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Betrothal in a Monastery
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Lyric-comic opera in four acts
Libretto by Sergej Prokofjew and Mira Mendelssohn
Of all places, a monastery serves as the location for a triple wedding: young Luiza was supposed to marry the wealthy fish merchant Mendoza, but she loves the handsome and destitute Antonio. Her old governess, the Duenna, has had her eye on the fish merchant for a long time now and is only too willing to swap clothes and roles with the young Luiza. Luiza’s brother Ferdinand, for his part, is in love with the wealthy Clara who, however, has decided to become a nun after they had an argument. And so the stage is set for a merry game of mistaken identity in which it is not just the permanently drunk monks in the monastery who lose track of who is supposed to marrying whom – but who eventually end up giving the three couples their blessing. Sergei Prokofiev’s Betrothal in a Monastery is based on an English comedy from the 18th century. In the midst of a time of fear and violence, between Stalinist terror and war, Prokofiev wrote this lyric-comic opera that is about as out of line with the state directives for proletarian art and patriotic propaganda as it was possible to be. Instead, Prokofiev’s Obrutschenije w monastyre is an exceedingly witty and charming portrayal of a group of people who could have stepped straight out of the commedia dell’arte. Damiano Michieletto, who has already enjoyed numerous successes at the Theater an der Wien, directs this tumultuous comedy about mistaken identities, the fish trade and pleasures of the flesh.
In Russian with German and English surtitles
Introduction to the work 30 minutes before curtain-up
Program and cast
Conductor: Dmitry Matvienko
Director: Damiano Michieletto
Stage: Paolo Fantin
Costume: Klaus Bruns
Light: Alessandro Carletti
Choreography: Chiara Vecchi
Dramaturgy: Kai Weßler
Don Jerome: Evgeny Akimov
Don Ferdinand: Petr Sokolov
Luisa: Stacey Alleaume
Die Duenna: Elena Maximova
Don Antonio: Vladimir Dmitruk
Clara: Anna Goryachova
Mendoza: Valery Gilmanov
Don Carlos: Zoltan Nagy
Pater Augustin: Sorin Coliban
Pater Elixier: Iurie Ciobanu
Pater Chartreuse: David Babayants
Pater Benedictine: Mischa Schelomianski
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
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About the Theater an der Wien
The New Opera House is not just any theatre, but the one that Emanuel Schikaneder, the all-round genius, actor, impresario with a flair for organization but above all librettist of The Magic Flute, had built in 1801 in Vienna in keeping with the spirit of Mozart.
To coincide with the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth the Theater an der Wien presents itself as a new opera house from January 2006. As a “season” opera house with productions all the year round the Theater an der Wien carves a new and independent niche in the realm of high-quality culture in Vienna. For twelve months of the year, with one premiere every month, opera will be performed under the “stagione”, or season, system: that means the cast remains unchanged from the first performance to the last one, which guarantees that the very highest international standards are maintained.
The theatre’s modern, accessible approach to music theatre as demonstrated by the works performed, the overall artistic concept Bespielung and the artistes is further underlined by the building itself, its architecture and the vibrancy of its location. The surroundings and materials, the intimate atmosphere and perfect acoustics in the historical theatre prepare the senses to experience beauty. The Theater an der Wien deliberately enters into a symbiotic relationship with its lively surroundings on the Naschmarkt street market and the young cultural scene centred in the Schleifmühl quarter.
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