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The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos

Plot: Elijah Moshinsky’s witty production deftly walks the line between the lighthearted humor and the profound philosophical underpinnings of Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s opera, masterfully conducted here by Met Music Director James Levine. Deborah Voigt stars as Ariadne, the mythical heroine abandoned on the island of Naxos by her lover, and Richard Margison is Bacchus, the young god who eventually takes her away to a new life
Release Date: Thursday, April 3 2003
21 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Deborah VoigtDeborah VoigtDeborah Voigt was 42 in The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos as 'The Prima Donna / Ariadne'.
Birthday: Thu, Aug 04 1960
Portrait of Natalie DessayNatalie DessayNatalie Dessay was 37 in The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos as 'Zerbinetta'.
Birthday: Mon, Apr 19 1965
Portrait of Richard MargisonRichard MargisonRichard Margison was >> in The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos as 'The Tenor / Bacchus'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Nathan GunnNathan GunnNathan Gunn was 32 in The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos as 'Harlequin'.
Birthday: Thu, Nov 26 1970
Portrait of Susanne MentzerSusanne MentzerSusanne Mentzer was 46 in The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos as 'The Composer'.
Birthday: Mon, Jan 21 1957

Crew

Portrait of Elijah MoshinskyElijah MoshinskyElijah Moshinsky was 57 in The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos as 'Director'
Birthday: Tue, Jan 08 1946
Portrait of Hugo von HofmannsthalHugo von HofmannsthalHugo von Hofmannsthal was >> in The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos as 'Writer'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Richard StraussRichard StraussRichard Strauss would have been no older than 85 in The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos as 'Original Music Composer'
Birthday: Sat, Jun 11 1864 –
Thu, Sep 08 1949
Portrait of James LevineJames LevineJames Levine was 59 in The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos as 'Conductor'
Birthday: Wed, Jun 23 1943 –
Tue, Mar 09 2021
Portrait of MET OrchestraMET OrchestraMET Orchestra was >> in The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos as 'Sound'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday