Name: Les Martyrs
Start: 2023-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Halle E im MuseumsQuartier

Organization

Conductor

Jérémie Rhorer

Stage director

Cezary Tomaszewski

Set designer

Aleksandra Wasilkowska

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Jędrzej Jęcikowski

Video designer

Krzysztof Kaczmarek

Choreographer

Barbara Olech

Dramaturge

Jakub Momro

Christian Schröder

Singer

Soprano

Roberta Mantegna

Pauline

Tenor

John Osborn

Polyeucte

Baritone

Mattia Olivieri

Sévère

Bass

David Steffens

Félix

Nicolò Donini

Callisthènes

Patrick Kabongo

Néarque

MusikTheater an der Wien

Chorus master

Erwin Ortner

Kaitrin Cunningham

Une Femme

Carl Kachouh

Un Chrétien

Others

Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Orchestra

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

French

Les Martyrs -  (The Martyrs)

Vienna

Austria

Halle E im MuseumsQuartier

Les Martyrs Donizetti

Public

The Martyrs

German

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Contralto

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Can a martyr's death become the subject of an opera plot? In the 1830s, the Italian censorship answered the question with a resounding “no”, so that Gaetano Donizetti quickly published his planned opera Poliuto in France and with the help of the librettist Eugène Scribe as a grand opéra: as Les MartyrsThe work celebrated its premiere in Paris in 1840, where it featured a ballet interlude, a new structure of the score that anticipated the form of music drama, and a spectacularly reworked tenor role. At the time of the persecution of Christians in Armenia in late antiquity, a young woman is not only between two religions, but also between her husband and her former lover. Private and ideological upheavals collide in an opera that dares the risky contrast between Italian bel canto and French romanticism. In his production, director Cezary Tomaszewski focuses on the tragic story of the country in which the action is set: Armenia.

Darf ein Märtyrertod zum Gegenstand einer Opernhandlung werden? Die italienische Zensur beschied die Frage in den 1830er-Jahren mit einem klaren „Nein“, sodass Gaetano Donizetti seine geplante Oper Poliuto kurzerhand in Frankreich und mithilfe des Librettisten Eugène Scribe als Grand Opéra herausbrachte: Als Les Martyrs feierte das Werk 1840 in Paris seine Premiere und wartete dort u. a. mit einer Balletteinlage, einer auf die Form des Musikdramas vorausweisenden Neustruktur der Partitur und einer spektakulär umgearbeiteten Tenorpartie auf. Zur Zeit der spätantiken Christenverfolgung in Armenien steht eine junge Frau nicht nur zwischen zwei Religionen, sondern auch zwischen Ehemann und früherem Geliebten. Private wie weltanschauliche Umbrüche prallen aufeinander in einer Oper, die den riskanten Kontrast zwischen italienischem Belcanto und französischer Romantik wagt. Regisseur Cezary Tomaszewski fokussiert sich in seiner Inszenierung auf die tragische Geschichte des Landes, in dem die Handlung angesiedelt ist: Armenien.

Deutsch

The Martyrs by Donizetti, From (2023/2023), Directed by Cezary Tomaszewski,, Conductor Jérémie Rhorer, Halle E im MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria

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