Lyric Opera Of Melbourne Season 2008 presents

Il re pastore - The Shepherd King
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(Sung in Italian with English subtitles)
Conductor: Daniel Phillips
Director: Naomi Edwards
Music Director: Amanda Hodder
Performed at Chapel Off Chapel

Written in six weeks in 1775 by a 19yr old Mozart, Il re pastore was commissioned for a visit by the Archduke Maximillian Franz to Salzburg. This opera seria is often referred to as a serenata, a type of dramatic cantata.

Il re pastore is set in Sidon (Lebanon) after the overthrow of Stratone (the tyrant of Sidon) by Alessandro - the king of Macedonia. Thus begins the search for Sindon’s rightful Monarch. We find a pair of lovers, Aminta (a shepherd) and his love Elisa (a shepherdess) declaring their love for each other; and Tamiri (the daughter of Stratone) and Agenore (a Sidonian aristocrat). And so begins the battle between the demands of love and the duty of kingship.

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18 – 26 April
April 18, 22, 23, 24 and 26 at 8pm
April 20 at 5pm
Tickets: $48 Full, $38 Con
Bookings: 03 8290 7000 or www.chapeloffchapel.com.au
Chapel Off Chapel
12 Little Chapel St
Prahran
Melways: Map 2L Ref J10