Musical theater based on the tragedy by William Shakespeare
with music by Henry Purcell
In German and English with German and English surtitles

Premiere: June 3, 2024

Bach Consort Vienna
Fabian Tobias Huster, Martina Neubauer, Antoine Amariu:Campus-Cooperation with students of the MUK Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien
Conductor: Benjamin Bayl
Director: Kateryna Sokolova

Richard, Duke of Gloucester and brother to the king, murders and conspires his way to the English throne. With great candour, Richard tells his audience all about his unscrupulous plans and why he decided to be a villain. The story of the rise and fall of King Richard III that William Shakespeare tells in the historical drama he wrote in 1593 is a textbook example of a tyrant who uses violence to reach the top without having any political vision other than the exercise of power.
Director Kateryna Sokolova focuses her production on Richard’s talent for deception: three performers – a singer, an actor and a dancer – portray the many facets of the power-hungry king. Shakespeare’s play and the music of English composer Henry Purcell form the basis of this musical theatre production which Kateryna Sokolova has developed in collaboration with the conductor Benjamin Bayl.