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IDOMENEO, RE DI CRETA Dramma Per Musica Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart drottningholms slottsteater 2014 IDOMENEO, RE DI CRETA dramma per musica wolfgang amadeus mozart 6–20 september Samproduktion med Kungliga Operan IDOMENEO, RE DI CRETA ROLLER | CAST DRAMMA PER MUSICA, 1781 IDOMENEO, KUNG AV KRETA | KING OF CRETE WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART JONAS DEGERFELDT LIBRETTO GIAMBATTISTA VARESCO IDAMANTE, HANS SON | HIS SON KATIJA DRAGOJEVIC DIRIGENT | CONDUCTOR LAWRENCE RENES REGI | DIRECTOR TOBIAS THEORELL ILIA, IDAMANTES ÄLSKADE | BELOVED MARIANNE HELLGREN STAYKOV SCENOGRAFI OCH KOSTYM | COSTUMES AND DESIGN MAGDALENA ÅBERG ELETTRA, ÄLSKAR | LOVES IDAMANTE LJUSDESIGN | LIGHTING DESIGNER TORBEN LENDORPH MALIN BYSTRÖM MASK- OCH PERUKDESIGN | WIGS AND MAKEUP DESIGNER SOFIA RANOW ARBACE, IDOMENEOS FÖRTROGNE | CONFIDANT DRAMATURG | DRAMATURGE KATARINA ARONSSON KLAS HEDLUND BITRÄDANDE REGISSÖR | ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IRENE FRYKHOLM ÖVERSTEN | THE COLONEL STUNTKOREOGRAF | STUNT CHOREOGRAPHER JANNICA SVÄRD DANIEL RALPHSSON SPRÅKCOACH ITALIENSKA | LANGUAGE COACH GIUSEPPINA PENTA ORAKLET | THE ORACLE JOHN ERIK ELEBY REPETITÖR | RÉPÉTITEUR LARS DAVID NILSSON ÖVERSÄTTNING FÖR TEXTMASKIN | TRANSLATION AND SURTITLES ANNIKA BRANDT DUBBELGÅNGAREN | THE DOPPELGANGER GUSTAV UDD TEKNISK CHEF | TECHNICAL CONSULTANT TOBIAS HALLGREN, LUMINATION OF SWEDEN BARNET | THE CHILD SCENMÄSTARE | TECHNICAL MANAGER CHRISTER NILSSON MANFRED AMINOFF KOLLARIK/ERIK ADELÖW BELYSNINGSMÄSTARE | LIGHTING MANAGER ARNE ÅKERSTRÖM REKVISITÖR | PROPERTY MANAGER TOMAS GUSTAVSSON KUNGLIGA HOVKAPELLET | ROYAL OPERA ORCHESTRA KONSERTMÄSTARE/CONCERT MASTER TALE OLSSON SUFFLÖR | PROMPTER LISELOTTE ASPLUND/ANNA LINDEN HAMMARKLAVER/FORTEPIANO LARS DAVID NILSSON INSPICIENT | STAGE MANAGER ERIK STOCKHAUS/MAURO TARANTINO KUNGLIGA OPERANS KÖR | ROYAL OPERA CHORUS MASKÖR | MAKEUP BIRGITTA KNUTSSON-WESTER, KORMÄSTARE/CHORUS MASTER FOLKE ALIN HEIKE HOFMANN, INGUN SCHUMANN-MOSAND, FRANCISKA WAGNBORG Speltid: ca 3 timmar. Paus mellan akt II och III. PRODUCENT DROTTNINGHOLMS SLOTTSTEATER | PRODUCER TOVE ASPLIND CHEFSPRODUCENT KUNGLIGA OPERAN | SENIOR PRODUCER PETER KOLLARIK BÄRENREITER-VERLAG/ALKOR EDITION KASSEL SAMPRODUKTION | A CO-PRODUCTION Solisternas kostymer är tillverkade i Drottningholmsteaterns kostymateljé. DROTTNINGHOLMS SLOTTSTEATER • KUNGLIGA OPERAN | ROYAL SWEDISH OPERA Övrig kostym, rekvisita och ny dekor tillverkad i Kungliga Operans ateljéer. Jonas Degerfeldt – Idomeneo i The rape of Lucretia (Den Norske Opera), Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel (Opera North), Melanto in Tenoren Jonas Degerfeldt är utbildad vid Göteborgs Musikhögskola och Operahögskolan i Il ritorno d’Ulisse with Christophe Rousset/Les Talens Lyriques (Theater an der Wien). She created Stockholm. Han gjorde sin debut som Beppe i Leoncavallos Pajazzo på Kungliga Operan the role of Zerlina in Kasper Holten’s feature film Juan 2011 and appeared in the same role in 1992. Bland roller vid Kungliga Operan kan nämnas Tamino ( Trollflöjten ), Greve Almaviva Baden-Baden under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock 2013. Katija Dragojevic sang Sesto in (Barberaren i Sevilla ), Eisenstein ( Läderlappen ), Alfredo ( La Traviata ), Den svagsinte ( Boris Godunov ), La clemenza di Tito at Drottningholms Slottsteater 2013. Remendado och Don José ( Carmen ), En italiensk sångare och Flamand (Strauss Capriccio ), Lenskij ( Eugen Onegin ), Froh ( Rhenguldet ), Leicester (Donizettis Maria Stuarda ), Rodolfo ( La Marianne Hellgren Staykov – Ilia Bohème ), Malcolm (Verdis Macbeth ), Fenton (Verdis Falstaff ), Ferrando ( Così fan tutte ), Raffaele Sopranen Marianne Hellgren Staykov är utbildad vid Framnäs Folkhögskola, musikerlinjen vid von Leuthold (Verdis Stiffelio ), Chevalier de la Force ( Karmelitsystrarna ) och Narraboth ( Salome ) Musikhögskolan i Stockholm och vid Operaskolan vid Royal College of Music i London. Hon samt Ryttmästare Rose ( Du Puys Ungdom och dårskap ) och Gustaf III (Miklós Maros Kastrater ) debuterade som Elle i Poulencs Vox humana vid Theater Museum Covent Garden 1992 och har båda på Drottningholms Slottsteater. Andra engagemang: Jack ( Mahagonny ) och Lysander ( En därefter bl a gjort följande roller vid Kungliga Operan: Gryningslärkan och Greta ( Hans och midsommarnattsdröm ) vid NorrlandsOperan, Don Ottavio ( Don Giovanni ) på Värmlandsoperan, Greta ), Frasquita ( Carmen ), Nattens drottning ( Trollflöjten ), Gilda ( Rigoletto ), Olympia ( Hoff - i Glasgow och på Théâtre de la Monnaie, Lenskij ( Eugen Onegin ) på Deutsche Oper Berlin och manns äventyr ), Ebba Sparre/Stefania Chigi ( Gefors Christina ), Esmeralda ( Smetanas Brud- i Spoleto, Achille ( Ifigenia i Aulis ) i Glyndebourne och Ferrando ( Così fan tutte ) på Drottning - köpet ), Elden/Näktergalen (Ravels Barnet och spökerierna ), Sophie (Massenets Werther ), holms Slottsteater. Skogsfågeln ( Siegfried ), Despina ( Così fan tutte ), Adele ( Läderlappen ), Kvinnan ( Triumf och tragedi av Paula af Malmborg Ward), Norina (Donizettis Pasquale ), Musette ( La Bohème ), Tenor Jonas Degerfeldt is engaged in the ensemble of the Royal Swedish Opera, with roles as Första damen ( Trollflöjten ). Tamino ( Die Zauberflöte ), Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia ), The Italian Singer ( Capriccio ), Eisenstein ( Die Fledermaus ), Fenton ( The Merry Wives of Windsor ), Don José ( Carmen ), Leices - Soprano Marianne Hellgren Staykov studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and at the ter ( Maria Stuarda ), Ferrando ( Così fan tutte ), Lensky ( Eugene Onegin ), Alfredo ( La Traviata ), Royal College of Music in London. She made her début as Elle in Poulenc's Vox Humana at Theater Rodolfo ( La Bohème ), Fenton (F alstaff ), Alfred ( Die Fledermaus ), the title role in Werther , the Museum Covent Garden 1992. Roles at the Royal Opera House: Dawn lark and Gretel ( Hänsel and Chevalier de la Force in Dialogues of the Carmelites and Narraboth in Salome . Season Gretel ), Frasquita ( Carmen ), Queen of the Night, Gilda ( Rigoletto ), Olympia ( Tales of Hoffmann ), 2012/2013 Jonas Degerfeldt sang Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus at the Norwegian National Opera. Ebba Sparre/Stefania Chigi (Gefors’ Christina ), Esmeralda (Smetana's The Bartered Bride ), He has performed at Drottningholms Slottsteater as Cavalryman Rose (Du Puy’s Youth and Folly ), Fire/Nightingale (Ravel's The Child and the ghosts ) Sophie (Massenet's Werther ). Other engage - Ferrando in Così fan tutte 2000 –2001 and as Gustav III in Miklós Maros Castratos 2004. ments include: Despina ( Così fan tutte , Surrey Opera Holland Park, London and Music Theater Kernow), Adele ( Die Fledermaus , Haddo House Aberdeen and London City Opera on tour in the Katija Dragojevic – Idamante USA ), Jenny ( Mahagonny , Transparent Muziektheater Antwerp), the Kings Consort: Galatea Mezzosopranen Katija Dragojevic är utbildad vid Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm, och (Handel's Acis and Galatea , Potsdam), with Le Parlement de Musique Handel’s Il Trionfo del vid The Guildhall School of Music and Drama i London. Hon debuterade 2000 som Krista i Tempo on tour in France). Janaceks Fallet Makropulos vid Théâtre de La Monnaie, Bryssel. Roller i urval: Siebel i Faust (ROH Covent Garden), Cherubino vid Festspelen i Salzburg och på La Scala, Lichas i Händels Malin Byström – Elettra Hercules med William Christie/Les Arts Florissants i New York och London, Dorabella i Così Sopranen Malin Byström är utbildad vid Operahögskolan i Stockholm. 2008 mottog hon fan tutte och Varvara i Katja Kabanova (Scottish Opera), Annius i Titus mildhet (Welsh National Birgit Nilsson-stipendiet. Hon arbetar på operahus i Europa och USA i roller som Donna Anna Opera samt Edinburgh Festival). Lucretia i The rape of Lucretia (Den Norske Opera) samt Hans (Don Giovanni ) i Salzburg och på Covent Garden, Marguerite ( Faust ) och titelrollen i Arabella i Hans och Greta (Opera North). Vid Theater an der Wien har Katija sjungit rollerna La Musica på Metropolitan, Fiordiligi ( Così fan tutte ) på Covent Garden och på Bayerische Staatsoper, och La Messaggiera i Monteverdis Orfeo under Ivor Boltons ledning (The Orchestra of the Grevinnan ( Figaros bröllop ) i Aix-en-Provence och på Grand Théâtre de Genève, Amelia ( Simon Age of Enlightenment) samt Melanto i Il ritorno d´Ulisse med Christophe Rousset/Les Talens Boccanegra ) på GöteborgsOperan, titelrollen i Thaïs på GöteborgsOperan och på Palau de les Lyriques. Hon gestaltade Zerlina i Kasper Holtens film Juan (2011) och gjorde samma roll vid Arts i Valencia. Bland tidigare engagemang: Romilda i Händels Xerxes på Kungliga Operan, festspelen i Baden-Baden 2013 under ledning av Thomas Hengelbrock. Katija Dragojevic Don Giovanni under ledning av René Jacobs i Baden-Baden, Così fan tutte under William Christie, sjöng Sextus i Titus mildhet på Drottningholms Slottsteater 2013. Figaros bröllop vid Beaunes Barockmusikfestival och GöteborgsOperan, Hanna Glawary i Glada änkan i Montpellier och Faust i Christof Loys hyllade uppsättning på GöteborgsOperan. Malin Mezzo soprano Katija Dragojevic studied at the Royal University College of Music in Stockholm and Byström blev Svenska Dagbladets operapristagare 2010 och erhöll Tidskriften Operas pris 2013. at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She made her début at La Monnaie in 2000 as Krista in Janacek’s Makopuolos Case . Roles: Siebel in Faust (ROH Covent Garden), Cherubino Soprano Malin Byström studied at the University College of Opera in Stockholm. In 2008 she in the Salzburg Festival and Teatro alla Scala, Lichas in Handel’s Hercules with William Christie/ received the Birgit Nilsson Scholarship. Roles: Donna Anna ( Don Giovanni ) in
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