Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) Cublai, Gran Kan de’ Tartari (1788)
Dramma eroicomico in two acts from a libretto by Giovanni Battista Casti, composed in 1788 and never performed during the author’s lifetime.
Director Martin G. Berger Stage set Sarah-Katharina Karl Costumes Alexander Djurkov Hotter Dramaturgy Philipp Amelungsen, Christian Schröder
Cast
Carlo Lepore Cublai Marie Lys Alzima Alasdair Kent Timur Lauranne Oliva Lipi Fabio Capitanucci Orcano Äneas Humm Posega Ana Quintans Memma Giorgio Caoduro Bozzone
Arnold Schœnberg Chor Erwin Ortner, Choirmaster
Les Talens Lyriques Conductor, Christophe Rousset
“Salieri composed this dramma eroicomico to a libretto by Giovanni Battista Casti, Lorenzo Da Ponte’s great rival in Vienna in the 1780s. This quite amazing work was not performed in the eighteenth century. Commissioned shortly before Austria entered the Russo-Turkish conflict in 1788, it was rehearsed, but for political reasons could not be premiered. So here we present the world premiere performance in Italian of Cublai, Gran Kan de’ Tartari, with a very fine cast, and staging by the young and talented Martin G. Berger.”
– Christophe Rousset
