Name: Paride and Elena
Start: 2026-05-10T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-10T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Stadttheater Fürth

Gluck's Opera Revolution Resurfaces in Fürth

With Paride and Elena, a concert opera evening is scheduled at the Stadttheater Fürth on May 10, 2026, which combines historical performance practice, great voices, and baroque drama in a concentrated live atmosphere. The International Gluck Festival 2026 brings Christoph Willibald Gluck's Dramma per musica in five acts to the Great Hall, emphasizing that mixture of musical precision and emotional power that keeps Gluck's reform ideas alive to this day.

An Evening Between Musical Splendor and Reform Spirit

The production unites the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin under the direction of Michael Hofstetter with Samuel Mariño, Roberta Mameli, and the Ensemble Cantus Thuringia. At the center is a work considered a key piece of Gluck's operatic aesthetics: music and action merge into an affect-dramatic unity, which is particularly immediate in concert form. It is this reduction to voice, orchestra, and expression that sharpens the focus on Gluck's orchestration, the dramatic tension of the score, and the fine transition between intimacy and theatrical energy.

Historical Performance Practice with Fresh Radiance

Particularly appealing is the casting of the title role: for the first time since the 18th century, the role of Paride will be sung by a man, bringing a historical perspective to the premiere tradition back into audible focus. Samuel Mariño takes on this role with an extraordinary vocal range, while Roberta Mameli provides the vocal counterpoint. Together with the stylistically informed work of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, a concert experience emerges that does not feel museum-like but shines brilliantly in the present.

The Stadttheater Fürth as a Harmonious Setting

The Stadttheater Fürth offers the perfect setting for this concert opera performance: centrally located on Königstraße, easily accessible by subway and bus, and with parking options in surrounding parking garages. The evening thrives on concentrated attention, clear acoustics, and the audience atmosphere that builds up in just a few measures during great operatic works. Those who love historical opera, baroque emotion, and a high-caliber ensemble sound will experience a date of special significance here.

Conclusion: A Must-See for Opera Enthusiasts

Paride and Elena promises an evening of rare intensity in Fürth: powerful in sound, stylistically aware, and full of dramatic elegance. The combination of Gluck's reform opera, an international cast, and the concert form makes this performance a live experience that opera lovers should not miss.