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FULL ‘A Star is Born’ Concert London 2023 Apollo’s Cabinet
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: ‘A Star is Born’
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: Foundling Museum, London, UK
- Recorded: March 5, 2023
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Apollo’s Cabinet
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Apollo’s Cabinet
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: London Handel Festival
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Kitty Clive was the most famous singer-actress of the mid-eighteenth century and sought after by the managers of the Drury Lane Theatre. Composers such as Pepusch, Arne and Handel wrote arias specifically for her and she even collaborated with them on rewriting music to make it fit her style and persona, championing English musical theatre. Clive advocated for women’s rights in and outside the playhouse, defined her own image and even reimagined herself as the first female comedian. ‘A Star is Born’ follows Kitty Clive throughout her career, dramatising events in her professional and personal life, some true to life and others with a pinch of creative freedom.
2022 Göttingen Handel Competition winners Apollo’s Cabinet make their debut at the London Handel Festival with their award-winning programme ‘A Star is Born’.
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Mirth, admit me of thy crew L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato HWV 55
Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667–1752)
The crow or daw Polly, to the tune of ‘The Bush aboon Traquair’
Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762)
The Bush aboon Traquair
Pepusch
Why should I love the fair that flies me Six English Cantatas: When Loves soft passion
Handel
With plaintive notes and am’rous moan Samson HWV 57
Was ever a man possest (originally No, non temere o bella) Ottone HWV 15
The Symphony, or Overture: Largo – Allegro – Adagio – Gigue Rinaldo HWV 7
Sweet Bird L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato HWV 55
Thomas Arne (1710–1778)
The card invites
Stefani Germanotta and Mark Ronson (arr. Apollo’s Cabinet)
Shallow A Star is Born
Handel
Haste thee, nymph L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato HWV 55