07.02.–05.03.2025 / Opera
Der Leuchtturm / Dido und Aeneas
Peter Maxwell Davies / Henry Purcell
Fri 21.02.2025
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Dates
17:30 - 18:45
Opera Workshop Opera
19:30 - 22:30
Premiere Opera
15:00 - 18:00
Opera
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
18:30 - 21:30
Opera
Afterwards: Nachgefragt
15:00 - 18:00
Family card Opera
19:30 - 22:30
For the last time this season Opera
Content
Stormy tales - very British
Dido and Aeneas
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Nahum Tate
Der Leuchtturm (The Lighthouse)
Chamber opera in one prologue and one act
Libretto by the composer
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Nahum Tate
Der Leuchtturm (The Lighthouse)
Chamber opera in one prologue and one act
Libretto by the composer
In 1900, three keepers disappear without a trace from a remote lighthouse in the north of Scotland. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies based his chamber opera "The Lighthouse" (1980) on this unresolved incident, which retraces the events in a mixture of documentation and vision of what actually happened at the time. Maxwell Davies' composition ranges from the roaring waves surrounding the lighthouse to the chant-like arguments between the three keepers Sandy, Blazes and Arthur that lead to the catastrophe.
Aeneas' arrival at Dido's court makes big waves. The Trojan sailor makes the heart of the Queen of Carthage beat faster - and Aeneas also returns her love. However, the dream of eternal happiness proves to be a fading illusion after an evil sorceress intervenes... Henry Purcell's intimate and poignant tale of Greek mythology was one of the most moving laments in the history of musical theatre in 1689.
Aeneas' arrival at Dido's court makes big waves. The Trojan sailor makes the heart of the Queen of Carthage beat faster - and Aeneas also returns her love. However, the dream of eternal happiness proves to be a fading illusion after an evil sorceress intervenes... Henry Purcell's intimate and poignant tale of Greek mythology was one of the most moving laments in the history of musical theatre in 1689.
Der Leuchtturm
Musikalische Leitung
Inszenierung
Bühne und Kostüm
Choreographie
Licht
Dramaturgie
Dido and Aeneas
Musikalische Leitung
Inszenierung
Bühne & Video
Kostüme
Licht
Chorleitung
Dramaturgie
Cast
Orchester
Der Leuchtturm
Dido and Aeneas
Dido
Aeneas
Belinda
Zweite Frau
Zauberin
Seemann
Erste Hexe
Zweite Hexe
Geist
Orchester