La divisione del mondo
Giovanni Legrenzi
[ New production ]
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Giulio Cesare Corradi
Premiered in Venice on 4 February 1675
Infos
Colmar
Théâtre municipal de Colmar
Mulhouse
La Sinne
Strasbourg
Opéra
Coproduction with the Opera national de Lorraine
Editions Balthasar Neumann / Thomas Hengelbrock
Cast
Musical Director Christophe Rousset Stage Director Jetske Mijnssen Stage set Herbert Murauer Costumes Julia Katharina Berndt Lighting Bernd Purkrabek Les Talens Lyriques
Artists
Giove Carlo Allemano Nettuno Stuart Jackson Plutone André Morsch Saturno Arnaud Richard Giunone Julie Boulianne Venere Sophie Junker Apollo Jake Arditti Marte Christopher Lowrey Cintia Soraya Mafi Mercurio Rupert Enticknap Amore Ada Elodie Tuca Discordia Alberto Miguélez Rouco
Presentation
The Baroque period is full of miracles waiting to be rediscovered. After Claudio Monteverdi and Francesco Cavalli, the Italian composer Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690) is the third great name of this period, which saw the birth of opera. We know that he created seventeen works, although of many only the title remains. Fortunately, this is not the case with "La divisione del mondo" (The division of the world), which was highly acclaimed in the years following its premiere in Venice in 1675.
Conductor Christophe Rousset, this time working with Les Talens Lyriques, is known for reviving beauties of the 17th century. This French premiere is also the debut of Dutch singer Jetske Mijnssen at the OnR. The piece is driven by the jealousy of Juno and the disastrous consequences of Venus' beauty for the gods on Mount Olympus, who have just defeated the Titans under Jupiter and are preparing to divide up the world.
In Italian
Overtitled in French, German
