Name: Amadigi di Gaula
Start: 2021-10-19
End: 2021-10-19
Location: Hackney Empire

Organization

Stage director

James Conway

Conductor

Jonathan Peter Kenny

Lighting designer

Rory Beaton

Costume designer

Neil Irish

Set designer

Assistant Designer

Harry Pizzey

Singer

Countertenor

William Towers

Amadigi

Tim Morgan

Soprano

Francesca Chiejina

Melissa

Jenny Stafford

Harriet Eyley

Oriana

Contralto

Rebecca Afonwy-Jones

Dardano

English Touring Opera

Orchestra

Old Street Band

Italian

Amadigi di Gaula -  (Amadis of Gaul)

Exeter

United Kingdom

Northcott Theatre

Snape

Snape Maltings Concert Hall

Tunbridge Wells

Assembly Hall

Saffron Walden

Saffron Hall

Bradford on Avon

Wiltshire Music Centre

Leamington Spa

Royal Spa Centre

Poole

Lighthouse

York

Theatre Royal

Hexham

Hexham Abbey

London

Hackney Empire

Public

Amadis of Gaul

Approved

Ah! Spietato, e non ti muove (Ruthless man! Are you not moved?)
Aria of Melissa, the Enchantress, from Act 1 of Amadigi

Francesca Chiejina, soprano
Jonathan Peter Kenny, conductor
The Old Street Band

Handel’s opera Amadigi is one of his finest, though rarely performed. Based on a chivalric romance about three young people imprisoned by a sorceress, Handel’s version is brimming with youthful vigour, humour and tears. The miracle is that Handel, a secretive bachelor, could so vividly depict the delirious highs and savage lows to which love can reduce us all.

Amadigi di Gaula Händel

English Touring Opera returns to the stage with magic for lovers of all ages.

Handel’s opera Amadigi is one of his finest, though rarely performed. Based on a chivalric romance about three young people imprisoned by a sorceress, Handel’s version is brimming with youthful vigour, humour and tears. The miracle is that Handel, a secretive bachelor, could so vividly depict the delirious highs and savage lows to which love can reduce us all. The cast stars William Towers and Tim Morgan in the title role and sopranos Francesca Chiejina and Jenny Stafford as the sorceress Melissa, and also features Rebecca Afonwy-Jones as Amadigi's companion Dardano and Harriet Eyley as Oriana, daughter of the King of the Fortunate Isles.

This new production with ETO’s period orchestra partner, the Old Street Band, is conducted by Jonathan Peter Kenny, directed by James Conway, and designed by Neil Irish with Rory Beaton and Harry Pizzey.

English

Amadis of Gaul by Händel, Tue 19 Oct 2021, From (2021/2021), Directed by James Conway,, Conductor Jonathan Peter Kenny, Hackney Empire, London, United Kingdom

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