Semiramis / Don Juan
Christoph Willibald Gluck, an innovator and dance enthusiast, worked throughout his life to transform ballet from mere entertainment into an expressive and autonomous art form. In 1761, in Vienna, his ballet Don Juan became the manifesto of ballet-pantomime and the first “ballet” in the modern sense of the term.
Edward Clug (Don Juan) and Ángel Rodríguez (Semiramis) reveal the eternal modernity of these two scores. This exceptional programme is conducted by the great master of early and Baroque music, Jordi Savall, who conducts his Le Concert des Nations.
Semiramis
Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi and original choreography by Gasparo Angiolini, after the homonymous tragedy by Voltaire (1748).
World premiere in 1765 at the K.K. Theater an der Burg, Vienna
Don Juan
Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi and original choreography by Gasparo Angiolini, after Molière's work Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre (1665)
Artistic team
Conductor | Jordi Savall
Dance direction | Beate Vollack
Sémiramis
Choreography | Ángel Rodríguez
Set design | Curt Allen Wilmer, Leticia Gañán
Costume design | Rosa Ana Chanza Hernández
Lighting design | Nicolás Fischtel
Don Juan
Choreography | Edward Clug
Set design | Marko Japelj
Vestuario | Leo Kulaš
Costume design | Tomaž Premzl
Ballet de l’Opéra national du Capitole
Le Concert des Nations
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