Organization

Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival

Singer

Countertenor

Nicholas Tamagna

Apollo

Conductor

Martyna Pastuszka

Soprano

Narea Son

Dafne

Dennis Orellana

Zeffiro

Sonja Runje

Flora

Stefan Sbonnik

Peneo

Orchestra

Orchestra in Residence of the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2022

Concertante Performance

Germany

Concertante Performance: Il nascimento dell'aurora Albinoni

Public

The Birth of Aurora

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Baritone

Bass

Tenor

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

The goddess of the dawn Aurora is celebrating her birthday. In one aria after another, the god Apollo, wood nymphs, Daphne, Flora the goddess of flowers, the river god Peneo and the god of the winds Zeffiro extol in song the joyful occasion. During the festivities Apollo woos demure Daphne, who however is coy about accepting such ardent advances, in the end preferring to be transformed into a birthday wreath…

The Venetian Tomaso Albinoni was and is noted most of all as one of the great melodists of the Baroque age. It was no wonder he was commissioned (probably in 1711) to compose a festa teatrale on the birthday of Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wölfenbüttel – the spouse of Charles VI ­– which celebrated and rendered homage to the monarch. Nevertheless, the sweet and lovely nothingness of the action is only superficially a pure birthday allegory. The Spanish War of Succession was raging, the Habsburgs were hoping for a male successor to the throne, to be born of the young birthday candidate. Accordingly, the libretto of Il Nascimento dell’Aurora (The Birth of Aurora) is interspersed with such allusions. Although the male scion was conspicuous for his absence, Elisabeth Christine gave Maria Theresa to the world, and Albinoni a jewel of musical rejuvenation. The characters of the play pay homage in spellbinding melodies to the vocal art, and, when Apollo sings of love, only Daphne can resist, but not the audience …

English

Concertante Performance by Albinoni, From (2022/2022), Conductor Martyna Pastuszka

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