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SUMMARY:Masque of Might - Henry Purcell / David Pountney
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKET\n\nTheatre of the Warsaw Chamber Opera\n  \nHenry Purcell / David Pountney\nMasque of Might\nLibretto | David Pountney\n  \nCreative Team\nDirection | David Pountney\nMusic Direction | Paul Goodwin\nSet Design | Leslie Travers\nCostumes | Marie-Jeanne Lecca\nChoreographer and Associate Director | Denni Sayers\nLighting Direction | Paweł Murlik\nVideo Projections  | David Haneke\nAssistant Conductor | Miłosz Korpol\nAssistant Director | Magdalena Milczarska\nAssistant Set Designer | Katarzyna Gabrat-Szymańska\nAssistant Choreographer | Sebastian Piotrowicz\n\nCast\n\nNebulous / Activist / Wolf | Andri Björn Róbertsson\nElena / Witch | Dorota Szczepańska\nTousel Blond / Fox | Ray Chenez\nStrumpet Ginger | Rafał Tomkiewicz\nDiktat | Brett Polegato\nScrofulous / Toady / Seer / Saul | Krzysztof Lachman\nSceptic / Samuel | Mariusz Godlewski\n\n\nDancers\nSebastian Piotrowicz\, Jakub Piotrowicz\, Jarema Serafin\,\nNatalia Jóźwiak\, Weronika Wołowicz\, Weronika Juchimiuk\n\n\n\nThe Choir of the Warsaw Chamber Opera\nChorus Master | Krzysztof Kusiel-Moroz\n  \nPeriod Instrument Orchestra of the Warsaw Chamber Opera\nMusicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense (MACV)\nConductor | Paul Goodwin\n\nIn a setting filled with magic and mystery\, two powerful beings – Nebulous and Elena – look down upon an Earth plunged into chaos\, over which the ruthless ruler Diktat is beginning to assert his power. They summon gods and spirits\, asking them to shroud the world in darkness. Meanwhile\, two sycophants\, Tousel Blond and Ginger Strumpet\, pay homage to the new tyrant. \nDiktat reviews a procession of prisoners arrested for their climate activism. Nebulous and Scrofulous attempt to warn him about the suffering of the planet and the consequences of its continuing destruction. Nebulous paints a harrowing picture of a poisoned and devastated Earth. Enraged\, the ruler orders both men to be imprisoned. \nThe prisoners sink into despair and beg for an end to their torment. Before them appears a body covered with a shroud. Diktat reveals the corpse of Nebulous\, while Elena mourns his death. \nIn a grotesque display of strength and masculinity\, Diktat kills a wild boar\, and his entourage hails him as a hero. Elena\, still consumed by grief\, is forced to join Sceptic and the tyrant’s supporters in paying tribute to him. \nSceptic persuades Strumpet and Tousel to turn against the ruler. At last\, they recognise the emptiness of the flattery\, deceit and lies that sustain Diktat’s regime. Sceptic meets Activist in secret. Together\, they call upon the forces of nature – the wind\, the earth and the elements – to rise against the tyrant. \nDiktat begins to be haunted by nightmares. Overcome by growing fear\, he encounters a Wolf and a Fox\, who convey to him the cries of the trees and of nature itself\, demanding to be heard. The ruler rejects their warnings\, dismissing the prospect of climate catastrophe as a lie and a hoax. \nSceptic\, Activist and Elena summon the dead to rise and bear witness to the disintegration of the world – the roar of melting glaciers\, the trembling earth and the destruction of nature. Increasingly terrified\, Diktat longs to know the future. \nA Seer appears before him and reminds him that every human being\, even a king\, must submit to destiny. The Seer\, Sceptic and Elena reveal to Diktat a vision in the form of a play. In it\, King Saul visits the Witch of Endor in order to learn what the future holds and discovers that his reign is drawing to an end. \nCrushed by this revelation\, Diktat begs God for mercy. His power collapses\, and he is destroyed. Elena reveals her true identity – the Queen of the Night. \nThe darkness recedes. Light returns\, and the wounded Earth begins to heal.
URL:https://operakameralna.pl/en/event/masque-of-might-henry-purcell-david-pountney-4/
LOCATION:Theatre of the Warszawska Opera Kameralna\, al. Solidarności 76b
CATEGORIES:Opera,XIII Baroque Opera Festival
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