Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Il re pastore

Serenata in two acts KV 208
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Stage Director, Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock
Stage, Costume Design Mirella Weingarten

Alessandro Kresimir Spicer
Aminta Annette Dasch
Elisa Marlis Petersen
Tamiri Arpiné Rahdjian
Agenore Andreas Karasiak
Geiger Sebastian Hamann


Michael Behringer, Hammerflügel
Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble


A Co-Production of Salzburger Festspiele
with Beethovenfest Bonn and Musikfest Bremen

Premiere: Salzburger Festspiele
July 2006, Alte Aula der Universität


DVD recording

“It was extremely refreshing and a great joy to witness Thomas Hengelbrock and the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble displaying such vitality, lyrical sensitivity, tone colour and musical rhetoric. Historical performance with no sign of wear and tear – a rhythmically rousing summer hit.” Opernglas

“Cheers and standing ovations at the Salzburg University Auditorium. A delightful, spirited and fitting production!” Wiener Zeitung

“As the conductor of the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble and as the director of this production, Thomas Hengelbrock seemed to turn water into wine and succeeded in creating a very powerful show, deserving of the rapturous applause it received.” Stuttgarter Zeitung