Name: Ariodante the English Concert
Start: 2017-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Elbphilharmonie

Admin

Elbphilharmonie & Laeiszhalle Hamburg

Orchestra

The English Concert

Conductor

Harry Bicket

Singer

Alice Coote

Soloists

Christiane Karg

David Portillo

Sonia Prina

Mary Bevan

Matthew Brook

Bradley Smith

Ariodante / the English Concert

Hamburg

Germany

Elbphilharmonie

Grosser Saal

Public

Ariodante

Simon Samuel

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Soprano

Baritone

Bass

Contralto

Tenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Ariodante is the ideal introductory opera for Handel novices and a piece greatly cherished by dedicated Handel fans, especially with this cast of performers.

Please note the change of artist:
It is with deep regret that Joyce DiDonato has had to cancel her participation due to a medical procedure. She is immensely grateful that wonderful British mezzosoprano Alice Coote, who sings Ariodante, will be stepping in for her. The lyrically enchanting Christiane Karg takes on the part of the king’s daughter Ginevra and the musical foundation is provided by Europe’s leading baroque orchestra, The English Concert, led by artistic director Harry Bicket.

In Handel’s beguiling opera from 1735, a young aristocrat named Ariodante falls in love with the Scottish king’s daughter, and she with him. The love-spurned duke Polinesso deceives Ariodante into believing that Ginevra is unfaithful. Ariodante throws himself from a cliff and Ginevra is to be put to death for adultery unless her innocence can be proven through a trial by battle. The villain is defeated in combat by Ariodante’s brother, who takes the lady-in-waiting Dalinda to be his wife. In the end, Ariodante gets his Ginevra and Polinesso confesses all his evil deeds. A plot full of red herrings, entanglements and emotionally extreme situations – exactly the ingredients Handel needed to be inspired to great ideas.

English

Ariodante ist die ideale Einstiegsoper für Händel-Neulinge. Und zugleich gern gehörtes Repertoire für eingefleischte Händel-Fans – zumal in dieser Besetzung mit dem Händel erfahrenen Ensemble The English Concert und herausragenden Sängern.

Bitte beachten Sie die Besetzungsänderung:
Leider musste Joyce DiDonato ihre Mitwirkung wegen eines kleinen medizinischen Eingriffs absagen. An ihrer Stelle singt nun die wunderbare britische Mezzosopranistin Alice Coote den Ariodante, die dem English Concert und Harry Bicket seit langem eng verbunden ist. Die Königstochter Ginevra ist nach wie vor mit der bezaubernd lyrischen Christiane Karg besetzt.

Tickets können an den Vorverkaufsstellen, an denen sie gekauft wurden, zurück gegeben werden.

In Händels Zauberoper von 1735 liebt ein junger Adliger die schottische Königstochter und sie ihn. Der verschmähte Herzog Polinesso aber macht Ariodante glauben, Ginevra betrüge ihn. Ariodante stürzt sich vom Felsen, Ginevra soll als Ehebrecherin sterben, wenn ein Gottesurteil nicht ihre Unschuld beweist, der Bösewicht unterliegt im Kampf Ariodantes Bruder, der daraufhin die Hofdame Dalinda zur Frau erhält. Am Ende bekommt Ariodante seine Ginevra, und Polinesso gibt alle Schlechtigkeiten zu.

Ein Plot voller Irrungen, Wirrungen und emotionaler Extremsituationen – genau, was Händel brauchte, um zu großartigen Einfällen inspiriert zu werden.

Deutsch

Ariodante / the English Concert by Händel, From (2017/2017), Conductor Harry Bicket, Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany

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