Haydn-L'isola disabitata

15 June 2010, 21:00

HAYDN: L' ISOLA DISABITATA

Megaron Orchestra, Camerata of the Friends of Music - George Petrou

On period instruments
Conducted by George Petrou

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
L’isola disabitata, Hob. XXVIII: 9 (1779)
An opera in two parts

Direction, Sets & Costumes by Paris Mexis
Lighting Design: Yorgos Tellos
Assistant Director: Evi Andrianou
Assistant Set Designer: Evi Kalogiropoulou
Surtitles’ Translation: Maria Spyridopoulou

Soloists:

Sylvia: Myrsini Margariti, soprano
Constanza: Irini Karagianni, mezzo-soprano
Gernando: Antonis Koroneos, tenor
Enrico: Haris Andrianos, baritone

“I assure you that they have never heard music like this in Paris or Vienna.”
Joseph Haydn

Could anyone have imagined that the 21st century would preside over a renaissance of the forgotten musical treasures of the 18th?
The richly expressive and humorous music Haydn wrote for this azione teatrale in due parte was inspired by the Baroque-era motif of the desert island. With the award-winning conductor George Petrou on the podium, the authentic but utterly contemporary sound of the Camerata’s period instruments and the talents of four internationally-renowned Greek soloists, this production promises to transport us to the Desert Island mariners call “Peiraios 260”.

In Greek surtitles

Musical Direction: George Petrou
Direction /Settings: Paris Mexis

Costanza: Irini Karaianni
Gernando: Antonis Koroneos
Silvia: Myrsini Margariti
Enrico: Haris Andrianos

La Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra

Peiraios 260, Stage H

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