Wolf Trap: Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos

The best laid plans often go awry… Strauss’ soaring opera is divinely comical and deeply enchanting.

ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

Music by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

A New Production

Combining slapstick comedy and beautiful music in a competition of “high” and “low” art, Ariadne auf Naxos is a cock-eyed tale about art, love, and infidelity. A wealthy patron commissions two pieces of entertainment for a party—an opera based on the Ariadne myth and a comedy by a song and dance troupe. Shortly before the performances are to begin, he orders that they be performed simultaneously in order for a fireworks display to begin on time. What follows is a class war in Strauss’ brilliant opera based on a Molière comedy.

“A tale of everyday farce and mythical fantasy.” The New York Times exclaims Ariadne auf Naxos is “plush and lyrical.”

• Inside the Opera pre-show talk begins 1 hour before curtain at The Barns

• Performance running time: 2.5 hours including one intermission

• Sung in German with projected English translations

CAST

Prima Donna / Ariadne - Alexandria Shiner
Tenor / Bacchus - Ian Koziara
Zerbinetta - Alexandra Nowakowski
Composer - Lindsay Kate Brown
Music Master - Joshua Conyers
Dancing Master - Ian McEuen
Major-Domo - TBD
Harlekin - Michael Pandolfo*
Truffaldin - Ron Dukes*
Scaramuccio - Victor Cardamone*
Brighella - Seiyoung Kim*
Naiad - Meagan Rao*
Dryad - Anastasiia Sidorova*
Echo - Ashley Robillard*
Wigmaker - Blake Denson*
Lackey - Jeremy Harr*
Officer - Bradley Bickhardt*

*Studio Artist

CREATIVE TEAM

Conductor- Emily Senturia
Director - Tara Faircloth
Scenic Designer - Laura Fine Hawkes
Costume Designer - Rooth Varland
Lighting Designer - Robert H. Grimes
Wig & Makeup Designer - Anne Nesmith 

MUSIC & PRODUCTION STAFF

Cover Conductor - James Maverick
Musical Preparation - Nate Raskin, Thomas Morris
German Coach - Thomas Lausmann
Assistant Director - Emily Cuk
Production Stage Manager - Jordan Braun
Assistant Stage Manager - Julie Langevin
Supertitle Coordinator - Robert Bosworth