Alexander Zemlinsky Der König Kandaules
Opera in three acts (1935/36)
Text based on the play Le roi Candaule by André Gide
German adaption by Franz Blei, arranged by the composer himself.
Musical score reconstructed and instrumentation completed by Antony Beaumont.
PREMIERE
- 31 July 2002, 19:00
- 03 August 2002, 15:00
- 06 August 2002, 19:00
- 08 August 2002, 19:00
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Kent Nagano, Conductor
Christine Mielitz, Stage director
Alfred Hrdlicka, Stage sets
Christian Floeren, Costumes and room
Friedrich Rom, Lighting design
Eva Walch, Dramaturg
Robert Brubaker, König Kandaules
Wolfgang Schöne, Gyges
Mel Ulrich, Phedros
John Nuzzo, Syphax
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Nicodemes
Randall Jakobsch, Pharnaces
Georg Zeppenfeld, Philebos
Jürgen Sacher, Simias
John Dickie, Sebas
Almas Svilpa, Archelaos
Peter Loehle, Der Koch
Nina Stemme, Nyssia
Olga Lechteva, Trydo
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Stage music
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin