Date/Time
05/06/2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm CEST
Location
Kammeroper
Fleischmarkt 24
Vienna
1010
Austria
Box Office / Ticket Information
Conductor Benjamin Bayl
Director Kateryna Sokolova
Stage Nikolaus Webern
Costume Constanza Meza-Lopehandia
Light Franz Tscheck
Dramaturgy Kai Weßler
with
Christoph Filler
Fabian Tobias Huster
Louise Kemény
Martina Neubauer
Johannes Bamberger
Antoine Amariu
Bach Consort Wien
MUSICAL THEATRE BASED ON THE TRAGEDY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
with music by Henry Purcell
Richard, Duke of Gloucester and brother to the king, murders and conspires his way to the English throne. With great candour, Richard tells his audience all about his unscrupulous plans and why he decided to be a villain. The story of the rise and fall of King Richard III that William Shakespeare tells in the historical drama he wrote in 1593 is a textbook example of a tyrant who uses violence to reach the top without having any political vision other than the exercise of power. Director Kateryna Sokolova focuses her production on Richard’s talent for deception: three performers – a singer, an actor and a dancer – portray the many facets of the power-hungry king. Shakespeare’s play and the music of English composer Henry Purcell form the basis of this musical theatre production which Kateryna Sokolova has developed in collaboration with the conductor Benjamin Bayl.
In German and English with German and English surtitles