Piramo e Tisbe mit der Akamus Berlin

In the organizer's words:

The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin is a guest at St. Elisabeth Church with an exceptional work and a fantastic cast of singers: "Piramo e Tisbe", an intermezzo tragico by Johann Adolph Hasse.

When Johann Adolph Hasse wrote "Piramo e Tisbe" in 1768, he was probably the most frequently performed opera composer of the late Baroque period. With the emotionally gripping 'Intermezzo tragico', he musically entered a new opera era. The literary material on which the work is based has Shakespearean qualities: the family feud between two young, unhappy lovers is reminiscent of 'Romeo and Juliet' and indeed the drama about Piramo and Tisbe's forbidden love is known today primarily as a parody of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.

Hasse set the tragic events to music in a groundbreaking, colorful and expressive way. By leaving behind long frozen operatic conventions, his music gained a compelling dramatic flow that became groundbreaking for Viennese classical music.

Program:
Johann Adolph Hasse: "Piramo e Tisbe" (1768)
Intermezzo tragico - libretto by Marco Coltellini
Performance in Italian language

With:
Anett Fritsch, Piramo
Roberta Mameli, Tisbe
Jeremy Ovenden, Father

Bernhard Forck, concertmaster

Tickets:
from 22 € plus fees | online at akamus.reservix.de
Remaining tickets available at the Box Office.

Organizer:
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in cooperation with Kultur Büro Elisabeth
Further information: www.akamus.de

Supported by:
Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion

Price information:

Tickets: from €22 plus fees | online Remaining tickets available at the Box Office.