Film
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.
Overview
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.
Cast
- Matthias RexrothAdmeto, King of Thessaly
- Romelia LichtensteinAlceste, wife of Admeto
- Mechthild BachAntigona, a Trojan princess
- Tim MeadTrasimede, brother of Admeto
- Raimund NolteHercules
- Melanie HirschOrindo, a courtier
- Gerd VogelMeraspe, confident of Antigona
- Howard ArmanOracle of Apollo (Voice)
