Serse - Opéra de Rouen Normandie (2023) - Serse - Opéra de Rouen Normandie (2023)

Description

Coproduction Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Staatstheater Nürnberg

Two brothers, two sisters, but only one love story, that of Romilda and Arsamene, threatened on one hand by an elder brother as formidable as he is powerful, and on the other one by a younger sister all the more dangerous for being a coquette…
Add another relentless lover, a clueless father and a fanciful accomplice, and you have all the ingredients of a frenetic romantic comedy. Everyone runs after and from everyone else, going through all the locations in the Land of Tendre on their way, from the sea of Enmity to the river of Gratitude.
Subtly carried through these emotionnal meanderings by Handel’s enchanting music, the idle and rambuctious youths embark on a journey of self-discovery, following paths criss-crossing as so many skateboarding runs.
The initiation of Serse and his crew takes place in the heart of the city: the skatepark provides a space where everyone can freely express her- or himself, and even try on new personas or identities through cross-dressing, as Amastre and Elviro do.
And of course, as in any self-respecting romantic comedy, it all leads to a happy ending: just roll with it!

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