Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Staatsoper Berlin 2016)

Jan 1, 2016

2h 55m

★ 0.0

Opera, Drama

Overview

Bellezza (Beauty) admires herself in the mirror, but knows that her beauty will one day pass. Piacere (Pleasure) tries to cheer her up, promising her eternal beauty if she remains only faithful to pleasure. Bellezza promises never to leave her, or else to accept severe punishment. Piacere warns of the destructive power of useless worry, but now Tempo (Time) and Disinganno (Disillusion) get involved in the conversation. Together they seek to explain the ephemeral nature of beauty, which quickly wilts like a blossom.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Bellezza

Hélène Le Corre

Piacere

Inga Kalna

Disinganno

Sara Mingardo

Tempo

Charles Workman

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Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Staatsoper Berlin 2016)

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