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Rinaldo

VenueTheater an der Wien
CalendarFri 09 Apr 2027 - Sun 25 Apr 2027
Synopsis/Details

The start of George Frideric Handel’s operatic career in London is spectacular: His Rinaldo, first given in 1711, is a tale of crusaders intent on freeing the holy city of Jerusalem from the “infidels”. But the Christian warrior Rinaldo soon loses his way on a bewildering battleground where he is pulled this way and that between Europe and the Orient, magic and sorcery, virtue and sexuality. What use is heroism in a war for the true faith that is barely winnable? In her production, Nadja Loschky focuses not on the clash of two political and religious systems, but on Rinaldo as the victim of a murderous war in whose mind’s eye the opulent scenes of Handel’s opera unfold. The score Handel wrote for his crusaders and Ottoman warriors, for the Christian princess Almirena and the sorceress Armida was perhaps his most magnificent and diverse. His arias are character studies which at the same time drive a dramatic plot. Francesco Corti, one of the most exciting conductors of Baroque music of our day, leads the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.

Dramma per musica in three acts

Libretto by Giacomo Rossi

A co-production with La Monnaie / De Munt Brussels

In Italian with German and English surtitles

Introduction to the work 30 minutes before curtain-up

Cast

Conductor:

Francesco Corti

stage director:

Nadja Loschky

stage design:

Katharina Schlipf

costume design:

Irina Spreckelmeyer

light design:

Karl Wiedemann

choreography:

Thomas Wilhelm

dramaturgy:

Yvonne Gebauer

Kai Weßler

Rinaldo:

Carlo Vistoli

Goffredo:

Yuriy Mynenko

Almirena:

Mélissa Petit

Armida:

Kateryna Kasper

Argante:

Alejandro Baliñas Vieites

Eustazio:

Rémy Brès-Feuillet

Mago cristiano:

Dominique Visse

 

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Venue
Theater an der Wien

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.
 

How to get there


With public transport:
 

We can be reached by public transport: 

U1, U2 und U4 Station Karlsplatz, Exit Secession
Bus 59A Station Bärenmühldurchgang
Bus 57A Station Laimgrubengasse, pedestrians via Laimgrubengasse to Linke Wienzeile

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Fleischmarkt 24, 1010 Wien


We can be reached by public transport:
U1, U4: Station Schwedenplatz
Tram Linie D (bei Ablenukung über Kai), 1, 2: Station Schwedenplatz
Bus 3A (on workdays)

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