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The Carnival | Royal Masquerade

VenueTheater an der Wien
CalendarMon 01 Feb 2027
Synopsis/Details

In the Baroque age, nowhere were more sumptuous balls held than at the court of the French king Louis XIV, and none would have been possible without the comédie-ballets created especially for them by the composer Jean-Baptiste Lully and the comic writer Molière. In works such as Le Bourgeois gentilhomme and Monsieur de Pourceaugnac comedy, dance and song were woven into a bewitching and fascinating whole. When Lully turned to opera, his collaboration with Molière came to an end, but in the pasticcio Le Carnaval from 1668 the composer brought together the best scenes from his comédie-ballets. In it, the Italian-born Lully shows he is a master of musical humour, of a wide range of dance forms and of brilliant scenes reminiscent of commedia dell’arte. The Italian ensemble Modo Antiquo with their musical director Federico Maria Sardelli have reconstructed the work for the first time since it was performed in 1675 and now bring this feast of comedy to Vienna.

Comédie-ballet In Ten Parts

Text By Molière, Isaac De Benserade And Philippe Quinault

Concert performance in French and Italian with German surtitles

Introduction to the work 30 minutes before curtain-up

Cast

Conductor:

Federico Maria Sardelli

Première dessus:

Valeria La Grotta

Deuxième dessus:

Giuseppina Bridelli

Haute-contre:

Philippe Talbot

Taille:

Cyril Auvity

Première basse:

Biagio Pizzuti

Deuxième basse:

Alexandre Baldo

 

Modo Antiquo

Chor der I Musici del Gran Principe

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

KAMMEROPER:
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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