Organization

Conductor

Rubén Dubrovsky

Stage director

Leo Muscato

Set designer

Federica Parolini

Costume designer

Silvia Aymonino

Lighting designer

Max Karbe

Singer

Bass

Pavel Kudinov

Claudius

Countertenor

Lada Bočková

Nerone

Soprano

Marie Heeschen

Poppea

Ava Gesell

Carl Rumstadt

Pallante

Charlotte Quadt

Narcissus

Martin Tzonev

Lesbus

Elia Tagliavia

Assistant Director

Alma Gentile

Assistant Set designer

Ansgar Baradoy

Assistant Costume designer

Nury Stefanie Willig

Louise Kemény

Agrippina

Contralto

Terry Wey

Ottone

Benno Schachtner

Amelie Adamsky

Dienstpersonal

Victoria Telegina

Kristina Siegel

Karola Pavone

Amira Elmadfa

Harpsichord

Felix Schönherr

Lute

Andreas Nachtsheim

Yamato Hasumi

Theater Bonn

Orchestra

Beethoven Orchester Bonn

Italian

Bonn

Germany

Opernhaus

Agrippina Händel

Public

German

English

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When Leo Muscato gave his German directorial debut with his production of SERSE at the Bonn Opera House in 2018/2019, the consummate artistry of this Italian multi-talent, who also works as an author and dramaturg, actor and university lecturer, became eminently clear. The delight of the audience in the production’s artificial, comic-like quality and the infectious joy of the company have remained fresh in our memories.

She wants to see her son on the throne, whatever the cost: Agrippina, Emperor Claudius’ wife, Nero’s mother and title character in Georg Friedrich Händel’s first global success. AGRIPPINA was an unprecedented triumph for the 24-year-old star composer in Venice: “The listeners at Händel’s performance were so enchanted that a stranger might have assumed them all to be lunatic from the degree to which they were moved. Whenever a brief pause occurred, the audience shouted: ‘Viva il caro Sassone.’ – Long live the dear Saxon!”

AGRIPPINA is not only ingenious music from Händel’s most creative younger phase, but also probably the best book that he ever set to music: A merciless satire on sex & crime at the imperial court, where Agrippina’s protégé Nero finally ascends to the throne and the honest Ottone renounces power – the best (and most caustic) that Venetian opera had to offer in the 18th century.

Sie will ihren Sohn auf dem Thron wissen – koste es, was es wolle: Agrippina, Gemahlin Kaisers Claudius, Mutter Neros und Titelfigur in Georg Friedrich Händels erstem Welterfolg. Mit AGRIPPINA erlebte der 24-jährige Starkomponist in Venedig einen Erfolg ohnegleichen: »Die Zuhörer bei der Händelschen Vorstellung wurden dermaßen bezaubert, das ein Fremder aus der Art, mit welcher die Leute gerühret waren, sie alle miteinander für wahnwitzig gehalten haben wurde. Sooft eine kleine Pause vorfiel, schrien die Zuschauer: ›Viva il caro Sassone.‹ – Es lebe der teure Sachse!«

Mit AGRIPPINA stellen wir nicht nur geniale Musik aus Händels kreativster Jugendphase vor, sondern auch das wahrscheinlich beste Textbuch, das er vertont hat: Eine schonungslose Satire auf Sex & Crime am römischen Kaiserhof, in der Agrippinas Schützling Nero am Ende den Thron besteigt und der ehrliche Ottone auf die Macht verzichtet – das B(ös)este, was die venezianische Oper im 18. Jahrhundert zu bieten hat!

Deutsch

Agrippina by Händel, From (2023/2023), Directed by Leo Muscato,, Conductor Rubén Dubrovsky, Elia Tagliavia, Opernhaus, Bonn, Germany

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