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.
Christopher Maltman
as Friedrich
Peter Lodahl
as Lucio
Ilker Arcayürek
as Claudio
David Alegret
as Antonio
David Jerusalem
as Angelo
Manuela Uhl
as Isabella
María Miró
as Mariana
Ante Jerkunica
as Brighella
Isaac Galán
as Danieli
María Hinojosa
as Dorella
Francisco Vas
as Pontio Pilato
