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Stiffelio
Lyrical drama in three acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
After returning from a trip, Stiffelio discovers that his wife Lina has cheated on him with the nobleman Raffaele. His immediate impulse is to avenge the deed, but as a pastor of a Protestant Anabaptist congregation, he must justify every decision not only to himself, but also to God and the people whose role model he is supposed to be, and he finds himself in a deep conflict. Composed immediately before his "Trilogia popolare," Giuseppe Verdi places Stiffelio at the center of the action, an antihero so ambivalent that both the censors and the public were initially overwhelmed by the work, which premiered in 1850. Even in the 21st century, with its partly altered set of values, Stiffelio's conflict between what he wants to be and what he must be remains challengingly relevant. Vasily Barkhatov returns to the MusikTheater an der Wien as director following his interpretations of The Idiot and Norma, while conductor Jérémie Rhorer continues his exploration of the untapped Romantic repertoire following Les Martyrs.
Performed in Italian with German and English surtitles
Introduction to the work 30 minutes before the start of each performance
Subject to change.
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
After returning from a trip, Stiffelio discovers that his wife Lina has cheated on him with the nobleman Raffaele. His immediate impulse is to avenge the deed, but as a pastor of a Protestant Anabaptist congregation, he must justify every decision not only to himself, but also to God and the people whose role model he is supposed to be, and he finds himself in a deep conflict. Composed immediately before his "Trilogia popolare," Giuseppe Verdi places Stiffelio at the center of the action, an antihero so ambivalent that both the censors and the public were initially overwhelmed by the work, which premiered in 1850. Even in the 21st century, with its partly altered set of values, Stiffelio's conflict between what he wants to be and what he must be remains challengingly relevant. Vasily Barkhatov returns to the MusikTheater an der Wien as director following his interpretations of The Idiot and Norma, while conductor Jérémie Rhorer continues his exploration of the untapped Romantic repertoire following Les Martyrs.
Performed in Italian with German and English surtitles
Introduction to the work 30 minutes before the start of each performance
Subject to change.