At death’s door, a beloved king is doomed unless someone takes his place. So then his wife resolves to sacrifice herself to save him. Christoph Willibald Gluck composed his reform opera Alceste not once, but twice. In La Fenice’s production of the lesser-known original Italian version, director Pier Luigi Pizzi strips the action down to the bare emotional drama of Alceste’s sacrifice.
Under the baton of the excellent conductor Guillaume Tourniaire, Gluck’s most original tragedy comes to Venice’s most celebrated theater in a production by Pier Luigi Pizzi. After successive triumphs in the Viennese scene of the 1760s, over the course of the 1770s Gluck met with a new series of successes in France. Aiming to establish himself in the French musical scene as a genius of musical storytelling, he took the challenge head on, appropriating selected Lullian librettos from the previous century to his own dramatic ends. He did just this with Alceste, one of Quinault’s most acclaimed texts, setting it to his own music. This production of the tragic three-act opera stars Marlin Miller (Admeto) and Carmela Remigio (Alceste) in the roles of the self-sacrificing royal couple.
A 2014 French production of John Adams and Peter Sellars' opera Doctor Atomic at the Opéra national du Rhin.
Don Ottavio
指揮は俊英リッカルド・フリッツァ。彼らしい引き締まったスピード感のある『ドン・ジョヴァンニ』ですが、イタリア的美感とモーツァルトらしさを両立させているのがさすがです。 鮮明映像で夏のイタリアの空気感すら伝わってくるような気がします。日本語字幕付きです。(キングインターナショナル) イルデブランド・ダルカンジェロ(Bs ドン・ジョヴァンニ) アンドレア・コンチェッティ(Bs レポレッロ) ミルト・パパタナシュ(S ドンナ・アンナ) カルメラ・レミージョ(S ドンナ・エルヴィーラ) マーリン・ミラー(T ドン・オッターヴィオ) マヌエラ・ビシェリエ(S ゼルリーナ) ウィリアム・コッロ(Bs-Br マゼット) エンリーコ・イオーリ(Bs 騎士長) マルケ・ヴィンチェンツォ・ベッリーニ合唱団 マルケ地方財団管弦楽団 リッカルド・フリッツァ(指揮)
Gustav von Aschenbach
A staging of Britten's opera filmed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in June 2008.