Glyndebourne Prom: Ariadne auf Naxos

The music

• Richard Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos (semi-staged) (120 mins)

The performers

• Rachel Willis-Sørensen Ariadne
• David Butt Philip Bacchus
• Alina Wunderlin Zerbinetta
• Mikhail Timoshenko Harlequin
• Caspar Singh Scaramuccio
• Liam James Karai Truffaldino
• Liam Bonthrone Brighella
• Samantha Hankey Composer
• Michael Kraus Music Master
• Ru Charlesworth Dancing Master
• Anna Denisova Naiad
• Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein Dryad
• Eirin Rognerud Echo
• Robin Ticciati conductor
• Glyndebourne Festival Opera
• London Philharmonic Orchestra

The richest man in Vienna has commissioned an evening’s entertainment.

But when an opera and a comedy troupe are forced to share the same stage, all bets are off. Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos is part farce, part dream-like fantasy, set to one of the composer’s most luscious scores. It comes fresh from the Glyndebourne Festival, performed complete at the Proms for the first time in nearly half a century.

Audio-described by Timna Fibert

There will be one interval. Sung in German, with English surtitles.