Handel: Admeto

Axel Kohler, the internationally renowned countertenor has brought Admeto into the modern era in timeless style by the skillful application of imaginative theatrical digressions. Köhler's production at the Halle Opernhaus revisits a work that encompasses comedy, tragedy and almost absurd grotesqueness, couching it in the convincing metaphor of a modern hospital.

Director: Axel Köhler

Cast

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Matthias Rexroth

Admeto, King of Thessaly

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Romelia Lichtenstein

Alceste, wife of Admeto

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Mechthild Bach

Antigona, a Trojan princess

Tim Mead

Trasimede, brother of Admeto

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Raimund Nolte

Hercules

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Melanie Hirsch

Orindo, a courtier

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Gerd Vogel

Meraspe, confident of Antigona

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Howard Arman

Oracle of Apollo (Voice)