About the Show
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.
Prologue in English with a new translation by Helen Cooper.
Cast
Mardi Byers
The Prima Donna/Ariadne
Kor-Jan Dusseljee
The Tenor/Bacchus
Jennifer France
Zerbinetta
Alex Otterburn
Harlequin
Daniel Norman
Scaramuccio
Lancelot Nomura
Truffaldino
Eleanor Bron
The Party Planner
Stephen Gadd
The Professor Composition
Julia Sporsen
The Composer
Jamie MacDougall
The Producer
Elizabeth Cragg
Naiad
Laura Zigmantaite
Dryad
Lucy Hall
Echo
Thomas Humphreys
Wig Master
Trevor Bowes
Butler
Oliver Brignall
Officer
Creatives
Strauss
Music
Hofmannsthal
Lyrics
Opera Holland Park
Producer
Scottish Opera
Producer
City of London Sinfonia
Company
Brad Cohen
Conductor
Antony McDonald
Director
Antony McDonald
Design
Wolfgang Gobbel
Lighting
Lucy Burge
Choreographer
Helen Cooper (Prologue Translation)
Translation
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