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Alcibiades

La libertà contenta / Baroque opera in three acts by Agostino Steffani

Winter in Schwetzingen
Winter in Schwetzingen
Musical Theatre
Rokokotheater Schwetzingen
Libretto by Bartolomeo Ortensio Mauro / German translation for Hamburger Oper in 1697 by Gottlieb Fiedler / In German with supertitles

Alcibiades was cast out of Athens and incognito, he disappears to Sparta, where Timea, the king of Sparta’s fiancée of all people, falls for his charm. At the same time, Princess Aspasia of Athens is caught by the Spartans but is not recognised thanks to her false identity as a slave. Apart from the king, Lysander, an army general, is also interested in her, while her fiancé Pericles is looking all over Sparta for her. Alcibiades is not averse to her either, leading to a furious confusion full of jealousy, intrigue and great emotions – but the desire for freedom overcomes all conventions.

Originally from Padua, Agostino Steffani is a wanderer between worlds. Ordained as a priest in Rome, his compositions attracted much attention in Germany. Apart from Hannover and Düsseldorf, he briefly stayed in the Palatinate region as Rector of the University of Heidelberg in 1703/04.

Musical direction
Clemens Flick
Direction
Tom Ryser
Stage and Costumes
Stefan Rieckhoff
Dramaturgy
Thomas Böckstiegel
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