Name: Zémire et Azor
Start: 2023-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Schlosstheater

Organization

Schwetzingen Festspiele

Conductor

Bernhard Forck

Stage director

Nigel Lowery

Set designer

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Lothar Baumgarten

Dramaturge

Xavier Zuber

Soprano

Amelia Scicolone

Zémire

Tenor

Patrick Kabongo

Azor

Seunghee Kho

Fatmé

Maria Polanska

Lisbè

Raphael Wittmer

Baritone

Thomas Berau

Sander

Nationaltheater Mannheim

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Berlin academy of early music

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Zémire et Azor

Schwetzingen

Germany

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Zémire et Azor Grétry

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tysk

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Short introduction »Zemira e Azor« | Comic opera by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry
The enchanted prince Azor lives alone in his palace in the form of a terrible beast, until one day a strange merchant disturbs his peace. As punishment, the intruder is to sacrifice one of his daughters to the monster. The merciful Zemira agrees and soon finds out that Azor's animal shell hides a human being... The outcome is now clear: love saves the world! An entertaining comedy and a magical fairy tale at the same time, the comédie-ballet »Zémire et Azor«, written in French and provided with spoken dialogues, quickly conquered the hearts of the audience. The version, which premiered at the Mannheim Court Opera in 1776, is the first Italian translation of the material in which all spoken dialogue was replaced by recitatives. On the stage of the Schwetzingen Palace Theater, Bernhard Forck and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, together with director, stage and costume designer Nigel Lowery (»Hercules«, »Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg«) bring this very special Schwetzingen version of »Zemira e Azor« to life new life. Musical director: Bernhard Forck Director, stage & costumes: Nigel Lowery Light: Lothar Baumgarte Dramaturgy: Xavier Zuber With: Amelia Scicolone, Patrick Kabongo, Raphael Wittmer, Thomas Berau, Seunghee Kho, Maria Polańska, Academy for Early Music, extras of the National Theater

Der verzauberte Prinz Azor lebt in Gestalt eines schrecklichen Tieres einsam in seinem Palast, bis eines Tages ein fremder Kaufmann seine Ruhe stört. Als Strafe soll der Eindringling dem Ungeheuer eine seiner Töchter opfern. Die barmherzige Zemira erklärt sich dazu bereit und findet bald heraus, dass sich in Azors tierischer Hülle ein menschliches Wesen verbirgt... Der Ausgang wird nun klar: Liebe rettet die Welt! Eine unterhaltsame Komödie und ein magisches Märchen zugleich, eroberte das auf Französisch verfasste und mit gesprochenen Dialogen versehene Comédie-ballett »Zémire et Azor« schnell die Herzen des Publikums. Die Fassung, die 1776 an der  Mannheimer Hofoper ihre Erstaufführung feierte, ist die erste italienische Übertragung des Stoffes, in der alle gesprochenen Dialoge durch Rezitative ersetzt wurden. Auf der Bühne des Schlosstheaters Schwetzingen erwecken Bernhard Forck und die Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin gemeinsam mit Regisseur, Bühnen und Kostümbildner Nigel Lowery (»Hercules«, »Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg«) diese ganz besondere Schwetzinger Fassung von »Zemira e Azor« zu neuem Leben.

Deutsch

The enchanted prince Azor lives alone in his palace in the form of a terrible beast, until one day a strange merchant disturbs his peace. As punishment, the intruder is to sacrifice one of his daughters to the monster. The merciful Zemira agrees and soon finds out that Azor's animal shell hides a human being... The outcome is now clear: love saves the world! An entertaining comedy and a magical fairy tale at the same time, the comédie-ballet »Zémire et Azor«, written in French and provided with spoken dialogues, quickly conquered the hearts of the audience. The version, which premiered at the Mannheim Court Opera in 1776, is the first Italian translation of the material in which all spoken dialogue was replaced by recitatives.

English

Zémire et Azor by Grétry, Fra (2023/2023), Instrueret af Nigel Lowery,, Dirigent Bernhard Forck, Schlosstheater, Schwetzingen, Germany

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