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Nature works miracles
Rediscovered and boldly served: an Opera Buffa made by a Master
Comic opera was huge in fun-loving Europe around 1750. Everyone from Lisbon to St. Petersburg was scrambling to get a piece of Carlo Goldoni’s Venetian creations in combination with the hottest composers. That’s why Frederic II was entirely up to date when he brought Giuseppe Scarlati’s stage success »I portentosi effetti della Madre Natura« to Berlin and later moved it to the then brand-new Palace Theatre. And this is of course where it is brought back to life. A mere 250 years later.
Giuseppe Scarlatti
I portentosi effetti della Madre Natura
(The miraculous efficiencies of Mother Nature, 1752)
Dramma giocoso per musica
Based on a libretto Carlo Goldoni
Rupert Charlesworth, Celidoro
Filippo Mineccia, Ruggiero
Roberta Mameli, Lisaura
Benedetta Mazzucato, Cetronella
Maria Ladurner, Ruspolina
Niccolò Porcedda, Poponcino
Dana Marbach, Dorina
João Fernandes, Calimone
ENSEMBLE 1700
Dorothee Oberlinger, musical director
Emmanuel Mouret, stage director
David Faivre, stage design, costume design
Dagmar Pischel, dramaturg
Sergio Ciomei, accompaniment
Gerd Amelung, musical assistance
All of a sudden Celidoro moves from being entirely isolated to total freedom. Everything is completely new: the world, its people, the confusing presence of women and of course – his natural instincts keep colliding with all sorts of strange regulations. This light-hearted opera buffa sees him finding his way through the thicket of power and love games to his place in society. Giuseppe Scarlati, a little known member of the illustrious musical dynasty, positively scintillates with comedic esprit, enchanting melodiousness, sparkling coloraturas, and lively ensemble scenes. Dorothee Oberlinger and her Ensemble 1700 who were awarded an Opus Klassik for their Potsdam production of G.B. Bononcini’s »Polifemo«, ensure that the piece is in the best possible hands. Award-winning French film maker Emmanuel Mouret presents an exciting production boldly moving the piece to the present.
Performance in Italian with German surtitles
Length: about 3,5 hours including one intermission
A production of the Music Festival Potsdam Sanssouci in cooperation with Musica Bayreuth
