Il Venceslao - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Dramma per musica in five acts
Antonio Caldara

Libretto by Apostolo Zeno


The Venetian Antonio Caldara was under Emperor Charles VI. was appointed first vice-kapellmeister of the Wiener Hofmusikkapelle and wrote mainly vocal music there. He had already been working in Vienna for nine years when he composed the opera Il Venceslao in 1725. With his compositional style, which is influenced both by the Venetian and the Viennese style, he dedicates himself here to the Polish ruler Wenceslaus. His two sons fall unhappily in love with the same woman. The brothers fight out their rivalry in vocally almost ludicrous arias, accompanied by the Polish {oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna conducted by Martyna Pastuszka.


Concert performance

in Italian with surtitles

musical direction
Martyna Pastuszka

Venceslao
Max Emanuel Cencic

Casimiro
Nicholas Tamagna

Alessandro
Dennis Orellana

Lucinda
Suzanne Jerosme

Erenice
Sonja Runje

Ernando
Stefan Sbonnik

Gismondo
Pavel Kudinov


{oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna




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