06.11.2022 to 27.11.2022 - Halle E+G
La Gazza Ladra
DANCE/PERFORMANCE/MUSIC
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Opera semiseria in two acts
Libretto by Giovanni Gherardini
A feathered thief, a servant wrongly sentenced to death and a corrupt, power-hungry politician: those are the protagonists of Rossini’s semi-serious opera whose overture, with its drum rolls and oboe solo, is one of the best-known pieces in the history of music. "La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)" is set in a time of great social upheaval. When Ninetta is accused of stealing a silver spoon, a series of unfortunate events begins that initially makes the happy ending expected from an opera semiseria seem highly unlikely. What sort of world is it where a person can be executed for the alleged theft of a spoon? Tobias Kratzer, successful as a director throughout Europe, now debuts in Vienna with Rossini’s opera that received its first performance in 1817 and traces the uncertainty felt by people in a politically and socially destabilised world.
In Italian with surtitles
Introduction to the work 30 minutes before the performance
Introductory matinee: Sun 06.11., 11h
Tickets: La gazza ladra - theater-wien.at
Halle E+G
contact
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