Credits:

Antonio Pappano

Description:

King Roger and his trusted advisor, the wise Edrisi, were concerned that a new pagan doctrine was spreading among the people. The king decided to meet with an unidentified shepherd said to be spreading the doctrine. However, it was the kings wife, Roxana, who was captivated by the shepherds striking beauty. When the shepherd, who had once taken his leave, returned to the palace, everyone insideincluding Roxanalost all self-control and eventually vanished, following him. The one who appeared before King Roger as he searched for his wife was Dionysus, the god of fertility and frenzy. Yes, the mysterious shepherd was none other than Dionysus in disguise. In the end, King Roger overcomes the gods temptation, but Based on the real 12th-century Sicilian king Roger II, this opera depicts the invasion of foreign cultures and paganism and the people swept up in its wakeas well as the figure of a mona