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Ariadne auf Naxos

Brian Large

1988 • 2h 11m

Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James King. Kathleen Battle delivers the coloratura firewor...

Ariadne auf Naxos

Cast

Jessye Norman

Jessye NormanAriadne / Primadonna

Kathleen Battle

Kathleen BattleZerbinetta

Tatiana Troyanos

Tatiana TroyanosComposer

James King

James KingBacchus / Tenor

Franz Ferdinand NentwigMusic Master

Stephen DicksonHarlekin

Anthony Laciura

Anthony LaciuraBrighella

Allan GlassmanScaramuccio

Artur KornTruffaldin

Joseph FrankDancing Master

Barbara BonneyNajade

Gweneth BeanDryade

Dawn Upshaw

Dawn UpshawEcho

Nico CastelMajor-Domo

Russell ChristopherWigmaker

Crew

Brian Large

Brian LargeDirector

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Hugo von HofmannsthalWriter

Richard Strauss

Richard StraussOriginal Music Composer

James Levine

James LevineConductor

Peter Gelb

Peter GelbExecutive Producer

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