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La Margarita - Ein barockes Rossballett

La Margarita - a baroque horse ballet

A short review to La Margarita, a baroque horse ballet, the highlight of the festival Styriarte 2017

Programme

A baroque horse ballet. Opera scenes from Emilio de Cavalieri's "La Pellegrina", Antonio Cesti's "Il pomo d'oro" and "Orontea", Francesco Cavalli's "Serse" and "Il Giasone", Alessandro Stradella's "San Giovanni Battista" Ballet music by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer & Antonio Cesti.

Artists

Julla von Landsberg, soprano as La Musica
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti, countertenor as Herkules
Daniel Johannsen, tenor as Kaiser Leopold I
Jochen Kupfer, baritone as Hesperos
Neue Hofkapelle Graz
Trumpet Consort Innsbruck, direction: Andreas Lackner, trumpet
Michael Hell, harpsichord & usaical direction
Lilli Hartmann, stage setting
Epona - Spanische Reitschule Hungary
Dorottya Borsó, choreographie

Recorded in July 2017 at the Styriarte Festival in Schloss Schielleiten.

A film by Reziprok.
A production from the House of Styriarte.

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