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Kirsten Chambers

Helena

Tenor

Clay Hilley

Menelas

Katrina Galka

Aithra

Contralto

Joyce Castle

The Omniscient Mussel

Baritone

Ryne Cherry

Altair

Sara Duchovnay

1. Dienerin der Aithra

Mezzo-soprano

Erica Brookhyser

2. Dienerin der Aithra

Won Whi Choi

Da-Ud

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Gil Rose

Odyssey Opera

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Die ägyptische Helena -  (The Egyptian Helen)

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NEC Jordan Hall

Die ägyptische Helena

The Egyptian Helen

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DIE ÄGYPTISCHE HELENA (THE EGYPTIAN HELEN) BOSTON PREMIERE By Richard Strauss Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal Presented in concert, Performed in German wit...

Kirsten Chambers - HELENA
Clay Hilley - MENELAS
Katrina Galka - AITHRA
Joyce Castle - THE OMNISCIENT SEA SHELL
Ryne Cherry - ALTAIR
Sara Duchovnay - FIRST SERVANT
Erica Brookhyser - SECOND SERVANT
Won Whi Choi - DA-UD
Leah Kazuko - HERMIONE
Gil Rose - CONDUCTOR

April 19, 2019 
NEC’s Jordan Hall

Video by Ball Square Films

In Die ägyptische Helena, librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal asks “What lay between that dreadful night and the complete reconciliation that followed? What can have helped rebuild this marriage as a true companionship?” Richard Strauss’s two-act opera is both an intimate and emotional story about Helen and her husband Menelas. Ten years after Helen left her husband to be with Paris, this opera imagines life after her return home. Or was it a phantom who went to Troy, leaving the beautiful Helen sleeping in Sparta all along? With goddesses, sorceresses, and elves to help spin the tale, will Menelas find forgiveness in his heart for his wife? Come experience this lush and dramatic work, a rare offering by one of opera’s greatest creative teams.

The Egyptian Helen by Strauss, From (2019/2019), Conductor Gil Rose, NEC Jordan Hall, Boston, United States

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