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Die Liebe der Danae
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Composer Richard Strauss. Libretto by Joseph Gregor using a draft by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
recommended for ages 16 and up
Hilarious mythology in three acts (1952)
In German language. With German and English surtitles. New Production.
Synopsis
Danae, whose father King Pollux is bankrupt and beset by creditors, dreams of a wealthy husband in terms of a shower of golden rain. Royal envoys return with news that Midas, who can turn all to gold, has agreed to woo Danae, and his arrival at the harbour is announced. Danae receives a stranger who is Midas in disguise as his own servant. Strangely drawn to each other, they proceed to the harbour where the supposed King Midas (actually Jupiter in pursuit of another female conquest) greets Danae. Jupiter prepares for his marriage to Danae but, fearing discovery by his wife Juno, forces Midas to deputise for him at the ceremony. When Danae and Midas embrace, she is turned into a golden statue and Jupiter claims her as his divine bride. However, her voice calls for the mortal Midas, she is returned to life, and the lovers disappear into the darkness. Jupiter announces that she will be cursed with poverty. Midas, returned to his former existence as a donkey-driver, reveals to Danae his broken pact with Jupiter, but Danae admits that it was love rather than his golden cloak that won her heart. Jupiter pays off Pollux's creditors with a shower of gold and, realising that Danae is far more than a passing amorous fancy, makes one desperate last attempt to win her back. However, she gives him a hair-clasp, her last golden possession, and the god accepts his loss with a moving farewell.
Program and cast
Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
Production: Claus Guth
Set Design: Michael Levine
Costume Design: Ursula Curly
Lighting: Alessandro Carletti
Video: rocafilm
Choruses: Christoph Heil
Dramaturgy: Yvonne Gebauer Ariane Bliss
Jupiter: Christopher Maltman
Mercury: Ya-Chung Huang
Pollux: Vincent Wolfsteiner
Danae: Malin Byström
Xanthe: Erika Baikoff
Midas: Andreas Schager
Four Kings: Paul Kaufmann Kevin Conners Bálint Szabó Martin Snell
Semele: Sarah Dufresne
Europe: Evgeniya Sotnikova
Alcmene: Emily Sierra
Lead: Avery Amereau
Bavarian State Orchestra
Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera
National Theatre Munich
The National Theatre Munich (German: Nationaltheater München) is an opera house in Max-Joseph-Platz in Munich, Germany. It is the home of the Bavarian State Opera and the Bayerisches Staatsballett(Bavarian State Ballet).
The Bavarian State Opera also performs in the Prinzregententheater, which opened in 1901 and, like the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, is built to Richard Wagner's specifications, and in the Cuvilliés Theatre at the Residenz, constructed in 1751–1753 and described by Thierry Beauvert as "a Rococo gem".
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By MVV public transportation
S-Bahn: S 1 - 8 Marienplatz
U-Bahn: U 3, 6 Marienplatz, U 3 - 6 Odeonsplatz
Bus: 52, 131 Marienplatz, 100 Odeonsplatz
Straßenbahn: 19 Nationaltheater
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