Strauss's Ariadne Auf Naxos – Brockman Hall for Opera, Houston

About this event

The production is framed as a metatheatrical opera-within-an-opera. A wealthy patron orders a tragic opera and a slapstick comedy to be performed simultaneously. The resulting collision of backstage egos and artistic tempers places Ariadne and Zerbinetta in contrasting positions within the theatrical conflict. Paul Curran directs and Christian Reif conducts. The Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra is the named ensemble, and Joshua Winograde is credited as Director of Opera Studies and Professor of Opera. The opera is sung in German with English surtitles. The production information does not publish a singer cast or detailed visual design concept. An associated pre-show talk with Christian Reif takes place one hour before curtain and is available to opera ticketholders on a first-come, first-served basis.

Cast & creative

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  Conductor

  Christian Reif
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  Stage director

  Paul Curran
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  Director Of Opera Studies

  Joshua Winograde
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  Professor

  Joshua Winograde
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  Composer

  Richard Strauss
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  Librettist

  Hugo von Hofmannsthal