THEexciting operain his three actsChristoph Willibald von Gluck in first world revival 250 years after its premiere it will be presented inAthens Concert HallherTuesday 14 and on Wednesday 15 February 2012 at 20.00 at night.

An international co-production starting fromOpera Househer journey on European stages, and inCovent Garden (Linbury Studio).

The operaThe Triumph of Clelia, it is bold and demanding for its time, written for the opening of the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, it was abandoned and forgotten after a few performances, the 1763. Διακόσια πενήντα χρόνια αργότερα αναβιώνει με μια εντυπωσιακή παραγωγή στο Μέγαρο Μουσικής στο πλαίσιο του Κύκλου Μετατροπίες.

A challenging 21st century show meets the great music of the 18th century, with two dynamic signatures, that promise a spectacle of freshness and inspiration: του Νάιτζελ Λάουρι στη σκηνοθεσία και του αρχιμουσικού Γιώργου Πέτρου στη διεύθυνση της Καμεράτα, Ορχήστρας των Φίλων της Μουσικής, με όργανα εποχής.

The artistic direction of the production is Giuseppe Sigismonti de Risio. The scenery is by Nigel Lowry, the costumes and the realization of the scenography by Paris Mexi, οι φωτισμοί του Γιώργου Τέλλου και η μουσική προετοιμασία της Μάτας Κατσούλη και του Μάρκελλου Χρυσικόπουλου.

Η συναρπαστική όπερα σε τρεις πράξεις του Γκλουκ, to a libretto by Pietro Metastazio, is a co-production of "Et in Arcadia ego" and the Athens Concert Hall and is presented in Athens with the support of the European Union, στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος Πολιτισμός και σε συνεργασία με την «Tuttiall’ Opera – TAO» και την The City of London Sinfonia. Θα συνεχίσει τη διαδρομή της στο Linbury Studio του Covent Garden, τον Ιούνιο του 2012 and on other European stages with an excellent cast of Greek and foreign singers specializing in 18th century music. The work is presented through a new critical edition from the Bologna manuscript, which was made specifically for the needs of this production.

The title role is performed by the French soprano Hélène Lecour (Hélène LeCorre), the mezzo-soprano Mary Ellen Nezi as Horatio, the Turkish soprano Burtsou Ouyar in Larissa(Burcu Uyar), the mezzo-soprano Irene Karagianni as Tarquinio, Porsinna by tenor Vassilis Kavaias and Mannio by Artemis Bogri (mezzo).

THETriumph of Clelia, a war adventure inspired by the legendary pages of Roman history, it has everything: the mythical art of castrati, the boundless virtuosity of bel canto, the baroque drama, the novelties of the galante style. Gluck, for the glamorous opening of the Teatro Comunale, he collaborates with Pietro Metastazio, one of the most important librettists/poets of all time, he writes demanding music, μουσική για δεξιοτέχνες σολίστες και οδηγεί τους πρωταγωνιστές του στα όρια της φωνητικής και της δραματικής τους αντοχής.

The Camerata-Orchestra of the Friends of Music made the first world recording of the work in the summer of 2011, under the musical direction of Giuseppe Sigismondi de Risio for the German company MDG. The album will be released internationally in March 2012 while it will be available on the days of the Megaros performances.

Fascinating and poetic Nigel Lowry, challenging director, με μεγάλη εμπειρία σε σύγχρονες και τολμηρές παραγωγές στα σπουδαιότερα θέατρα της Ευρώπης, proposes a particularly emotional and impressive reading of the work and with an aesthetic that creates the analog standards of our time to understand it: intrigue, διπλωματία, διαφθορά δια της ιδεολογίας, φανατισμός χωρίς ηθική.

Ιδανική συνάντηση του Λάουρι με τον βραβευμένο με ECHO KLASSIC Γιώργο Πέτρου, a highly sensitive musician specializing in the repertoire of this era, with the participation of the now internationally renowned Camerata-Orchestra of the Friends of Music.

The occasion: The Teatro Comunale of Bologna wanted an impressive premiere. His impresario sought out Gluck who had already written 30 operas, ήταν διάσημος στις σκηνές της Ευρώπης και είχε αρχίσει να μεταμορφώνει την όπερα προσθέτοντας όλο και περισσότερα δραματικά στοιχεία. Gluck, despite not having close ties to Bologna, accepted, but he preferred to use other librettos by Metastasius, suggested Olympiad, but the theater insisted on Clelia's Triumph. It had spectacular scenes that would show the technical excellence of the theater and an original text that would declare that the new stage was innovating.

Η πλοκή: Η Ρωμαία ευγενής Κλέλια αιχμαλωτίζεται από τον Ετρούσκο βασιλιά Πορσίννα, ο οποίος πολιορκεί τη Ρώμη. Ο Ταρκίνιος, Ρωμαίος αξιωματικός, πολεμάει στο πλευρό του Πορσίννα, in the hope that he will win the throne of Rome and the love of Clelia. By deceit and machinations, deceives the Roman soldier Horatio, beloved of Clelia and provokes the fatal confrontation: Etruscans and Romans clash on the Tiber bridge. Clelia with her courage and high principles will save her city and Gluck will sign a hymn to female heroism and the triumph of love.

The show: 14 May 1763. The opera was a success, but it was not a triumph. The more anxious audience responded to some tracks, appreciate the new musical idiom, the rich and sophisticated orchestration, but conservative audiences wanted more conventional spectacles. The costumes were by Antonio Galli da Bibiena, of the architect who had also designed the theater and had become the envy of the other architects of the city, which had been organized to discredit the opera. Clelia was performed several times during that period with the theater always full. Gluck supervised the rehearsals of the first three performances, as stipulated in the contract and left town.

The sequel: Clelia was abandoned after the Bologna performances. Her directing requirements, her vocal difficulties, το γεγονός ότι θεωρήθηκε ένα έργο γραμμένο για μια περίσταση, την καταδίκασαν στην αφάνεια. The 1904 ανακαλύφθηκε ένα χειρόγραφο αντίγραφο της παρτιτούρας της σε ένα αυστριακό μοναστήρι, but no one paid attention and it ended up in the archives of the Brussels Conservatory. From there he retrieved it 1963 Gianpietro Tidori and wanted to publish it for the 200 years of the Communal Theatre. He had an accident. The manuscript was finally published on 2008 from the publishing house Baerenreiter, in all of Gluck's.

The composition: THEGluck(1714-1787) set a drama of Metastasios to music (1698-1782) and made an opera that is at its core the voice, voice of masters, who sing a variety of impressive arias. Clelia's character is complex and multidimensional, sometimes heroic, sometimes scared, sometimes moody and sometimes silent, enables him to compose a nuanced musical dialogue and as in almost all of them 35 his operas, so to her, speaks to the public about responsibility, about the personal and moral transformations of man through the great historical events. Έζησε και ο ίδιος σε εποχή πολιτικής και κοινωνικής αστάθειας, η αμερικανική και η γαλλική επανάσταση, οι ναπολεόντειοι πόλεμοι επηρέασαν τη γραφή του και άλλαξαν δραματικά την όπερα.
In Italian with Greek subtitles
 

 Source : culturenow.gr