A rare and exciting chance to experience a work by a forgotten master. Italian composer Steffani (1654-1728) was widely acclaimed in his own time and much admired by such composers as Handel for his musicality and originality.
Niobe, Regina Di Tebe was first performed in Munich in 1688, but has remained neglected until 2008, when it was staged at the Schwetzingen Festival. A triumphant achievement by conductor Thomas Hengelbrock and director Lukas Hemleb, that atmospheric production is now restaged by The Royal Opera with a superb specialist cast of musicians.
Véronique Gens plays the role of the Queen of Thebes who angers the gods and is punished with the death of all her children, while the male soprano Jacek Laszczkowski, playing her husband Anfione, makes his stage debut with the Company.
The Balthasar Neumann Ensemble will be the specialist orchestra for what is surely an unmissable event for all lovers of early opera and anyone keen to discover more about opera's perpetually enjoyable marriage between music and drama.
Niobe, Regina Di Tebe is sung in Italian with English surtitles
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