Opera - Teatro Colón
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Caligula<strong>Opera</strong> in four acts (2006)Music by Detlev GlanertLibretto by Hans-Ulrich Treichel, based upon the homonymoustheater play by Albert CamusPremiere in the <strong>Teatro</strong> <strong>Colón</strong>Produced by the English National <strong>Opera</strong>Music Direction: Ira LevinStage Direction: Benedict AndrewsScenic Design: Ralph MyerCostume Design: Alice BabidgeLighting Design: Jon ClarkCastCaligula, Roman Emperor: Peter Coleman WrightCaesonia, his wife: Ivonne HowardHelicon, Caligula’s slave: Martin WölfeCherea, tribune: Héctor GuedesScipio, young patrician: Jurgita AdamonyteMucius, senator: Gustavo López ManzittiMereia / Lepidus: Víctor TorresLivia: Marisú PavónFollowing the modernist tradition that characterized our house since its veryinception, the <strong>Teatro</strong> <strong>Colón</strong> lyric season will be inaugurated by the opera of the21 st Century with Caligula. Premiered in Frankfurt in 2006, the work by DetlevGlanert holds absolute topicality and great communicative power. Having studiedunder Hans Werner Henze, Glanert achieves in this piece the perfect combinationbetween his refinement for instrumental and vocal composition, and the enthrallingaccount of the last days of a powerful man pierced by cruelty and insanity.Tuesday, April 1 st (GA)Friday, April 4 th (ANT)Sunday, April 6 th (AV)Tuesday, April 8 th (ANN)7
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