Dante – Ecce Deus | Opera by Patrick Cassidy | Theater Hof

Ecce Deus Act I, Scene II from Dante opera by composer Patrick Cassidy. A May Day Festival in the City of Flowers, the boy Dante first beholds Beatrice. Libretto Dante Apparve vestita di nobilissimo colore, umile e onesto, sanguigno Chorus Ecce deus fortior me Beatrice Apparuit iam beatitudo vestra Dante Qui veniens dominabitur michi Ella non parea figliuola d'uomo mortale, ma di deo Heu miser Quia frequenter impeditus ero deinceps Dante Clad, she appeared, in the noblest colour, a modest and befitting crimson. Chorus Behold a stronger god than I Beatrice Now your bliss is manifest Dante Who coming over me shall rule Offspring not of mortal man But of a god, she looked Alas, wretched I am Often I shall be stifled from now on This excerpt is from Theater Hof's 2024 world-premiere production. WORLD PREMIERE 15 June 2024 Großes Haus, Theater Hof, Germany PERFORMERS Dante - Minseok Kim Beatrice - Inga Lisa Lehr Opernchor Theater Hof Narrator - Volker Ringe Orchestra - Hofer Symphoniker CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION CREDITS Music - Patrick Cassidy Intendant and Stage Director: Reinhardt Friese Narrator texts and stage direction - Reinhardt Friese Texts - Dante Alighieri, from Vita Nuova and Divina Commedia Musical Direction - Ivo Hentschel Set and Costume Design - Annette Mahlendorf Choreography - Barbara Buser Chorus director - Lucia Birzer Videography - Kristoffer Keudel Lighting design - Jürgen Burger Assistant director and Abendspielleitung - Lena Herpich Ballet assistant - Norbert Lukaszewski Stage management - Yana Andersson Prompter - Izabela Kuc Musical preparation and répétiteurs - David Preil and Sena Uto Supertitles - Thomas Schindler Supertitle operation - Florentine Wild #Dante #DanteOpera #PatrickCassidy #EcceDeus #PatrickCassidyComposer