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Verdis Rigoletto
In Verdi’s first work of his mature period, the trivial, the grotesque, and profound pathos are all intertwined. The contrasts between garish band music and highly expressive cantilenas form an uncompromising masterpiece that sweeps over the audience with tremendous conciseness and intensity.
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Premiere of La Vestale
In 1807, La Vestale brought Gaspare Spontini his greatest success to date in Napoleonic Paris. With its grand-scale scenes, La Vestale became one of the most successful operas of the 19th century. The complex choral parts, instrumental effects, and ballet music influenced composers such as Richard Wagner and Hector Berlioz. In her production, Lydia Steier—who most recently staged Les Contes d’Hoffmann here—explores the ruthless mechanisms of an autocratic regime.
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L’elisir d’amore from Gaetano Donizetti
With the delightful naivety of the characters, Donizetti and his librettist Felice Romani affectionately and tenderly poke fun at gullibility and credulity. The music—which is said to have been composed in just three weeks—also allows the protagonists moments of touching intimacy, not only in the famous aria “Una furtiva lagrima.” The inexhaustible wealth of melodies makes L’elisir d’amore one of Donizetti’s most beloved stage works
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Jürgen Flimm's production of Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart was particularly interested in music theater, both opera seria and opera buffa. Figaro, already a success during his lifetime, has become a prime example of a “musical comedy”. Flimm's production brings Mozart's comedic masterpiece to life by giving the characters space to open up their emotional worlds, articulate their desires and inclinations and sharpen and resolve conflicts in the relaxed atmosphere of the countryside near the sea.
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Puccinis Madama Butterfly
The opera is based on a novella that supposedly depicts a true story. Giacomo Puccini studied sources on Japanese music, incorporated original melodies and drew inspiration for his sophisticated instrumentation and distinctive timbres. Eike Gramss's production delicately depicts the clash of two cultures in a dazzling Japanese world.
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