Azione teatrale in due parti
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio
in Italian
Next Performances:
October 23, 26, 28, 30
November 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16
at: 19.30 Uhr
Conductor: Daniel Hoyem-Cavazza
Director: Yona Kim
Set design:Evi Wiedemann
Costume design: Linda Redlin
Lighting: Norbert Blahous
Costanza: Eleni Voudouraki
Silvia: Chiara Skerath
Gernando: Juraj Holly
Enrico: Sebastian Huppmann
Orchestra of Wiener Kammeroper
We will be continuing our successful Haydn cycle with this psychological chamber play. “L’ isola disabitata” is said to have been the composer’s favorite opera. Indeed this “azione teatrale” is a one-of-a-kind musical gem, which is able to dispense with the secco-recitatives that were common at the time. This is something unique in all of Haydn’s operas.
The idea of being stranded on a deserted island, far away from any civilization, continues to fascinate people to this day. This material that recalled Robinson Crusoe inspired Joseph Haydn to write one of his most beautiful scores. He knew how to derive new, unsuspected sparks from Pietro Metastasio’s libretto which has been set to music several times.