The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele
Opera, Drama, Romance
Overview
Set in Venice during the Renaissance, the drama centres on Bassanio, a young nobleman who would like to court the beautiful Portia but doesn‘t have the money to travel to her country estate, so he asks the merchant Antonio for help. Antonio‘s wealth is tied up in maritime trade but he offers to procure the sum Bassanio needs from the Jewish money lender Shylock. Shylock hates Antonio for being so contemptuous in his treatment of Jews, and therefore stipulates that if the debt is not repaid within three months, the penalty will be a pound of Antonio‘s own flesh...
Director
Keith Warner
Top Cast
Christopher Ainslie
Antonio, a Merchant of Venice
Charles Workman
Bassanio, a friend of Antonio
Adrian Clarke
Salarino, a friend of Antonio and Bassanio
Jason Bridges
Lorenzo, in love with Jessica
Adrian Eröd
Shylock, a rich Jew
Kathryn Lewek
Jessica, Shylock's daughter
Magdalena Anna Hofmann
Portia, a rich heiress
Verena Gunz
Nerissa, Portia's waiting-maid
Hanna Herfurtner
A boy
Norman Patzke
Solanio, a friend of Antonio and Bassanio
