Don Quijote

Opera pastiche by Thom Luz

With music by Ruperto Chapi, Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, Pedro Halffter, Jacques Ibert, Wilhelm Kienzl, Jules Massenet, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Saverio Mercadante, Henry Purcell, Maurice Ravel, Georg Philipp Telemann

A fantastic journey through the centuries

Riding a rickety horse, Don Quixote traverses the plains of La Mancha. His boundless imagination transforms windmills into giants, taverns into castles, and a stranger into an immortal lover. Cervantes’ famous novel defies all conventions. Thousands of adaptations have already failed spectacularly in their attempt to retell his story. Theater artist Thom Luz follows in the footsteps of the dreamy knight, crisscrossing through music history all the way to his deathbed. But Don Quixote isn’t ready: fleeing his death scene, he hides within works spanning four centuries. This poetic game of confusion keeps conjuring up new castles in the air, leaving only one question: Who is right—the dreamer or reality?

Cast:

Dietrich Henschel
André Morsch
Marius Aron
Nathan Schludecker
Hope Nelson
Harpa Ósk Björnsdóttir
Ervin Ahmeti
Jan Bluthardt

Kammerorchester Basel

Statisterie Theater Basel

Artistic cast:
Conductor – Eduardo Strausser/Hélio Vida

Inszenierung – Thom Luz

Musikalisches Konzept/Arrangements – Mathias Weibel

Bühne – Muriel Gerstner

Kostüme – Tina Bleuler

Video – Jonas Alsleben

Lichtdesign – Cornelius Hunziker

Dramaturgie – Meret Kündig

Licht – Cornelius Hunziker