Name: Messiah
Start: 2009-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2009-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Theater an der Wien

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Susan Gritton

Cornelia Horak

Countertenor

Bejun Mehta

Tenor

Richard Croft

Bass

Florian Boesch

Conductor

Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Stage director

Claus Guth

Costume designer

Christian Schmidt

Set designer

Lighting designer

Jürgen Hoffmann

Dramaturge

Konrad Kuhn

Choreographer

Ramses Sigl

MusikTheater an der Wien

Others

Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Ensemble Matheus

English

Messiah -  (Messiah HWV 56)

Vienna

Austria

Theater an der Wien

Wiener Neustadt

On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Handel's death, Vienna's Theater an der Wien, famous for innovative and unconventional opera productions, realized a unique and truly extraordinary project: the staging of one of Handel's most popular oratorios. For this production, the theater signed up one of the most renowned stage directors of our time, Claus Guth. The result: "An emotionally and psychologically charged sequence of images", as the Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote about Guth's portrayal of a family dynasty, complete with guilt, betrayal, suicide and reconciliation. Conductor Jean-Christophe Spinosi triumphs with his phenomenal orchestra Ensemble Matheus and the subtle Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Winner of the Diapason d'Or and the BBC Music Magazine Award, the ensemble is internationally acclaimed for its interpretations of early music on authentic period instruments. Offering "the best of Handel vocal artistry" (Frankfurter Rundschau) are Cornelia Horak, Susan Gritton, Richard Croft and the sublime altus Bejun Mehta. Video director Hannes Rossacher, internationally known as one of the leading video directors for rock and pop events (Rolling Stones), has captured this unique performance of the oratorio on film.

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