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Peter Turrini
"DA PONTE IN SANTA FE"
Peter Turrini’s play "Da Ponte in Santa Fé", commissioned by the Salzburg Festival, will be given its world premiere on 29 July 2002 in a staging by Claus Peymann.
"Don Giovanni" in the wild west
Mozart’s "Don Giovanni" in the Wild West: the opera house in Santa Fé is a converted saloon, the opera director is the former owner of the saloon and the ushers were originally the bodyguards. The title of the piece to be presented has of course to fit in with this style. And so, without any scruples, the title is changed into "Don Juan or The Man who Seduced over Two Thousand Women" because it is likely to sell better. All eventualities have been taken care of: go-go girls are there to loosen up the activity on stage and tarts ready to provide additional amusement for the guests of honour and those in the boxes so that they do not become too bored. And if, in spite of all this, anyone doesn’t like the performance, they’ll simply be bumped off.
Da Ponte as a brandy seller
Peter Turrini’s new play "Da Ponte in Santa Fé" is set in the
foyer of Santa Fé opera house. Lorenzo Da Ponte, disguised as a brandy
seller, has sneaked in and now intends to put right what has wronged him
for so long. People are always talking about the “Great Mozart”, the composer
is praised everywhere and yet the librettist is not even mentioned on
the poster. He has to go on stage.
All those who have no idea have to be told whom they should really be
admiring. But he is out of luck: the bodyguards always prevent him from
reaching the stage. And to cap it all a bandit appears on stage, disguised
as Mozart and demanding royalties …
Peter Turrini
Da Ponte in Santa Fé
Stage director Claus Peymann
Landestheater
World premiere on 29 July 2002
Further performances on 31 July,
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 August 2002
Performances begin at 7.30 p.m.
Tickets are available from
the Festival Ticket Office: 31 July,
1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 August
for € 15, € 25, € 40, € 50, € 75, € 95 and
€ 120.
Telephone: 0043 662 8045-500
Telefax: 0043 662 8045-555
E-mail: info@salzburgfestival.at