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Don Quichotte, the
Knight of the Lion
Comic chamber
balett/opera in two acts
Our project for 2001 was the performance
of Georg Philipp Telemann's comic chamber ballet/opera „Don Quichotte 
der
Löwensritter", (Don Quichotte, the Knight of the Lion) from 1761. With
its enchantingly fresh melodies and droll, pointed humor, this seldom- performed
German-language work anticipates the Singspiele of Haydn and Mozart. The subject
of Don Quichotte and Sancho Pansa - the Spanish pendants to the commedia
dell'arte figures of Capitano Spavento and Arlecchino - is also of timeless
actuality.
Since the performance of this piece
requires only a small number of soloists, and several roles can be taken by one
and the same player - as was usual in traveling theater companies of the Baroque
era - it is ideal for our ensemble.
The
work will be complemented by dances from Telemann's Don Quichotte Suite and
other overtures - including a Moors' dance in which the Moors badger Sancho
Pansa, an equestrian ballet with Rosinante and the donkey, Comacho's dance, and
the dances of the shepherds and shepherdesses. We hope to
again fill our audiences with enthusiasm for the enchanting world of the
Baroque.
TEATRO ARCIMBOLDO, Basel:
Direction: Thilo Hirsch
Cast:
Don Quichotte - N.N., tenor
Sancho Pansa - Thilo
Hirsch,
baritone
Quiteria - Sara
Bilén,
soprano
Pedrilla - Heike
Heilmann,
soprano
Comacho - Bernhard
Gertsch, tenor/dance
Basilio - Thilo
Hirsch
Schäferin - Barbara Leitherer,
Gudrun Skamletz, dance/recorder/soprano
Schäfer - Bernhard
Gertsch, dance/percussion
Orchestra:
Violin: Christoph Rudolf, Vitaly Shestakov
Viola: Roberta Lenzing
Violoncello: Franziska Finkh
Double-Bass: Michael Bürgin
Harpsichord: Angelika Hirsch
Theorbe: Agileu Motta
Choreography: Barbara Leitherer/Bernhard Gertsch
Costumes: Gigliola Vinci (La Scala/Milano)
Scenery: Michael Hein (Theater Basel)
Sponsors:
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This production was
supported by the following institutions:
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Kanton Basel-Landschaft, Erziehungs- und
Kulturdirektion
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Lotteriefonds Basel Landschaft
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Stadt Winterthur
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Kultur Aesch
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Stanley Thomas Johnson-Stiftung
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Jürg George Bürki
Stiftung
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GGG, Basel
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Stiftung der
Schweizerischen Landesausstellung 1939
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Volkart-Stiftung
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Endress+Hauser
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Die Mobiliar,
Versicherungen & Vorsorge
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M. und H. Ritz
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