Organization

Conductor

Christophe Rousset

Singer

Tenor

Josh Lovell

Clistene

Soprano

Rocío Pérez

Aristea

Marie Lys

Argene

Maité Beaumont

Megacle

MusikTheater an der Wien

Sophie Harmsen

Licida

Alex Banfield

Aminta

Orchestra

Les Talens Lyriques

Italian

L'Olimpiade

Vienna

Austria

Halle E im MuseumsQuartier

L'olimpiade Cimarosa: Poster

Public

German

Approved

L'OLIMPIADE
Domenico Cimarosa

DRAMMA PER MUSICA IN TWO ACTS
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio

Sport, political theory and social criticism? Where, if not in an opera, could these three things be brought together? L’Olimpiade is one of the libretti by the grandmaster Metastasio that has been set to music most often. During the Olympic Games, two pairs of lovers must face many tough challenges, and not just sporting ones, before everything ultimately turns out well. Cimarosa wrote his opera in 1784 for the inauguration of the Teatro Eretenio in Vicenza. The quality of this setting means that it stands head and shoulders above the rest because the composer not only has considerable experience of comedy and tragedy to draw on, but also uses a musical language that already foreshadows the 19th century.

Concert performance in Italian with German surtitles
Introduction to the work 30 minutes before curtain-up

Cast
Conductor: Christophe Rousset

Clistene: Josh Lovell
Aristea: Rocío Pérez-Rodríguez
Argene: Marie Lys
Megacle: Maite Beaumont
Licida: Sophie Harmsen
Aminta: Alex Banfield

Les Talens Lyriques

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble