Werk: Imeneo

Historisch informierte Barockgesten und Balletteinschübe: Händels einzige Operette erlebt eine seltene Inszenierung und musikalische Wandlung in Sigried T'Hoofts neuer Produktion für die Internaltionalen Händel-Festspiele Göttingen.

Imeneo (1740), Handel’s penultimate opera, is atypical on several fronts. It’s relatively short by Handel’s standards (three acts, under two hours of music); the plot is thin, but not as absurd or complicated as those of some of his other operas (there are no disguises, for example); the title role is composed for a bass; and the opera has a chorus which participates in the plot, rather than just