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FEL!X. Meike Droste | Elias Arens | Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

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Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 20:00
One of the biggest successes in German musical theatre wasn't an opera, but Georg Anton Benda's melodrama "Medea." It combined spoken text with orchestral music and staging. The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin presents this rarity with renowned actors Meike Droste and Elias Arens. Mozart's "Haffner Symphony" serves as the overture, referencing his admiration for Benda's work and its influence on pieces like "The Abduction from the Seraglio."

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Musicians

Meike DrosteSpeaker
Elias ArensSpeaker
Akademie für Alte Musik BerlinEnsemble
Bernhard ForckViolin, Director

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSinfonie D-Dur KV 385 (»Haffner-Sinfonie«)
Georg Anton BendaMedea Ein mit Musik vermischtes Melodram (Mannheimer Fassung 1784). Text von Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter
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