Apollo et Hyacinthus

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Description

Apollo et Hyacinthus is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756-1791) first venture into opera and was composed when Mozart was merely 11 years old.

Despite his young age, this opera already showed evident signs of mastery with the musical form. Rarely performed, this opera is based on the story of Hyacinth and Apollo from Greek mythology which tells the tale of the love between Apollo and the young Spartan prince Hyacinth, as well as the murder of Hyacinth due to Zephyrus’ jealousy.

In this interpretation of Apollo et Hyacinthus, Director Fabio Ceresa gives a new flavour to Mozart’s piece through an opulent rendition of the opera complemented by set and costume design by Giuseppe Palella.

This production forms part of the Valletta Early Opera Festival, and is supported by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura La Valletta and the Ministry for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government.

Cast

Apollo: Filippo Mineccia Hyacinthus: Federico FiorioMelia: Claire DebonoOebalus: Raffaele GiordaniZephyrus: Danilo PasotreSacerdos: Albert Buttigieg-Arianna Art Ensemble:1st Violin: Angelo Calvo, Gabriele Pro, Beatrice Scaldini, Gabriele Politi2nd Violin: Francesco Colletti, Andrea Lizarraga, Raffaele Nicoletti, Katarzyna SoleckaViola: Sara Bagnati, Giorgio ChinniciCello: Anna Camporini, Andrea RiganoControbasso: Marco Lo CiceroOboe: Rei Ishizaka, Fabio D’OnofrioFagotto: Angelo Caruso, Alessandro NaselloFrench Horn: Alessandro OrlandoHarpsichord / Pianoforte: Daniel PererDancers: Alexia Bugeja, Aaliyah Grech Delceppo

Artistic Team

Music:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto:Rufinus Widl
Director:Fabio Ceresa
Set & Costume Design:Giuseppe Palella
Conductor:Giulio Prandi