The conclusion of Herrenhausen Baroque also marks the end of the Steffani Festival Week: With a large ensemble including Musica Alta Ripa, soloists from the HMTMH vocal classes, and various soloists, Steffani’s second grand Carnival opera “La Superbia d’Alessandro” is performed.
General Info
Date: February 28, 2027
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Galerie Herrenhausen, Hanover
Duration: approx. 100 minutes including intermission
Tickets: €35 / €25 / €15 / €10, reduced €20 / €15 / €10 / €5
Notes: An event of Forum Agostino Steffani e. V. in cooperation with the City of Hanover. The box office opens one hour before the start of the event. Tickets entitle you to admission to the Great Garden on the day of the event (please note the regular opening hours).
Reduced ticket categories
Students, trainees, university students and volunteers up to the age of 30, people with a degree of disability of at least 50 and HannoverAktivPass holders are entitled to reduced rates. Children under the age of 6 do not require a ticket if they do not have their own seat.
Performers
Johanna Winkel – Soprano
Magdalene Harer – Soprano
Franz Vitzthum – Altus
Yosemeh Adjei – Altus
Peter Kubik – Baritone
Soloists from the HMTMH vocal classes
Musica Alta Ripa
Bernward Lohr – Conducting
Programme
Agostino Steffani (1654–1728): La Superbia d’Alessandro (1690), concertante scenic performance
Description
The Herrenhausen Baroque concert series traditionally ends with the final concert of the Steffani Festival Week Hannover. “La Superbia d’Alessandro”, the pride and hubris of Alexander the Great, is the theme of the second Carnival opera that A. Steffani composed in 1690 for the grand opera house at Leineschloss. Together with his librettist Ortensio Mauro, he created a moral lesson on how success and power can go to a ruler’s head, a phenomenon that can be observed in the media almost daily today.
Besides the disturbing parallels to current political constellations, it is above all the indispensable love stories that provide wonderful vocal moments. International soloists guarantee a great emotional and musical experience.
An event of Forum Agostino Steffani e.V. in cooperation with the City of Hanover.
