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Wolf Trap: Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos
The best laid plans often go awry… Strauss’ soaring opera is divinely comical and deeply enchanting.
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
Music by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
A New Production
Combining 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 Molière comedy.
“A tale of everyday farce and mythical fantasy.” The New York Times exclaims Ariadne auf Naxos is “plush and lyrical.”-
Inside the Opera pre-show talk begins 1 hour before curtain at The Barns
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Performance running time: 2.5 hours including one intermission
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Sung in German with projected English translations
CAST
Prima Donna / Ariadne - Alexandria Shiner
Tenor / Bacchus - Ian Koziara
Zerbinetta - Alexandra Nowakowski
Composer - Lindsay Kate Brown
Music Master - Joshua Conyers
Dancing Master - Ian McEuen
Major-Domo - TBD
Harlekin - Michael Pandolfo*
Truffaldin - Ron Dukes*
Scaramuccio - Victor Cardamone*
Brighella - Seiyoung Kim*
Naiad - Meagan Rao*
Dryad - Anastasiia Sidorova*
Echo - Ashley Robillard*
Wigmaker - Blake Denson*
Lackey - Jeremy Harr*
Officer - Bradley Bickhardt*
*Studio Artist
CREATIVE TEAM
Conductor- Emily Senturia
Director - Tara Faircloth
Scenic Designer - Laura Fine Hawkes
Costume Designer - Rooth Varland
Lighting Designer - Robert H. Grimes
Wig & Makeup Designer - Anne Nesmith
MUSIC & PRODUCTION STAFF
Cover Conductor - James Maverick
Musical Preparation - Nate Raskin, Thomas Morris
German Coach - Thomas Lausmann
Assistant Director - Emily Cuk
Production Stage Manager - Jordan Braun
Assistant Stage Manager - Julie Langevin
Supertitle Coordinator - Robert BosworthWolf Trap: Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxo...Date and Time
Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM EDTFriday, July 19, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 21, 2019 at 3 pm
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 7:30 pmLocation
The Barns at Wolf Trap
1635 Trap Rd.
Vienna, VA
22182
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