BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190719T233000Z DTEND:20190720T030000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Wolf Trap: Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos DESCRIPTION:The best laid plans often go awry Strauss' soaring opera is divinely comical and deeply enchanting.\n\n\n\nARIADNE AUF NAXOS\n\n\n\nMusic by Richard Strauss\n\nLibretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal\n\n\n\nA New Production\n\n\n\nCombining slapstick comedy and beautiful music in a competition of "high" and "low" art\, Ariadne auf Naxos is a cock-eyed tale about art\, love\, and infidelity. A wealthy patron commissions two pieces of entertainment for a party an opera based on the Ariadne myth and a comedy by a song and dance troupe. Shortly before the performances are to begin\, he orders that they be performed simultaneously in order for a fireworks display to begin on time. What follows is a class war in Strauss' brilliant opera based on a Moli re comedy.\n\n\n\n"A tale of everyday farce and mythical fantasy." The New York Times exclaims Ariadne auf Naxos is "plush and lyrical."\n\n\n \n Inside the Opera pre-show talk begins 1 hour before curtain at The Barns\n \n \n Performance running time: 2.5 hours including one intermission\n \n \n Sung in German with projected English translations\n \n\n\n\n\nCAST\n\n\n\nPrima Donna / Ariadne - Alexandria Shiner\n\nTenor / Bacchus - Ian Koziara\n\nZerbinetta - Alexandra Nowakowski\n\nComposer - Lindsay Kate Brown\n\nMusic Master - Joshua Conyers\n\nDancing Master - Ian McEuen\n\nMajor-Domo - TBD\n\nHarlekin - Michael Pandolfo*\n\nTruffaldin - Ron Dukes*\n\nScaramuccio - Victor Cardamone*\n\nBrighella - Seiyoung Kim*\n\nNaiad - Meagan Rao*\n\nDryad - Anastasiia Sidorova*\n\nEcho - Ashley Robillard*\n\nWigmaker - Blake Denson*\n\nLackey - Jeremy Harr*\n\nOfficer - Bradley Bickhardt*\n\n\n\n*Studio Artist\n\n\n\nCREATIVE TEAM\n\n\n\nConductor- Emily Senturia\n\nDirector - Tara Faircloth\n\nScenic Designer - Laura Fine Hawkes\n\nCostume Designer - Rooth Varland\n\nLighting Designer - Robert H. Grimes\n\nWig & Makeup Designer - Anne Nesmith \n\n\n\nMUSIC & PRODUCTION STAFF\n\n\n\nCover Conductor - James Maverick\n\nMusical Preparation - Nate Raskin\, Thomas Morris\n\nGerman Coach - Thomas Lausmann\n\nAssistant Director - Emily Cuk\n\nProduction Stage Manager - Jordan Braun\n\nAssistant Stage Manager - Julie Langevin\n\nSupertitle Coordinator - Robert Bosworth X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The best laid plans often go awry&hellip\; Strauss&rsquo\; soaring opera is divinely comical and deeply enchanting.
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\nARIADNE AUF NAXOS
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\nMusic by Richard Strauss
\nLibretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
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\nA New Production
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\nCombining slapstick comedy and beautiful music in a competition of &ldquo\;high&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;low&rdquo\; art\, \;Ariadne auf Naxos \;is a cock-eyed tale about art\, love\, and infidelity. A wealthy patron commissions two pieces of entertainment for a party&mdash\;an opera based on the Ariadne myth and a comedy by a song and dance troupe. Shortly before the performances are to begin\, he orders that they be performed simultaneously in order for a fireworks display to begin on time. What follows is a class war in Strauss&rsquo\; brilliant opera based on a Moliè\;re comedy.
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\n&ldquo\;A tale of everyday farce and mythical fantasy.&rdquo\; \;The New York Times \;exclaims Ariadne auf Naxos is &ldquo\;plush and lyrical.&rdquo\;

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\nCAST
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\nPrima Donna / Ariadne - \;Alexandria Shiner
\nTenor / Bacchus - \;Ian Koziara
\nZerbinetta - \;Alexandra Nowakowski
\nComposer - \;Lindsay Kate Brown
\nMusic Master - \;Joshua Conyers
\nDancing Master - \;Ian McEuen
\nMajor-Domo - TBD
\nHarlekin - \;Michael Pandolfo*
\nTruffaldin - \;Ron Dukes*
\nScaramuccio - \;Victor Cardamone*
\nBrighella - \;Seiyoung Kim*
\nNaiad - \;Meagan Rao*
\nDryad - \;Anastasiia Sidorova*
\nEcho - \;Ashley Robillard*
\nWigmaker - \;Blake Denson*
\nLackey - \;Jeremy Harr*
\nOfficer - \;Bradley Bickhardt*
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\n*Studio Artist
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\nCREATIVE TEAM
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\nConductor- \;Emily Senturia
\nDirector - \;Tara Faircloth
\nScenic Designer - \;Laura Fine Hawkes
\nCostume Designer - \;Rooth Varland
\nLighting Designer - Robert H. Grimes
\nWig &\; Makeup Designer - \;Anne Nesmith \;
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\nMUSIC &\; PRODUCTION STAFF
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\nCover Conductor - \;James Maverick
\nMusical Preparation - \;Nate Raskin\, \;Thomas Morris
\nGerman Coach - Thomas Lausmann
\nAssistant Director - \;Emily Cuk
\nProduction Stage Manager - Jordan Braun
\nAssistant Stage Manager - Julie Langevin
\nSupertitle Coordinator - \;Robert Bosworth

\n LOCATION:The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Rd. Vienna\, VA 22182 USA UID:e.9111.9118 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260412T041221Z URL:https://viennabusiness.org/events/details/wolf-trap-strauss-ariadne-auf-naxos-9118 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR