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Performance

VenueRoyal Opera House
Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From1st May 2015
To19th May 2015
WhenMay 1, 6, 12, 19 at 19:30. May 9, 16 at 19:00
Royal Opera House (V377)
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  • Date of change: 15 Jul 14 - T01107260866

King Roger (Krol Roger)

King Roger (Krol Roger)

Work:: King Roger (Krol Roger) (S273)

Szymanowski's opera has elements of the classical Greek legend of ?cult' god Dionysus, reflected through Nietzschean philosophy. Set in 12th century Sicily, it explores the cultural crossroads of the time - Byzantine, Arabic, Greek and European. A mysterious Shepherd is accused of trying to topple the Catholic Church and its authority yet King Roger and his wife Roxana grant him an audience and offer their friendship. Swept up in his heady teachings the entire court joins him as acolytes. Only King Roger holds back from complete devotion to the charismatic herdsman. In the last act the Shepherd reveals himself as Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility and hedonism. King Roger alone resists temptation and conquers his own hedonistic impulses, reason triumphing over emotion. As Roger sings a hymn of praise to Apollo and the sun, the rationality of classicism becomes balanced at last with the ecstatic abandon of Dionysus's followers. A deeply philosophical work, the music has a sweeping romanticism and lyricism that encompass a first act immersed in religious atmosphere, through a second act built around oriental and exotic dance and culminating in the idealism and passion of the third act.
Music Karol Szymanowski

Production:: (T01107260866)

New Production. Sung in Polish with English surtitles.
Producer Royal Opera House
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Director Kasper Holten
Design Steffen Aarfing
Lighting Jon Clark
Design Luke Halls (video)
Choreographer Cathy Marston
DramaturgJohn Lloyd Davies
Performer Mariusz Kwiecien (Krol Roger II)
Performer Saimir Pirgu (Shepherd)
Performer Georgia Jarman (Roxana)
Performer Kim Begley (Edrisi)
Performer Alan Ewing (Archbishop)
Performer Agnes Zwierko (Deaconess)
Company Royal Opera Chorus
Company Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Listing:: L1159896388




Production details

New Production. Sung in Polish with English surtitles.

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