Theater an der Wien to Present ‘Ambleto’ with Raffaele Pe

(Ph. Nicola Allegri)The Theater an der Wien is set to present Gasparini’s “Ambleto.“The baroque masterpiece, which is the very first opera in music history to tell the story of the Danish prince Hamlet, will be staged from May 6 to 17, 2025.

The opera will star countertenor Raffaele Pe in the title role, Miklós Sebestyén as Claudius, Ana Maria Labin as Gertrude, Erika Baikoff as Ophelia, Nikolay Borchev as Polonius, and Maayan Licht as Laertes. The production will be directed by Ilaria Lanzino, who also worked on the new dramaturgy with Pe.La Lira di Orfeo will perform the score with concertmaster Elisa CitterioIn a statement, Pe said, “For Vienna, we approached this project with respect for historical performance practice but with a deeply contemporary awareness.



‘Ambleto’ represents one possible way of imagining the performance of early music repertoire that often survives in fragmentary form. We didn’t want this marvellous music to remain unheard simply because part of its narrative body was lost. We chose to let it resound again, building an original yet philologically respectful journey, in tune with the musical and theatrical thinking of its time.

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