Die Kluge by Carl Orff
Textbearbeitung Armela Madreiter
Conductor: Anna Handler
Director
:
Giulia Giammona
Sets and Costumes
: Selina Nowak
Choreography collaborator: Alessandra Bareggi
Dramaturgy: Andrea Schönhofer
Lightdesign: Stefan Ebelsberger
Assistant director: Madita Mönch
With Marie Maidowski, Jack Lee, Tamara Obermayr, Cornelia Dexl, Brett Pruunsild, Konstantin Igel, Friedemann Gottschlich, Manuel Wickhler, Egor Sergeev
Salzburg Orchestra Soloists
Salzburger Festspiele 2024,
Schauspielhaus Salzburg
‘Oh, if only I had believed my daughter!’ laments the father. After all, she had warned him about the king’s suspiciousness… When her father discovers a valuable object, the king accuses him of keeping a part of it for himself. The father is promptly thrown in prison. Hearing his cries of woe, the king summons the man’s daughter. He poses three riddles, which she solves without difficulty. Impressed by her cleverness, he takes her as his wife. But when she exposes another error of judgement by the king, he casts her out and allows her to take only ‘what her heart holds most dear’ with her… Nine performers and an orchestra of 15 musicians will explore pressing questions of justice and injustice, power and powerlessness for a young audience. And the biggest question of all: what does the wise daughter take with her?
Photos Leopold / Borelli