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With it's intermingling of the serious and the comic, the world of Keiser's Croesus has much in common with that of Shakespeare's late comedies. The score is striking for it's sheer variety. Arias of gorgeous melodic expressiveness are interspersed with ravishing duets, dramatically telling ensembles and dance music of bracing rhythmic thrust. Keiser fervently believed that 'the chief aim of music is the expression of the emotions', and he hits the target squarely in an opera of gloriously lively invention.

Creatives/Company

Music: Reinhard Keiser

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Archive listings for The Fortunes of King Croesus (2007)

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

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Sung in English. Running time 3 hoursCompany Opera North. Company Minnesota Opera. Conductor Harry Bicket. Director Tim Albery. Design Leslie Travers. Costume Leslie Travers. Lighting Thomas Hase. Choreographer Tim Claydon. Translation Tim Albery. Performer Paul Nilon (Croesus). Performer Gillian Keith (Elmira). Performer Henry Waddington (Cyrus). Performer Michael Maniaci (Atis). Performer William Dazeley (Orsanes). Performer Mark Le Brocq (Eliates). Performer Fflur Wyn (Clerida). Performer Eric Roberts (Solon). Performer Stephen Wallace (Halimacus). Performer Sarah Pring (Trigesta). Performer John Graham Hall (Elcius).
17 Nov 07The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499
listing details L01389703323
27 Oct 07Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462
listing details L0858927073
17 Oct 07 to 10 Nov 07Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds :: V975
listing details L1229408237

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