Name: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Start: 2010-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2010-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Gran Teatre del Liceu

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Diana Damrau

Constance

Agneta Eichenholz

Olga Peretyatko

Blonde

Hendrickje Van Kerckhove

Tenor

Christoph Strehl

Belmonte

Pavol Breslik

Norbert Ernst

Pedrillo

Peter Marsh

Spoken

Christoph Quest

Selim

Bass

Franz-Josef Selig

Osmin

Jaco Huijpen

Conductor

Ivor Bolton

Stage director

Christof Loy

Set designer

Herbert Murauer

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Olaf Winter

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Die Entführung aus dem Serail -  (The Abduction from the Seraglio)

Barcelona

Spain

Barcelona's prestigious Teatre del Liceu presents Mozart's beloved Singspiel in an elegant, sober staging by Christof Loy, with a magnificent cast of top international stars led by coloratura soprano Diana Damrau, who is making her debut at Spain's largest and most important opera house. Damrau's "crystal clear high notes... and her charismatic stage presence announced from her very first appearance that we were dealing with a great singer here," according to Opera News. Others hailed her as "the only true consistency there is" (Seen and Heard). The blonde is interpreted by the strikingly beautiful and agile Russian soprano Olga Peretyatko, while the elegant tenor Christoph Strehl shines in the demanding role of Konstanze's lover Belmonte. Norbert Ernst is a light and engaging Pedrillo and the bass Franz-Josef Selig is a rich, deep Osmin. The German actor Christoph Quest lends noblesse and grandeur to the speaking role of Bassa Selim. Director Christof Loy shows "a detailed, cleverly theatrical production". In this staging he gives us a glimpse of a scenario
in which both Konstanze and Blonde have developed deep feelings of respect, admiration and even love for their captors. It's an enticing approach that shatters the traditional good/bad scheme. In the nimble hands of period music specialist Ivor Bolton, "the delicate, attentive orchestral playing matched the precision of the staging and the quality of the singing" (Opera News).

Christof Loy's "Abduction" is shot through with melancholy. Ivor Bolton elicits a transparent, historically toughened performance from the Liceu Orchestra, and Diana Damrau shines as Konstanze.

Die Entführung aus dem Serail Mozart

The Abduction from the Seraglio

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading