Whitsun Festival

Complete Program

25 May 2012
Cleopatra raffinata
Time: 19:00
Venue: Haus für Mozart
George Frideric Handel • Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Opera in three acts, HWV 17
Text by Nicola Francesco Haym (1678–1729) based on the libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani for the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto by Antonio Sartorio
Leading Team
Giovanni Antonini, Conductor
Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier, Stage Direction
Christian Fenouillat, Stage Design
Agostino Cavalca, Costume Design
Christophe Forey, Lighting
Konrad Kuhn, Dramaturgy
Beate Vollack, Choreography
Cast
Andreas Scholl, Giulio Cesare, Roman Emperor
Cecilia Bartoli, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
Anne Sofie von Otter, Cornelia, Pompeo's widow
Philippe Jaroussky, Sesto, Pompeo's and Cornelia's son
Christophe Dumaux, Tolomeo, King of Egypt, Cleopatra's brother
Jochen Kowalski, Nireno
Ruben Drole, Achilla, general, Tolomeo's advisor
Peter Kálmán, Curio, Roman tribune
Il Giardino Armonico

26 May 2012
Cleopatra amorosa
Time: 11:00
Venue: Salzburger Landestheater
William Shakespeare • Antony and Cleopatra
Tragedy by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Arranged by Wolfgang Wiens
Reading
In German
Cast
Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Antony
Sunnyi Melles, Cleopatra
In further parts:
Brigitte Hobmeier
Jens Harzer

Cleopatra virtuosa
Time: 19:30
Venue: Mozarteum
Baroque concert with Cecilia Bartoli
Program
Arias and instrumental pieces focusing on Cleopatra, by George Frideric Handel, Johann Adolf Hasse and Carl Heinrich Graun
Performers
Giovanni Antonini, Conductor
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
Il Giardino Armonico

27 May 2012
Cleopatra sensuale
Time: 11:00
Venue: Felsenreitschule
Cléopâtre
Opera in four acts by Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
In concerto form
Program
JULES MASSENET • Cléopâtre
Opera in four acts
Performers
Vladimir Fedoseyev, Conductor
Sophie Koch, Cléopâtre
Ludovic Tézier, Marc-Antoine
Benjamin Bernheim, Spakos
Sandrine Piau, Octavie
Mariangela Sicilia, Charmion
Omar Montanari, Ennius
Jean-Luc Ballestra, Amnhès
Biagio Pizzuti, L'esclave de la porte / un esclave
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Salzburger Bachchor

Cleopatra raffinata
Time: 19:00
Venue: Haus für Mozart
George Frideric Handel • Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Opera in three acts, HWV 17
Text by Nicola Francesco Haym (1678–1729) based on the libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani for the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto by Antonio Sartorio
Leading Team
Giovanni Antonini, Conductor
Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier, Stage Direction
Christian Fenouillat, Stage Design
Agostino Cavalca, Costume Design
Christophe Forey, Lighting
Konrad Kuhn, Dramaturgy
Beate Vollack, Choreography
Cast
Andreas Scholl, Giulio Cesare, Roman Emperor
Cecilia Bartoli, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
Anne Sofie von Otter, Cornelia, Pompeo's widow
Philippe Jaroussky, Sesto, Pompeo's and Cornelia's son
Christophe Dumaux, Tolomeo, King of Egypt, Cleopatra's brother
Jochen Kowalski, Nireno
Ruben Drole, Achilla, general, Tolomeo's advisor
Peter Kálmán, Curio, Roman tribune
Il Giardino Armonico

Ägyptisches Dinner mit ägyptischer Musik(Egyptian dinner with Egyptian music)
Time: 21:30
Venue:Karl-Böhm-Saal

28 May 2012
Cleopatra tragica
Time: 11:00
Venue: Felsenreitschule
Program
ROBERT SCHUMANN • Overture to Julius Caesar in F minor, Op. 128
HECTOR BERLIOZ • La Mort de Cléopatre
Scène lyrique for Soprano and Orchestra, H 36
JOHANNES BRAHMS • Rinaldo
Cantata for Tenor, Male Choir and Orchestra, Op. 50
Performers
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
Vesselina Kasarova, Mezzo soprano
Piotr Beczala, Tenor
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Cleopatra orientale
Time: 18:00
Venue: Grosses Festspielerhaus
ANTON RUBINSTEIN • Overture to Antonius und Kleopatra, Op. 116
RODION SHCHEDRIN • Kleopatra i zmeja (Cleopatra and the asp) – Dramatic scene for soprano and orchestra
Work commissioned by the Salzburg Whitsun Festival
CHARLES GOUNOD • Ballet Music for the opera Faust (1868)
SERGEY PROKOFIEV • Stage music for Ägyptische Nächte (1934)
JULES MASSENET • Méditation and Aria "Dis-moi que je suis belle" from the opera Thaïs (1894)
Performers
Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Anna Netrebko, Soprano
Chulpan Khamatova, Recitation (Cleopatra)
Jewgeni Mironow, Recitation (Enobarbus /Antony)
Orchester des Mariinski-Theaters, St. Petersburg

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