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The Magic Flute
Royal Opera of Versailles (Palace of Versailles), Royal Opera
31 Dec 2024, Tue • 8 PM
To charm audiences of all ages, music lovers and inexperienced public, Mozart and Schikaneder’s plus was addressing spectators in their own language – and not in Italian as in court operas...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cast: Florie Valiquette, Hervé Niquet, .... + 7
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In 1791, at the Theater auf der Wieden, in a suburb of Vienna, Mozart gave the first performance of his Singspiel Die Zauberflöte. Emanuel Schikaneder’s libretto – he was also the director in his own theatre – aimed to reach a popular audience in their own language. Thanks to the theatrical and dreamlike qualities of the work and to Mozart’s magnificent music it was performed more than a hundred times in a year, and its success has never waned since. An Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège production An Op&e ... Read More
Synopsis
The Magic Flute
Premiere of this production: 30 September 1791, Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
The opera begins with the overture, which Mozart composed last. Act 1 Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" segued into trio: "Stirb, Ungeheuer, durch uns're Macht!"). He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear an ... Read More
Venue Details
Royal Opera of Versailles (Palace of Versailles) - Paris
3 Place Léon Gambetta, Versailles
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La Traviata
Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto
31 Dec 2024, Tue • 8:30 PM
“This Opera of love and loss is totally stunning, fully engaging and sometimes raises the hairs on the back of your neck.“ THE ARGUS
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
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The mise en scène of ‘La Traviata’ by Giuseppe Verdi has strong links with Venice: it was first performed at the Gran Teatro La Fenice on March 6th 1853. Musica a Palazzo adheres to the ‘indications for contemporaneity’ requested by Verdi for the first performance (which caused a scandal due to its brazen realism). The first act begins in the Portego (central hall) and the spectators will realise with amazement that they are actually playing the role of the Violetta’s guests (Traviata): she drinks a toast wi ... Read More
Synopsis
La Traviata
Premiere of this production: 06 March 1853, Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Set in and around Paris in about 1850. Act I Violetta Valéry, a Parisian courtesan, greets the guests at her salon. Among them are Flora Bervoix, the Marchese D’Obigny, Baron Douphol and Gastone, who introduces Violetta to a new admirer of hers, Alfredo Germont. The young Germont, who has been admiring her from afar, joins her in a drinking song. An orchestra strikes up in an adjace ... Read More
Venue Details
Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto - Venice
San Marco 2504 - Fondamenta Duodo o Barbarigo
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First time at Opera?

First time at Opera?

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