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Polifemo by Nicola A. Porpora tours in May 2023

Parnassus Arts Productions and his artistic director Max Emanuel Cencic remain true to their reputation for rediscovering unknown Baroque operas, some of which have not been performed since the 18th century. In this spirit, Parnassus presents the upcoming revival tour of Nicola Antonio Porpora's opera Polifemo.

Two concert performances of this magnificent opera will be presented on Thursday 4 May 2023 at 19:00 in Hall E of the Museumsquartier Wien, which is the venue of the Musiktheater an der Wien under the new artistic directorship of Stefan Herheim, and on Saturday 6 May 2023 at 13:00 as part of the Zaterdaag series in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. On 27 May 2023 at 19:30, the staged version of Polifemo directed by Max Emanuel Cencic, which was acclaimed by the press and audience in Salzburg, will finally be shown again at the International May Festival at the Hessisches Staatstheater. All information about the Polifemo performance in Wiesbaden and how to order tickets can be found here.

Max Emanuel Cencic, artistic director of Bayreuth Baroque, singer, director, producer and agent, will stage the production Polifemo in Wiesbaden and will take on the role of Ulisse.

In Wiesbaden there will be an exclusive CD sale of the new Polifemo CD after the performance. In Vienna and Amsterdam the Polifemo CD's can be pre-ordered. You can also order the new recording on the Parnassus webshop. The pre-sale of the Polifemo CD starts on 20 May 2023, the Polifemo CD will be released in September 2023.

Here is an overview of the Polifemo cast:

Musical Director: George Petrou (Vienna, Amsterdam) / Markellos Chryssicos (Wiesbaden).
Director: Max Emanuel Cencic
Set design: Ann-Margit Berger
Costumes: Giorgina Germanou
Light designer: Stella Kaltsou
Video: Sarah Scherer
Assistant director: Constantina Psoma

Ulisse: Max Emanuel Cencic
Aci: Franco Fagioli (Vienna, Amsterdam) / Yuriy Mynenko (Wiesbaden)
Galathea: Julia Lezhneva
Polifemo: Sreten Manojlovic
Calipso: Sonja Runje
Nerea: Rinnat Moriah

Orchestra: Armonia Atenea

CD Carlo il Calvo released

Parnassus Arts Productions is happy to announce the release of the brand-new Carlo il Calvo CD.

The details:

CARLO IL CALVO, Opera by Nicola Antonio Porpora
World premiere recording with Max Emanuel Cencic (Lottario), Franco Fagioli (Adalgiso), Julia Lezhneva (Gildippe), Suzanne Jerosme (Giuditta), Bruno De Sà (Berardo), Petr Nekoranec (Asprando) and Nian Wang (Eduige).

Parnassus Arts Productions (label), Armonia Atenea (orchestra), George Petrou (conductor).

A co-production with BR - Bayerischer Rundfunk.
The premiere of the new staged production Carlo il Calvo took place on 3rd September 2020 at the Margravial Opera House as part of the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival.
Special thanks to The Linbury Trust for their support of Armonia Atenea.

You can order the CD here:

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Announcing Bayreuth Baroque 2023

BAYREUTH BAROQUE OPERA FESTIVAL: 07-17 September 2023
For the first time with two staged opera productions and exclusive concerts

The BAYREUTH BAROQUE opera festival presents its fourth edition and will offer two staged opera productions for the first time in autumn 2023. For the opening of the festival, Max Emanuel Cencic (artistic director) will present us his take on Handel’s Flavio, Re de’ Longobardi. A political satire with which the composer took the stereotypes of the heroic opera in his stride, surprising not only the London audience of the time.
Max Emanuel Cencic will stage the production of Flavio and sing the role of Guido alongside with Julia Lezhneva (Emilia), Yuriy Mynenko (Vitige), Remy Bres-Feuillet (Flavio), Sreten Manojlovic (Gismondo) and Fabio Trümpy (Ugone). Benjamin Bayl will conduct Concerto Köln, who are the residence orchestra of the festival 2023.

The second production takes us back to the birth of opera with Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, which is translated into the 21st century with transcriptions, live electronics and partly newly composed music. Rolando Villazón embodies the title role of this exciting new version of L’Orfeo. In its Germany premiere, Markellos Chryssicos will conduct his orchestra Latinatas Nostra.

Continue reading the PDF with the full program.

Box offices will open at www.bayreuthbaroque.de from 27 January 2023, 9am on.

We’r very much looking forward to welcome you at Bayreuth Baroque 2023 !

Ottone canceled

Max Emanuel Cencic has ruptured a muscle in his leg and, much to his regret, has to cancel the production of OTTONE scheduled at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Healing will take eight weeks and therefore make his participating in the rehearsals and preparations impossible.
Max Emanuel Cencic hopes to be able to return onto stage soon and thanks his Karlsruhe audience for their understanding.
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40 years on stage (broadcast of concert program Senesino)

On September 10th, 2022, on the occasion of a Gala concert celebrating his 40th stage anniversary at the Markgräfliches Opernhaus in Bayreuth and accompanied by George Petrou and his Armonia Atenea, Max Emanuel Cencic presented his new program Senesino consisting of arias composed by George Frideric Handel for star castrato Senesino.

See here a recording by ARTE.

Danke! Thank you!

Schön, daß Sie bei Bayreuth Baroque 2022 mitdabei waren.
Wir sehen uns von 7.-17. September 2023 bei Bayreuth Baroque 2023.

Thank you for being with us at Bayreuth Baroque 2022.
We'll see again at Bayreuth Baroque 2023, from 7 to 17 September 2023.