Name: Isacco
Start: 2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Kammeroper

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Chiara Cattani

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Eva-Maria Höckmayr

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Fabian Liszt

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Karl Wiedemann

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Andri Hardmeier

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Christian Senn

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Dennis Orellana

Isacco

Sophie Gordeladze

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Andjela Spaic

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Isacco Martines

Marianna Martines galt als Wunderkind, konnte Arien singen, Cembalo spielen und komponieren. Vom Wiener Hofdichter Metastasio gefördert, nahm sie Unterricht bei Joseph Haydn und Nicola Porpora, hatte in ihrem Salon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart zu Gast, spielte für Maria Theresia und verzichtete auf eine Heirat, um sich ganz der Musik verschreiben zu können. Doch eine so talentierte und erfolgreiche Frau war in der Kulturgeschichte auf Dauer nicht vorgesehen, und ihr einst so ruhmvoller Name wurde zu einer Randnotiz der Musikwelt. Bis heute haben Aufführungen ihrer Werke Seltenheitscharakter. Zu ihren wichtigsten Kompositionen zählt das Oratorium Isacco figura del redentore (Isaak, Vorbild des Erlösers) von 1782. Mit diesem huldigte sie ihrem großen Förderer Metastasio der kurz vor der Uraufführung verstorben war und das Libretto über 40 Jahre zuvor verfasst hatte. Eine psychologisch ausgefeilte Handlung, spannende Rezitative und große Koloraturarien prägen dieses Werk. Die Handlung basiert auf dem 1. Buch Moses: Ein Engel befiehlt Abraham im Namen Gottes, seinen Sohn Isaak zu töten. Der Vater schleppt seinen Sohn gehorsam zu einem Opferaltar – doch in dem Moment, wo er zum tödlichen Schlag ausholen will, greift Gott ein und verzichtet auf das Menschenopfer. Regisseurin Eva-Maria Höckmayr gibt damit ihr Wiener Debüt.

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Marianna Martines was regarded as a child prodigy: she could sing arias, play the harpsichord and compose. Championed by Metastasio, poet laureate at the court of Vienna, she took lessons with Joseph Haydn and Nicola Porpora, entertained Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in her drawing room, played for Maria Theresa and elected not to marry in order to devote her energies entirely to music. But as time passed, the history of culture found no place for such a gifted and successful woman, and her name, once so celebrated, became little more than a footnote in the world of music. Even today, performances of her works remain a rarity. Among her most important compositions is the oratorio Isacco figura del redentore (Isaac, Model for the Saviour) written in 1782. She wrote it in honour of her great supporter Metastasio who had died shortly before its first performance and had written the libretto over forty years earlier. The work is characterised by a psychologically polished plot, enthralling recitatives and magnificent coloratura arias. The plot is based on the Book of Genesis: An angel commands Abraham in the name of God to kill his son Isaac. Abraham obediently drags his son to a sacrificial altar, but just as he is about to strike the fatal blow, God intervenes and foregoes the human sacrifice. With this work, director Eva-Maria Höckmayr makes her debut in Vienna.

Isacco by Martines, Tue 24 Jun 2025, From (2025/2025), Directed by Eva-Maria Höckmayr,, Conductor Chiara Cattani, Kammeroper, Vienna, Austria

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