June 2014

Siroe
J. A. Hasse

The music of Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783), perhaps more than that of any other composer, typified the refined, aristocratic taste of the last decades of the European ancien régime. During his lifetime he was famous throughout Europe – the nineteenth-century French musicologist Fétis remarked: “… few artists had such success, or greater renown than Hasse. Few are so forgotten now.” Fortunately, during the last few years this situation has begun to change. It is clear to modern ears that Hasse’s fine music is ripe for re-discovery. Renowned above all for his gifts as a melodist, in Siroe Hasse offers a feast of rare vocal delights in the telling of a vivid story of passion, jealousy and intrigue.

Max Emanuel Cencic in a recent interview for Forum Opera. The interview was conducted by Mehdi Mahdavi in French.

 

STAGED AND SEMI-STAGED PERFORMANCES OF SIROE

directed by Max Emanuel Cencic:
June 26 and 27, 2014:
ATHENS FESTIVAL
Athens (GR)
(2 performances)

November 26 – 30, 2014:
OPERA ROYAL
Versailles (FR)
(3 performances)

April 18, 2015:
VIGSZINHAZ
Budapest (HU)
(1 performance semi-staged)

>November 9 – 11, 2016:
OPERA DE LAUSANNE
Lausanne (CH)
(2 performances semi-staged)

May 20 – 22, 2017:
HESSISCHES STAATSTHEATER WIESBADEN
Wiesbaden (DE)
(2 performances)

May 18, 2018:
MARKGRÄFLICHES OPERNHAUS BAYREUTH
Bayreuth (DE)
(1 performance semi-staged)

 

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