Wagner’s rarely performed early comic opera, based on Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, enjoys its Spanish debut in a new production by director Kasper Holten. The lively score boasts clear Italian, French and Weberian influences that pre-date the composer’s mature voice, yet the music continually delights with the unmistakable emergence of Wagner’s precocious genius. His adaptation of the Bard’s play reflects the rebellious mood of a Revolutionary Germany, vindicating sensual love and attacking the fanatical repression of sexuality by a puritanical and hypocritical authority. Ivor Bolton conducts a vibrant cast featuring English baritone and Cardiff Singer of the World Lieder Prize-winner Christopher Maltman, Turkish-Viennese tenor and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Ilker Arcayürek and Germany’s hottest Wagnerian leading lady, Manuela Uhl.

‘...The production by Kasper Holten is excellent: fun, imaginative, lively, and beautifully suited to a comic opera.’ - Seen and Heard International

Cast:
- Isabella: Manuela Uhl
- Friedrich: Christopher Maltman
- Lucio: Peter Lodahl
- Claudio: Ilker Arcayürek
- Brighella: Ante Jerkunica

Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/JP/KO
Running time: 160 minutes
Sound format: Dolby Digital 2.0 & DTS 5.1 Digital Surround