Following Così fan tutte, the final production of the first graduating class of the Volksoper’s opera studio, the second generation of this young ensemble now takes the stage with another repertoire classic at MuTh in the Augarten. In a newly created chamber version, director Maurice Lenhard highlights the close connections between Mozart’s opera and current global political dynamics, shaping it into a contemporary political thriller. Within this world, the two couples — Vitellia and Sesto, as well as Servilia and Annio — become entangled in a ruthless system of intrigue, corruption, and murder … for power and powerlessness lie dangerously close together.
Cast
- Stage direction
- Maurice Lenhard
- Set design
- Christina Geiger
- Costume design
- Christina Geiger
- Dramaturgy
- Magdalena Hoisbauer
- Musical direction
- Michael Papadopoulos
- Tito Vespasiano, Imperatore di Roma
- Seiyoung Kim
- Vitellia, filglia dell''Imperatore Vitellio
- Mira Alkhovik
- Servilia, sorella di Sesto, amante d''Annio
- Chelsea Guo
- Sesto, amico di Tito, amante di Vitellia
- Hannah Fheodoroff
- Annio, amico di Sesto, amante de Servilia
- Camila Aguilera Yáñez
- Publio, prefetto del pretorio
- Smelo Mahlangu