FULL ARIODANTE Paris 2023 Emily D’Angelo, Matthew Brook, Olga Kulchynska, Christophe Dumaux
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Ariodante
- Composer: Handel George Frideric aka Händel Georg Friedrich
- Libretto: Antonio Salvi Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Palais Garnier, Opera national de Paris, France
- Recorded: May 11, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Emily D'Angelo, Matthew Brook, Olga Kulchynska, Eric Ferring, Christophe Dumaux, Tamara Banjesevic, Enrico Casari
- Conductor: Harry Bickett
- Orchestra:
- Chorus Master: Alessandro Di Stefano
- Choreographer: Nicolas Paul
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Opera de Paris Play
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, frsubs
- Video Recording from: vk FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
If Handel was alive today, it looks like he’s resilient. As audiences drifted away from him in 1734–35 and his contract with the King’s Theater drew to a close, the composer set about writing Ariodante , an opera seria intended to open the brand new Theater Royal in Covent Garden . As if galvanized by adversity, he delivers a radiant work, as virtuoso as the libretto – taken from an episode of Orlando furiosoof Ariosto – is simple: the princess of Scotland, Ginevra, loves Ariodante to whom she is promised, but a plot led by the traitor Polinesso makes her accuse of infidelity. If we find in this inspired score Handel’s most beautiful lament, “Scherza infida”, the whole work is full of virtuoso arias and exudes theatrical intelligence. Enough to stimulate the inspiration of Robert Carsen, who signs after his anthology Alcina at the Opéra national de Paris, the new staging of Ariodante , composed the same year.