LA RESURREZIONE Concert by George Frederick Handel
Classical Music
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1h 51m
Between 1707 and 1710, Handel (1685-1759) undertook a trip to Italy, to soak up the very fashionable Italian dramatic style.
In Rome first, he discovered a special situation: Pope Clement XI banned opera performances there, for reasons as much religious as political. It was then that academies of oratorios were created in the Roman capital, a religious genre of lyrical drama, without staging.
The Resurrection is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, set to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece (1652–1728).
Capece was court poet to Queen Marie Casimire of Poland, who was living in exile in Rome. It was first performed on Easter Sunday, 8 April 1708 at Rome, with the backing of the Marchese Francesco Ruspoli, Handel's patron at this time. The work details the events between — and during — Good Friday and Easter Sunday, with the action carried forward in recitative, and exploration of character and delineation of mood taking place in the arias. The characters of the liturgical drama that appear in the oratorio are Lucifer (bass), Mary Magdalene (soprano), an Angel (soprano), John the Evangelist (tenor), and Mary Cleophas (alto).
Director: Ottavio Dantone (Music Director)
Cast: Accademia Byzantine, Emöke Barath (Angelo), Hasnaa Bennani (Maria Maddalena), Delphine Galou (Maria Cleofide), Martin Vanberg (San Giovanni), Riccardo Novaro (Lucifero)
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