La clemenza di Tito
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Milo Rau exposes the self-preserving strategies of the elite with Mozart's opera about the merciful Emperor Tito
Vitellia loves Tito, the emperor of the Roman Empire. When he does not reciprocate her love, she conspires with Tito's confidant Sesto to plot his assassination in order to seize power herself. The attempt fails. Tito refuses to punish his attackers and ultimately grants them clemency.
With this political and deeply human story - one of his very last compositions - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart created a music-theatrical masterpiece in which virtuoso arias and grand ensembles take center stage. But is Tito truly as merciful as he seems? That is the question posed by Swiss director Milo Rau in his interpretation.
Rau places Tito amidst a political and artistic elite world in which his goodness is revealed as a hidden strategy for self-preservation. Just like in his theater work, Rau also invites non-professional actors to participate in this opera. In both grand scenes and intimate documentary moments, they meet the excellent cast of soloists as well as the Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, under the inspiring direction of music director Alejo Pérez.
ca. 3 hours, including 1 break
Free introduction 60 minutes before the start of the performance.
After the performance on 17 Sept (Opera Antwerp), you can attend an afterword, 10 minutes after the end of the performance. Our dramaturges will engage in a conversation with the production team and the audience.
On Saturday, September 16th, at 8:00 PM, this performance will be broadcasted on Klara.
Coproduction with Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg and Wiener Festwochen
Italian with Dutch and English surtitles
The creators
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Alejo Pérez
Conductor
Milo Rau
Direction
Anton Lukas
Scenography
Ottavia Castellotti
Costume design
Jeremy Ovenden
Anna Malesza-Kutny
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Anna Goryachova
Maria Warenberg
Annio
