FULL IL PASTOR FIDO Prologue Terpsicore (Handel) Oslo 1980 Vessa Hansen, Eva Torklepp Lasrssen, Toni Herlofson
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: IL PASTOR FIDO Prologue Terpsicore (Handel)
- Composer: Handel George Frideric aka Händel Georg Friedrich
- Libretto: Giacomo Rossi Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Den Norske Opera
- Recorded: 1980
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Vessa Hansen, Eva Torklepp Lasrssen, Toni Herlofson
- Conductor: Charles Farncombe
- Orchestra: Den norske operas orkester
- Chorus: Den norske operas kor
- Choreographer: Mary Skeaping
- Stage Director: Bengt Peterson
- Stage Designer: Adele Änggard
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: nrk
- Date Published: 1980
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: nrk FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
When Handel moved to John Rich’s Covent Garden Theatre in the autumn of 1734 , he performed Il pastor fido again on 9 November 1734, this time with the prologue Terpsicore , as Rich had engaged a chorus and the ballet of Marie Sallé .
The Italian text was also written by Giacomo Rossi, who also wrote the text for the opera itself. Terpsicore is a one-act, independent dance play, but at the same time it is also a prologue that is connected to the opera in such a way that it provides the “divine” framework for the action of the opera in Arcadia. It has its own plot, which is completely self-contained and gives no hints, let alone references to Il pastor fido : At Apollo’s request, Terpsicore, the muse of the art of dance, who is at the center of the action, is to represent the various types and characters of love with her dance partners. Nevertheless, Handel’s dance play is more than just an emotional ballet. The gesture art of dance, together with the music pieces tailored to it, is intended to allow the viewer to see, hear and feel what joys and sorrows, profundities and jealousies can appear and occur as (sound) images of love, including serious content and bizarre excesses.
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