The Royal Danish Theatre
Premiere : 1 November 2006
Period: 01. Nov. 2006. - 16. Jan. 2007.



The centennial of Carl Nielsen’s Maskarade – the Danish national opera – is to be celebrated with a spectacular new staging by Kasper Bech Holten with Michael Schønwandt as conductor. The new production of Maskarade pays tribute to the captivating magic of theatre.

Kasper Bech Holten and co-director Morgan Alling will toy with our senses and speak to our imagination in their staging of Maskarade, which features many of the illusionary tricks of the stage. The gravity-defying cast of ensemble singers will be joined by a group of stellar international performers.

The leading Nielsen conductor of our times, Music Director Michael Schønwandt, who last season conducted Maskarade at the premiere at Covent Garden in London, will lead the Royal Danish Orchestra, the Chorus of the Royal Danish Opera and a commanding cast of soloists.


Among the performing singers are Stephen Milling and Christian Christiansen as Jeronimus; Susanne Resmark/Lise-Lotte Nielsen as Magdelone; Johan Reuter as Henrik; and Niels Jørgen Riis/Michael Kristensen as Leander.

The four international performers – from Canada, France and Sweden respectively – are Geneviéve Gauthier, Antoine Lépine, Manu Tiger, and Jacob Westin.

Marie í Dali , who through the last four seasons has co-designed sets for Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Royal Danish Theatre, has conjured up the imaginative sets and costumes that bridge tradition and innovation, dream and reality.


Facts about Maskarade:

Opera in 3 acts
Libretto by Vilhelm Andersen based on the comedy Maskarade by Ludvig Holberg World premiere at the Royal Danish Theatre’s Old Stage on 11 November 1906

Conductor : Michael Schønwandt
Directors: Kasper Bech Holten and Morgan Alling
Set and costume designer: Marie ì Dali
Lighting designer: Jesper Kongshaug

Cast:
Jeronimus: Stephen Milling/ Christian Christiansen
Magdelone: Susanne Resmark/ Lise-Lotte Nielsen
Leander: Niels Jørgen Riis/ Michael Kristensen
Henrik: Johan Reuter
Arv: Ole Hedegaard/ Mogens Gert Hansen
Leonard: Poul Elming/Bengt-Ola Morgny
Leonora: Gisela Stille/Anna Rydberg
Pernille: Hanne Fischer/ Elisabeth Halling
Town Watchman: Sten Byriel/Ludvig Lindström
Master of the masquerade: Anders Jakobsson/Rudi Sisseck
A Scholar: Jakob Bloch Jespersen/Hans Lawaetz

The Chorus of the Royal Danish Opera
The Royal Danish Orchestra

Hempel Group is the exclusive performance sponsor of Maskarade.

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