Neuburg Chamber Opera
The Neuburger Kammeroper e. V. is an institution that has been playing in the city theater of Neuburg an der Donau since 1969 and brings rarely performed works of music theater from the 18th and 19th centuries to the stage.
history
In 1868 the citizens of Neuburg had the superfluous ducal Zehentstadel in the historic old town converted into a late Biedermeier theater. After a thorough renovation under the Head of Culture Anton Sprenzel, it was reopened in 1969. The opera singer and director Horst Vladar , who grew up in Neuburg, founded the Neuburg Chamber Opera with Anton Sprenzel and his brother Heinrich Wladarsch (1939–2013) on this occasion. She brings new productions to the stage every summer and has made it her business to present (almost) unknown operas. It is now supported by the city and the district.
The musical direction or rehearsal took over u. a. Ralph Toursel, Georg Zettel, Reiner Baum, Markus Baisch, Markus Poschner , Stefan Klingele, Hartmut Hudeczek and Alois Rottenaicher . Set designers were u. a. Heinrich Wladarsch, Petra Mollerus, Ulrich Hüstebeck (1938–2014) and Michele Lorenzini. The translators and editors were Annette Vladar and Horst Vladar. The latter is the artistic director and has directed since 1969, until 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019 Michael Hoffmann also staged one of the two one-act plays. The vocal soloists are mostly committed to other houses. In addition, the orchestra of the Munich Academic Orchestra Association can be heard here on a regular basis. The choristers and some of the technicians are amateurs.
Staging of rarely performed operas
The Neuburg Chamber Opera is known for its performances of rarities. Most of the operas and operettas, which were always staged here in German, had only been played little or not at all since they were written. The performance material had to be specially prepared from handwritten sources.
Over the years, over fifty works of cheerful music theater - including numerous examples of opera buffa , dramma giocoso , opéra comique , Singspiel and Liederspiel - have been heard again in scenic performances . So far have been played:
- Adolphe Adam : La poupée de Nuremberg - The Nuremberg Doll (1979); Une bonne fortune - What luck (2013)
- Daniel-François-Esprit Auber : L'ambassadrice - The Ambassador (1975)
- Marcello Bernardini : Furberia e puntiglio - Clever and Stubborn (2015)
- Henri Montan Berton : Le grand deuil - The great grief (2009)
- Michele Carafa : Mariti aprite gli occhi! ossia La gelosia corretta - men! Open eyes! (2011)
- Charles Simon Catel : Les aubergistes de qualité - The noble hosts (1978)
- Domenico Cimarosa : Le astuzie femminili - Weiberlist (1974); L'impresario in angustie - Theatrical Adventures (2020)
- Franz Danzi : The Midnight Hour (1976)
- Pierre-Antoine-Dominique Della-Maria : L'oncle valet - The uncle and Le prisonnier - The arrestant (1980)
- Valentino Fioravanti : Le cantatrici villane - The village singers (1973)
- Domenico Fischietti : Il signor dottore - The Doctor (1995)
- Sophie Gail : Les deux jaloux - Jealousy (2013)
- Baldassare Galuppi : Il mondo alla roversa - The island of Voluptia or The women in power (1989)
- Manuel García : Il Califfo di Baghdad - The Caliph of Baghdad (2014)
- Francesco Gardi : Il medico a suo dispetto, ossia La muta per amore - doctor against his will ; L'incantesimo senza magia - Everything bewitched ?! (2017)
- Florian Leopold Gassmann : La contessina - The young countess (1971); La casa di campagna - A fine company (2001)
- Pierre Gaveaux : Un quart d'heure de silence - A quarter of an hour of silence (2009)
- André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry : L'Amant jaloux - The jealous lover (1981); Le Jugement de Midas - The Judgment of Midas (1994)
- Albert Grisar : Le chien du Jardinier - The gardener's dog and Bonsoir Monsieur Pantalon! - Good night, Mr. Pantalon! (2007)
- Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi : La lanterna di Diogene - The Lantern of Diogenes (1987)
- Jacques Fromental Halévy : L'éclair - The Lightning (1977)
- Ferdinand Hérold : L'Auteur mort et vivant - The dead poet lives and Le Muletier - The mule driver (2019)
- Friedrich Heinrich Himmel : The Goblin (1984)
- Nicolas Isouard : L'une pour l'autre - Who for whom? (1996); Joconde ou Les Coureurs d'aventures - Luck for adventure (2016)
- Conradin Kreutzer : The Two Figaro (1998)
- Nicola Logroscino : Il governatore - Da Bürgamoasta (1991, translated into Bavarian dialect)
- Heinrich Marschner : Der Bäbu (2018)
- Vicente Martín y Soler : L'arbore di Diana - The Tree of Diana (1982)
- Jean-Paul-Égide Martini : Le droit du seigneur - The right of the feudal lord (2005)
- Victor Massé : Les noces de Jeanette - The Wedding of Jeanette (1979)
- Johann Simon Mayr : Di locanda in locanda e semper in sala - From inn to inn (1997)
- Étienne-Nicolas Méhul : Le trésor supposé - The treasure digger and Le prince troubadour - Troubadours (1983)
- Francesco Morlacchi : Il barbiere di Siviglia - The Barber of Seville (1992)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Bastien and Bastienne (1969); The Acting Director - Theatrical Adventures (2020)
- Johann Gottlieb Naumann : La dama soldato - The defensive lady (2002)
- Jacques Offenbach : La chatte métamorphosée en femme - The transformed cat and Pepito - The girl from Elizondo (1972)
- Ferdinando Paër : La testa riscaldata - The hothead (2015)
- Giovanni Paisiello : Il barbiere di siviglia, ovvero La precauzione inutile - The Barber of Seville (1970)
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi : La serva padrona - The maid as mistress (1969)
- François-André Danican Philidor : Blaise le savetier - How to pay off debts and Les femmes vengées - The revenge of women (1986)
- Marcos António Portugal : La donna di genio volubile - The story of the capricious princess (1990)
- Pietro Raimondi : Il Ventaglio - The Fan (2008)
- Johann Joseph Rösler : Le due burle - The game of love and chance (1999)
- Antonio Salieri : L'Angiolina ossia Il matrimonio per sussurro - Angiolina (1985) and Il mondo alla rovescia - The wrong world (2010)
- Franz Seydelmann : Il turco in Italia - The Turk in Italy (1993)
- Anton Schweitzer : The Village Gala (1988)
- Louis Spohr : Zemire and Azor (2000); The duel with the beloved (2012)
- Joseph Weigl : L'amor marinaro ossia Il corsaro - Strandgut (2003)
- Peter von Winter : Ogus ossia Il trionfo del bel sesso - The battle of the sexes (2006)
- Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli : La secchia rapita - The stolen bucket (2004)
Web links
- Official website
- Neuburg Chamber Opera at Operabase (productions, artists and calendar)
- Orchestra of the Munich Academic Orchestra Association (AOVM)