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Soprano

Amelia Scicolone

Nikola Hillebrand

Tenor

Kristofer Lundin

Joshua Whitener

Raphael Wittmer

Contralto

Anna Hybiner

Mezzo-soprano

Bass

Dominic Barberi

Patrick Zielke

Conductor

Jörg Halubek

Stage director

Calixto Bieito

Set designer

Anna-Sofia Kirsch

Costume designer

Anna Eiermann

Lighting designer

Nicole Berry

Chorus master

Dani Juris

Dramaturge

Cordula Demattio

Albrecht Puhlmann

Nationaltheater Mannheim

Vespro della Beata Vergine -  (Vespers)

Mannheim

Germany

Nationaltheater

Vespro della Beata Vergine Monteverdi

Public

Vespers

Approved

Marienvesper - Tenor

With one of the greatest and at the same time most enigmatic works of the 17th century, the Mannheim Monteverdi cycle enters the third round. In 1610, the great »inventor« of opera wrote a Vespers in honor of the Mother of God Mary, in which large choruses, written according to all the rules of polyphonic counterpoint, alternate with solo movements committed to the modern operatic style. Did Monteverdi want to prove that he was at home in all styles? Was Vespers even intended for use in church? Was it ever played during Monteverdi's lifetime? We do not know it. The spatial effect of the Vespers composed by multiple choirs, the highly dramatic musical structure, which contrasts the individual with the crowd and thus becomes a meditation on the great questions of love, sacrifice and redemption - all of this calls for theatrical implementation, to which the Catalan director Calixto Bieito will find emotional, strong and big theatrical images. Musical direction: Jörg Halubek Director & Stage: Calixto Bieito Stage: Anna-Sofia Kirsch Costumes: Anna Eiermann Light: Nicole Berry Dramaturgy: Cordula Demattio / Albrecht Puhlmann Choir: Dani Juris Soprano: Amelia Scicolone Soprano: Nikola Hillebrand Tenor: Kristofer Lundin Tenor: Joshua Whitener Tenor: Raphael Wittmer Mezzo: Anna Hybiner Bass: Dominic Barberi Bass: Patrick Zielke With the opera choir and the guest orchestra »il Gusto Barocco« More information and all performance dates at http://bit.ly/NTM_Marienvesper

Marian Vespers by Claudio Monteverdi

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