Chamber operas at Ricordi Munich

• Cosi fan tutte
• Don Giovanni
• The Marriage of Figaro

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Così fan tutte

Opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Text and dramaturgical adaptation: Barbara Hass from Lorenzo da Ponte
Musical adaptation: Malte Kroidl

Premiere of this version: 24th February 1999, Hamburg Chamber Opera

Cast
Fiordiligi (Soprano)
Dorabella (Mezzo soprano)
Ferrando (Tenor)
Guglielmo (Baritone)
Despina (Soprano)
Alfonso (Baritone)

2 Violins
Viola
Contrabass
Flute
Clarinet
Bassoon

Duration: 2 ½ hours

A “microcosm” that asks in-depth questions about life and the relationship of people together. A “Summer nights dream” in which love is the engine, and where things are experienced, that one is normally confronted with throughout a whole human life. (Götz Friedrich)

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Don Giovanni

Opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Text and dramaturgical adaptation: Barbara Hass
Dialogue texts: Philipp Kochheim
Musical adaptation: Klaus D. Jung

Cast
Giovanni, head physician (Baritone)
Leporello, orderly (Bass)
Anna, doctor (Soprano)
Elvira, psychoanalyst (Soprano)
Ottavio, senior physician (Tenor)
Masetto, student (Bass)
Zerlina, student (Soprano)
Professor, hospital director (Bass)
Dr. Elvira’s patient (Speaking role)

Flute
Clarinet
Bassoon
2 Violins
Viola
Violoncello
Contrabass

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The Marriage of Figaro

Opera in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Text and dramaturgical adaptation: Barbara Hass from Lorenzo da Ponte
Musical adaptation: Malte Kroidl

Premiere of this version 27th. October 2004, Hamburg Chamber Opera

Cast
Figaro (Bass)
Susanna (Soprano)
Graf Almaviva (Baritone)
Gräfin Almaviva (Soprano)
Cherubino (Mezzo-soprano)
Bartolo (Bass)
Marcellina (Mezzo-soprano)
Basilio (Tenor)

2 Violins
Viola
Contrabass
Flute
Clarinet
Bassoon

Duration: 2 ½ hours

With the new adaptation of the German text by Barbara Hass, (the substitution of the recitative  with spoken dialogue, editor’s note) the Hamburg Chamber Opera has commemorated the performance practise and adapted the libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, particularly the dialogues, from the text version by Beaumarchais, whenever  it was possible and expedient […]” (Michael Leinert, Director, 2004)

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