“Il Demofoonte as a subject for dramma per musica: Johann Adolf Hasse and other composers of the 18th century”

The conference is taking place to mark the modern world premiere of the opera Il Demofoonte by Johann Adolf Hasse (1699‒1783) in the Baroque theatre in Český Krumlov château on 20, 21, and 22 September. Hasse composed the opera for Dresden and later once again for Naples. In Český Krumlov Ondřej Macek and the Hof-Musici ensemble will stage a version of the opera that was first heard in the Teatro San Giovanni Crisostomo in Venice in December 1748. This will be the fifth time Český Krumlov will see a historically informed interpretation of a Baroque opera linked with musicological research, the final result of which is always a publication of the proceedings of the conference. This year’s conference will include papers by researchers from Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland, and the Czech Republic.