Die Liebschaften wechseln wie im Fluge: Händels Serse in Halle

Anna Bonitatibus (Serse)

Leandro Marziotte (Arsamene)

Serse

Anna Bonitatibus (Serse)

Vanessa Waldhart (Atalanta)

By Michael Vieth, 29 May 2023

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“ein fesselnder Auftritt der atemberaubenden Anna Bonitatibus”

Reviewed at Oper Halle, Halle on 26 May 2023

Handel, Serse (Xerxes) (new production)

Attilio Cremonesi, Conductor

Louisa Proske, Director

Jon Bausor, Set Designer

Händelfestspielorchester Halle

Anna Bonitatibus, Serse

Yewon Han, Romilda

Vanessa Waldhart, Atalanta

Leandro Marziotte, Arsamene

Yulia Sokolik, Amastre

Andreas Beinhauer, Elviro

Michael Zehe, Ariodate

Compelling new opera explores a 300-year-old feminist dream

Kurt Gottschalk, 23rd January

At the center of this production is the centuries-old verse of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the wondrous voice of Magos Herrera and a richly realized telling of the quest for knowledge.

****1

Child's play: inventive, moving Rinaldo at Glimmerglass

Cameron Kelsall, 31st July

Director Louisa Proske refracts Handel's tale of warlords and witches through the prism of a juvenile dream world, aided by a game cast headed by Anthony Roth Costanzo.

****1

Chausson's rarely heard Le Roi Arthus well served at Bard

Robert Levine, 25th July

The first fully staged American production of Chausson's sole opera features remarkable singing, fine storytelling and plush orchestral playing.

****1

A timely Mother of Us All at the Metropolitan Museum

Kurt Gottschalk, 11th February

The Mother of Us All isn’t an easy work and it’s far from one of Stein’s best pieces of writing. But in this centenary of women’s suffrage, it’s an important one.

***11

The triumph of virtue: Rossini’s Cenerentola in Brisbane

Sandra Bowdler, 29th April

Margarita Gritskova leads a fine ensemble performance of Rossini’s most under-appreciated opera by Opera Queensland.

****1

Grigolo shines in a mixed new Roméo et Juliette at the Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 28th April

With its 1940s setting, Luca Del Fusco’s direction alienates in a new production of Gounod's Shakespeare-inspired opera.

***11

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Michael Vieth

Michael Vieth ist Physiker und hat viele Jahre in der Zentralen Forschung der Siemens AG in Erlangen und München an magnetischen Speichern und Sensoren gearbeitet. Auch von klassischer Musik magnetisiert, singt er seit seinem Studium in Göttingen in großen Kantoreien und Chorprojekten; eine besondere Vorliebe hat sich zu Motetten der Renaissance und der Moderne entwickelt. Daneben faszinieren ihn Auftritte und Programme kleiner Vokal-Ensembles.

Die Liebschaften wechseln wie im Fluge: Serse bei den Händel-Festspielen Halle