Musical direction: : Wolfgang Katschner
Staging: Tilman Hecker, Bühne: Raimund Orfeo Voigt, Kostüme: N.N.
Soloists: Johanna Kaldewei (Octavia), Danae Kontora (Ormoena), Maria Ladurner (Clelia), Jolande Barck (Livia), Tomáš Král (Nero), Gwilym Bowen (Piso), Äneas Humm (Seneca), Markus Schöttl (Davus), Georg Drake (Fabius), Georg A. Bochow (Tiridates), u. a. / lautten compagney Berlin
80 / 65 / listening places only 30 €
When the young Handel was working on his Agrippina, which is to be performed this year at Halle Opera, he also lifted whole sections from the score of Octavia by his former superior in Hamburg, Reinhard Keiser – here, for the first time, you have the opportunity of comparing the two works. One point of interest is that the two title characters are the mother and first wife of the Roman emperor, Nero, who won legendary status as a persecutor of Christians, untalented musician and arsonist. In Keiser’s opera, Octavia, who is being urged by her husband Nero to commit suicide, uses cunning to save her life. On the advice of the philosopher Seneca, she appears to Nero as her own ghost and succeeds in making him relent.
Tickets entitle you to free admission to the permanent exhibitions “New Schiller House” and “History of Spa in the Douche Pavilion” two hours before the start of the event.
By coach from Halle Hallmarkt (112) 13.30 Uhr / Return by coach to Halle Hallmarkt (212) / 15 minutes after performance ends / Coach fare €8 each way, number of seats
limited – tickets must be bought in advance with concert tickets
Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, co-financed by tax revenue on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament Saxony, supported by the State Chancellery and the Ministry of Culture of for Culture of the State of Saxony-Anhalt and the State Chancellery of the Free State of Thuringia - The Minister for Culture, Federal and European Affairs.