Handel Ariodante

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Royal College of Music: Britten TheatrePrince Consort Road, Londres, Greater London, SW7 2BS, Royaume-uni

Dates/horaires selon le fuseau horaire de London

Programme

Artistes

Laurence Cummings	Direction
James Bonas	Mise en scène
Adrian Butterfield	Leader
London Handel Orchestra
Galina Averina	Soprano	Dalinda
Marie Lys	Soprano	Dalinda
Sofia Larsson	Soprano	Ginevra
Gemma Summerfield	Soprano	Ginevra
Kamilla Dunstan	Mezzo-soprano	Ariodante
Katie Coventry	Mezzo-soprano	Ariodante
Elspeth Marrow	Mezzo-soprano	Polinesso
Thomas Scott-Cowell	Soprano enfant	Polinesso
Peter Aisher	Ténor	Lurcanio
Thomas Erlank	Ténor	Lurcanio
Joel Williams	Ténor	Odoardo
Simon Shibambu	Basse	le Roi d'Écosse

Ariodante is one of Handel’s finest operas. Handel composed it for the 1734-5 season, and his
fabulous cast was reflected in the music, a combination of virtuosity and emotional depth. Like its sister opera, and fellow masterpiece, Alcina, Ariodante is taken from Ludovico Ariosto’s epic poem Orlando Furioso, and tells of heroes-in-love, treacherous villainy and chivalric honour. (The story is so good that Shakespeare used it in Much Ado about Nothing). Also like Alcina, Handelm included some charming ballets, written for a visiting French dance troupe. Richly scored and tightly plotted, Ariodante is a perfect piece both for Handel aficionados and for those new to Baroque opera.

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