A muddled new Ariadne auf Naxos in Prague

Cornelia Beskow (Ariadne)

Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir (Composer)

Jan Hnyk (Truffaldino), Daniel Matoušek (Brighella), Ziyi Dai (Zerbinetta), Lukáš Bařák (Harlekin)

Pavol Kubáň (Music Master), Dagmar Pecková (Major-Domo), Jaroslav Březina (Dancing Master)

Magnus Vigilius (Bacchus)

Von Frank Kuznik, 18 Februar 2024

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“more like a study of clinical depression with not-so-comic interludes”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Estates Theatre (Stavovské divadlo), Prague, am 16 Februar 2024

Strauss R., Ariadne auf Naxos

Prague National Theatre Opera

Robert Jindra, Musikalische Leitung

Sláva Daubnerová, Regie

Lucia Škandíková, Bühnenbild

Tereza Kopecká, Kostüme

Daniel Tesař, Licht

Prague National Theatre Orchestra

Dominik Žižka, Video

Cornelia Beskow, The Primadonna (Ariadne)

Ziyi Dai, Zerbinetta

Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir, Komponist

Magnus Vigilius, The Tenor (Bacchus)

Yukiko Kinjo, Echo

Lenka Máčiková, Najade

Michaela Zajmi, Dryade

Daniel Matoušek, Brighella

Jaroslav Březina, Tanzmeister

Raman Hasymau, Offizier

Josef Moravec, Scaramuccio

Lukáš Bařák, Harlequin

Roman Hoza, Harlequin

Pavol Kubáň, Musiklehrer

Radek Martinec, Perückenmacher

Martin Matoušek, Lakei

Jan Hnyk, Truffaldino

Dagmar Pecková, Haushofmeister

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Frank Kuznik

Frank Kuznik is the former Editor-in-Chief and Culture Editor of The Prague Post, Central Europe’s premier English-language weekly newspaper. He currently divides his time between Prague and his hometown in the US, Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. In Prague he is an habitué of the Rudolfinum, National Theater, State Opera and other storied classical music venues, and an unabashed fan of Czech music.