Opera

Achille in Sciro

Francesco Corselli

17 Feb, 23 - 26 Feb, 23

Musical Conductor: Ivor Bolton | Stage Director: Mariame Clément | Baroque Orchestra of Seville | Principal Chorus of the Teatro Real

17 Feb 23

Premiere

26 Feb 23

Last performance

Shows

IMPORTANT: For health reasons, neither Franco Fagioli nor Gabriel Díaz will be able to perform the role of Achilles/Pyrrha in Francesco Corselli's Achille in Sciro at performance of 21 February. The performance will be moved to Sunday, 26 February, at 6:00 pm, and subscriber cards and tickets already purchased will be valid for access to the Teatro Real on the new date, without prior formalities. For any queries, please contact, before 18:30 h, through:

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Patrocinadores Aquiles en Esciros

Disguise and transvestism were an essential part of opera plots from the Venetian origins of this genre. In line with this tradition - continued by ópera seria – the episode of Aquiles on the island of Esciros inspired more than 30 compositions for voice based on the libretto of Metastasio in 1737: Tetis, mother of Aquiles, disguises her son as a woman to hide him in the court of King Licomedes and prevent his participation in the Trojan War. (What else is missing?). However, the plan begins to come apart when Aquiles, incapable of subduing his virility, falls in love with Princess Deidamia.

Francesco Corselli is a fundamental name in Spanish opera of the 18th century: as Kapellmeister of the Royal Chapel of Madrid for nearly 30 years, he was the principal supplier of opera to the Spanish court. Some of these were under the artistic direction of the famous castrato Farinelli. First seen in 1744 at the Real Coliseo del Buen Retiro in Madrid, Achille in Sciro was composed to celebrate the marriage of the Infanta of Spain, Maria Teresa Rafaela to the Dauphin of France. Staging this opera was postponed by the interruption of the pandemic and it represents a momentous milestone in the recovery of our musical heritage.

Opera drammatica in three acts

Music by Francesco Corselli (1705-1778)
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio

Premiered for the firts time at the Real Coliseo del Buen Retiro de Madrid, 8 December 1744
Retrieved by the Instituto Complutense de Ciencias Musicales (ICCMU)

Premiere at the Teatro Real

New production of the Teatro Real, in co-production with Theater an der Wien

Artistic team

Musical Conductor and harpsichordist I Ivor Bolton

Stage Director I Mariame Clément

Stage and Costume Designer I Julia Hansen

Choreographer I Mathieu Guilhaumon

Lighting Designer I Ulrik Gad

Baroque Orchestra of Seville

Principal Chorus of the Teatro Real

Cast

Licomede | Mirco Palazzi

Ulises | Tim Mead

Deidamia | Francesca Aspromonte

Teagene | Sabina Puértolas

Achille / Pirra | Gabriel Díaz

Arcade | Krystian Adam

Nearco | Juan Sancho

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Programa de mano

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Releases

Protective Friend

14 November

2022

Supporter and Benefactor Friend

15 November

2022

Patron friends

16 November

2022

Subscribers friend

17 November

2022

Tickets on sale

22 November

2022

Performances

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17 February 2023