Performance

Venue	Birmingham Hippodrome
	Also: DanceXchange,Patrick Centre
Town	Birmingham
County	West Midlands
From	18th November 2004
To	18th November 2004
When	19:15
Prices	From £15.00. To £44.00.
Birmingham Hippodrome (V145)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Ariadne auf Naxos

Work:: Ariadne auf Naxos (S1870)

An operatic divertissement to be performed in an abridged version of Moliere's comedy Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. Both pignant and comic, Ariadne auf Naxos is an opera within an opera. The curtain opens on a Viennese salon where preparations are being made for a performance of an opera. There is consternation when the Major Domo (Chied Butler) announces that due to time pressure, a harlequin troupe will be performing comedy during the opera itself. The conflicting scenarios and contrasting characters reveal what happens when stand-up comedy meets Greek tragedy and music hall meets high art.

Music	Strauss
Lyrics	Hofmannsthal

Production:: (T01573739820)

Sung in German with English surtitles. Approx running time 2 hrs 30 mins

Company	Welsh National Opera
Conductor	Carlo Rizzi (except Oct 20 / 23 Dec 7)
Conductor	Anthony Negus (Oct 20 / 23 Dec 7)
Director	Neil Armfield
Design	Dale Ferguson
Lighting	Tim Mitchell
Choreographer	Denni Sayers
Performer	Alice Coote (Composer - except Dec 7)
Performer	Janice Watson (Ariadne)
Performer	Peter Hoare (Bacchus)
Performer	Katarzyna Dondalska (Zerbinetta)
Performer	Richard Van Allan (Major-Domo)
Performer	Gerd Grochowski (Music Maker)
Performer	Brian Galliford (Dancing Master)
Performer	Gail Pearson (Naiad)
Performer	Arlene Rolph (Dryad)
Performer	Elizabeth Donovan (Echo)
Performer	D'Arcy Bleiker (Harlequin)
Performer	Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks (Scaramuccio)
Performer	Tim Mirfin (Truffaldino)
Performer	Wynne Evans (Brighella)

Listing:: L01449726606

Production details

Sung in German with English surtitles. Approx running time 2 hrs 30 mins

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