Griselda - Schedule, Program & Tickets
Griselda
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13.05.2025 , Tuesday
19:00
Theater an der Wien, Linke Wienzeile 6, 1060 Vienna
Seating plan
Dramma per musica
Libretto by Apostolo Zeno
The story of the shepherdess Griselda is one of the most popular operas of the 18th century. No wonder, because the wedding between the King of Sicily and a simple shepherdess, who has to defend her virtue in a series of trials until she proves herself to be a true queen in the end, offers material for varied situations and diverse emotions. The Italian composer Giovanni Bononcini wrote his version of Griselda in 1722 for the King's Theatre in London, where he was house composer together with none other than Georg Friedrich Handel. The opera's recitatives were lost for a long time, and only in recent years has the lyrical but incredibly imaginative score been reconstructed. Max Emanuel Cencic, countertenor and director of the Bayreuth Baroque Festival, has campaigned vigorously for the rediscovery of this pearl of baroque opera art and will now present the work in Vienna together with the conductor Benjamin Bayl.
Concert performance in Italian with German surtitles
Introduction to the work 30 minutes before the start of the performance
Subject to change.
Libretto by Apostolo Zeno
The story of the shepherdess Griselda is one of the most popular operas of the 18th century. No wonder, because the wedding between the King of Sicily and a simple shepherdess, who has to defend her virtue in a series of trials until she proves herself to be a true queen in the end, offers material for varied situations and diverse emotions. The Italian composer Giovanni Bononcini wrote his version of Griselda in 1722 for the King's Theatre in London, where he was house composer together with none other than Georg Friedrich Handel. The opera's recitatives were lost for a long time, and only in recent years has the lyrical but incredibly imaginative score been reconstructed. Max Emanuel Cencic, countertenor and director of the Bayreuth Baroque Festival, has campaigned vigorously for the rediscovery of this pearl of baroque opera art and will now present the work in Vienna together with the conductor Benjamin Bayl.
Concert performance in Italian with German surtitles
Introduction to the work 30 minutes before the start of the performance
Subject to change.