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Der Stein der Weisen oder die Zauberinsel
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Concert performance in German with German surtitles
Introduction to the work 30 minutes before curtain-up
SINGSPIEL IN TWO ACTS
LIBRETTO VON EMANUEL SCHIKANEDER
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Baptist Henneberg, Benedikt Schack, Franz Xaver Gerl
The rediscovery of the score to the singspiel Der Stein der Weisen in 1996 caused a sensation. One year before the spectacular success of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Emanuel Schikaneder, director of the Freihaustheater auf der Wieden in Vienna and later the original Papageno, had already written a different fairy tale based on Christoph Martin Wieland’s collection, Dschinnistan. Most of the music for the singspiel was written by Johann Baptist Henneberg, soon to conduct the first ever performance of The Magic Flute, but parts were also composed by the original Sarastro, Franz Xaver Gerl, the original Tamino, Benedikt Schack, and last but not least by Mozart himself who contributed a duet and part of the finale. Rüdiger Lotter, conductor of the Hofkapelle Munich, has long championed this singspiel, which in many ways anticipates Mozart’s later success. In Michael Schade, who portrays Astromonte, one of the foremost Mozart singers of the present day takes the stage in the leading role.
Program and cast
Conductor: Rüdiger Lotter
Astromonte: Michael Schade
Lubano: Jonas Müller
Lubanara: Elena Harsányi
Eutifronte: Sreten Manojlović
Genius: Bettina Simon
Sadik: Matthias Lika
Nadir: Maximilian Mayer
Nadine: Annija Adamsone
Hofkapelle München Chor and Orchester
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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