‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ from Glyndebourne

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Live at the BBC Proms: Glyndebourne Festival Opera conducted by Robin Ticciati in a semi-staged performance of Strauss's opera within an opera, Ariadne auf Naxos. Presented by Andrew McGregor, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos part 1 (Prologue) c.7.40pm Interval: The classicist and author Emily Hauser joins Andrew to explore the mythology behind Ariadne, re-examine the agency of women in the literature of antiquity, and consider how stories that have long been told through the actions of men might be recovered through the women who shaped their fates. c.8.00pm Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos part 2 Rachel Willis-Sørensen - Ariadne David Butt Philip - Bacchus Alina Wunderlin - Zerbinetta Mikhail Timoshenko - Harlequin Caspar Singh - Scaramuccio Liam James Karai - Truffaldino Liam Bonthrone - Brighella Samantha Hankey - Composer Michael Kraus - Music Master Ru Charlesworth - Dancing Master Anna Denisova - Naiad Ekaterina Chayka Rubinstein - Dryad Eirin Rognerud - Echo Glyndebourne Festival Opera London Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Ticciati (conductor) The richest man in Vienna has commissioned an evening’s entertainment. But when an opera and a comedy troupe are forced to share the same stage, all bets are off. Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos is part farce, part dream-like fantasy, set to one of the composer’s most luscious scores. It comes fresh from the Glyndebourne Festival, performed complete at the Proms for the first time in nearly half a century.