Fri, 24 Nov 2017 20:00

»Miriways« / Opening Concert / Telemann Festival

Please note the change of artist!

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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin © Uwe Arens

Doors open 19:00
Start 20:00
End ca. 23:15

Hamburg’s »Director musices« Georg Philipp Telemann was always in tune with the times. When in 1722, in distant Persia, an Afghan chieftain defeated the Persian army, seized their capital city and took to the Peacock Throne, the European press was soon reporting on »the rebellion underway in Persia« and »the new Persian monarch MyrrWays«. Telemann and his librettist Johann Samuel Müller gratefully seized on the Miriways hype and brought the material to the stage of Hamburg’s Oper am Gänsemarkt, where Telemann had been director since 1722.

The German public was only too keen to hear inspiring stories about conflicts between love and reasons of state played out before the exotic backdrop of distant Isfahān. »Miriways« was given its premiere in Hamburg on 26 May 1728, but almost three centuries would then pass before Reinhard Goebel dug the score from the archives and brought the music to life again in Magdeburg in 1992. Conducted by Bernard Labadie, the light opera in three acts about Miriways, the »Persian Cromwell«, now returns to the city in which it was composed.

Please note the change of artist: Michael Volle has regrettably had to cancel his appearance in the title role in Telemann’s opera »Miriways« at the opening concert of the Telemann Festival on 24 November due to illness. André Morsch has kindly agreed to rehearse the challenging role in the rarely performed opera at short notice and to step in for Michael Volle.

Performers

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

André Morsch Miriways

Robin Johannsen Sophi

Sophie Karthäuser Bemira

Lydia Teuscher Nisibis

Michael Nagy Murzah

Marie-Claude Chappuis Samischa

Anett Fritsch Zemir

Paul McNamara Gesandter

Dominik Köninger Geist, Scandor

director Bernard Labadie

Programme

Georg Philipp Telemann
Miriways / Oper in drei Akten TWV 21/24

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Das Konzert wird live im Radio auf NDR Kultur übertragen.

Promoter: HamburgMusik / NDR

Location : Laeiszhalle
Großer Saal

Since 1908, the Laeiszhalle has been a meeting place for Hamburg's musical life. The neo-baroque Laeiszhalle Grand Hall accommodates over 2,000 guests. (Please note: The Laeiszhalle is a separate concert hall located three kilometres away from the Elbphilharmonie.)

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Laeiszhalle Hamburg
Johannes-Brahms-Platz
20355 Hamburg

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The nearest stops include:
Underground line U2: Gänsemarkt / Messehallen
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StadtRAD (public city bicycle) station: Sievekingplatz / Gorch-Fock-Wall
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Gänsemarkt multistorey car park: Dammtorwall / Welckerstrasse
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Hall: 30 minutes before the start of the event

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Hall: 15 minutes before the start of the talk

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