The operetta A Night in Venice, composed in 1883, drew on the overflowing enthusiasm that Vienna held for the Serenissima — an affection that reached another peak with the opening of the “Venice in Vienna” theme park in the Prater in 1895.
The plot revolves around the pleasure-seeking Duke of Urbino, a notorious womanizer, who wishes to take advantage of the Carnival season to pursue a romantic conquest under the cover of colorful masks and disguise… Specifically, the Duke sets his sights on Barbara, the wife of Venetian senator Delaqua. Several schemes — some aiming to thwart the Duke’s plan, others to support it — intersect and clash, and in the end, the Duke finds himself facing not one, but two Barbaras!
Dutch director Nina Spijkers, who previously staged The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Volksoper, takes on the production and sets out to explore the work’s escapist and hedonistic potential.
With the kind support of Johann Strauss 2025 Wien
Cast
- Stage direction
- Nina Spijkers
- Set design
- Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck
- Costume design
- Jorine van Beek
- Choreography
- Florian Hurler
- Lighting design
- Tim van't Hof
- Choir director
- Roger Díaz-Cajamarca
- Dramaturgy
- Magdalena Hoisbauer
- Dramaturgy
- Sophie Jira
- Musical direction
- Alexander Joel
- Guido, Herzog von Urbino
- Lucian Krasznec
- Bartolomeo Delaqua, Senator von Venedig
- Marco Di Sapia
- Stefano Barbaruccio, Senator von Venedig
- Nicolaus Hagg
- Giorgio Testaccio, Senator von Venedig
- Ursula Pfitzner
- Barbara, Dellaquas Frau
- Ulrike Steinsky
- Constantia, Testaccios Frau
- Martina Dorak
- Agricola Fabrizzi, eine Witwe
- Ana Milva Gomes
- Anina, Fischerstochter
- Lauren Urquhart
- Caramello, des Herzogs Leibbarbier
- David Kerber
- Pappacoda, Maccaronikoch
- Jakob Semotan
- Ciboletta, Köchin im Dienste Delaqua''s
- Juliette Khalil
- Enrico Piselli, Seeoffizier im Dienste der Republik Venedig, Delaqua''s Neffe
- James Park
- Centurio, Kammerdiener des Herzogs
- Gabor Oberegger
- Balbi, Diener des Herzogs
- William Briscoe-Peake