Release Date

19 Feb, 2016

Runtime

02:40: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Based on Shakespeare's "Measure for measure"

This Wagner opera is rarely performed because of the scandals that engulfed the Magdeburg Theatre when it was performed in 1836 under the title The Novice of Palermo, and became known as a cursed opera from which the composer had to distance himself. Wagner's adaptation of the story reflects the rebellious mood of a Revolutionary Germany, vindicating sensual love and attack the fanatical repression of sexuality by a puritanical and hypocritical authority. As the prose says, "Shame to him whose cruel striking/Kills for faults of his own liking!". One of the most extraordinary musicals based on a text by Shakespeare, especially worthy of a new performance as it is four hundred years since the death of the Bard.

Original Title

Das Liebesverbot

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Actors

Christopher Maltman

Peter Lodahl

Ilker Arcayürek

David Alegret

David Jerusalem

Manuela Uhl

María Miró

Ante Jerkunica

Isaac Galán

María Hinojosa

Francisco Vas

Crew

William Shakespeare

Coro del Teatro Real de Madrid

Ivor Bolton

Kasper Holten

Steffen Aarfing

Steffen Aarfing

Signe Fabricius

Bruno Poet

János Darvas

Andrés Máspero

Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner