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Rossini: Mosè in Egitto from Bregenz Festival

A rarely performed masterpiece staged by Lotte de Beer, who retrieves this hidden gem of opera literature for a spectacular staging.

A rarely performed masterpiece, Gioachino Rossini’s Mosè in Egitto at the Bregenz Festival staged by Lotte de Beer, who retrieves this hidden gem of opera literature for a spectacular staging. De Beer, one of the most soughtafter stage directors of her generation (International Opera Newcomer Award 2015) teams up with the Dutch theatre collective Hotel Modern to tell the story of the Biblical Exodus.

Their unique production concept for Mosè in Egitto revolves around the ingenuity of Hotel Modern. The theatre group conjures up its own reality by using live animations to portray the mass scenes and the parallel narratives of the people and the slaves. Miniature cameras, thousands of puppets, models of villages and cities and a spectacular aquarium installation present the biblical tale of plagues and the parting of the Red Sea on the Bregenz stage – “a stroke of genius” (Der Standard).

English title Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Original title Rossini: Moses in Ägypten
Genre Opera
Recording location Bregenz Festival, July 2017
Duration 150 mins
Production Company A co-production of ORF, tpc and UNITEL in cooperation with Bregenz Festival
Composer Gioachino Rossini
Orchestra / Band Wiener Symphoniker
Conductor Enrique Mazzola
Choir Prague Philharmonic Choir
Stage Director Lotte de Beer
Soloist Andrew Foster-Williams, Mandy Fredrich, Sunnyboy Dladla, Clarissa Costanzo, Goran Jurić