3 October in the small house is already sold out, maybe there are remaining tickets at the box office.
- Other performances include the 12, 22 and 29 October, both at 19.30 clock.
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- More information: www.staatstheater-mainz.de
Published in the Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz
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