Ariadne auf Naxos
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Strauss’s mash-up of German romantic opera and commedia dell’arte set in the “home of the richest man in Vienna” is transported by POP to the opening night of the Ebell Club of Highland Park (the actual performance venue) in 1913 via a new English libretto by Stephen Karr.
Unable to resolve a debate as to which troupe should perform first, the newly commissioned opera Ariadne or the vaudeville The Naughty Vixen Zerbinetta and Her Merry Men, the president of the Ebell Club decides to combine the two productions into one so that the evening’s entertainment may conclude in time for a brilliant display of fireworks.
Designed and Directed by Josh Shaw
Conducted by Stephen Karr
Choreography by Heather Lipson Bell
Costumes by Maggie Green
Ariadne ... Tracy Cox
Bacchus ... Brendan Sliger
Composer ... Claire Shackelton
Zerbinetta ... Sara Duchovnay
Music Teacher ... Ryan Thorn
Tanzmeister/Scaramuccio ... Jon Lee Keenan
Officer/Brighella ... Robert Norman
Wigmaker/Harlekin ... Nicholas LaGesse
Lackey/Truffaldi