Arizona Opera brings Strauss's comic opera 'Ariadne auf Naxos' to the Temple of Music & Art this weekend.
Confusing, right?She is in the lead role of Ariadne in Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos,” which Arizona Opera is bringing to the Temple of Music & Art, 330 S. Scott Ave., for two performances this weekend.
People are also reading… But goofy kind of fits “Ariadne auf Naxos.” Here’s the storyline: An opera troupe has to share the stage with a burlesque comedy troupe, both hired by the richest man in Vienna to perform on the same evening. “I think it’s a really interesting character. You start with yourself playing an opera singer who then plays a character in an opera,” explained the Australian-born/London-based Nash, who was supposed to sing the role with Arizona Opera in the 2019-20 season but the performance was postponed due to the pandemic. “There’s you as a woman. There’s this Prima Donna, the character that you meet before the opera starts and who you also see peeking out in various pressured moments throughout the opera.
“That’s what is so difficult about this. As a singer, as an artist, I like to find humanity in all of these people and for these people to be as natural and real as possible,” said Hawkins, who in May won a prestigious Richard Tucker Career grant. “In this you have to find three different ways to make these people feel natural. You need to see the character, Ariadne. Then you need to see the Prima Donna and then you need to see me. It’s been a challenge, but we’re finding it.
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