Name: Ariodante
Start: 2022-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Organization

Puppet design

Finn Caldwell

Puppet stage direction

Countertenor

David Hansen

Ariodante

Soprano

Jane Archibald

Ginevra

Sandrine Piau

Dalinda

Contralto

Christophe Dumaux

Polinesso

Tenor

David Portillo

Lurcanio

Bass

Luca Tittoto

The King of Scotland

Conductor

Andrea Marcon

Lighting designer

Mimi Jordan Sherin

Costume designer

Ultz

Set designer

Choreographer

Lucy Burge

Nick Barnes

Chorus master

Francesc Perales

Stage director

Richard Jones

Jorge Franco

Odoardo

Ekaterina Vorontsova

Jacquelyn Stucker

Canadian Opera Company

ND Brno

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia

De Nationale Opera

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Others

Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana

Orchestra

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

Revival Director

Benjamin Davis

Valencia

Spain

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Sala Principal

Brno

Czech Republic

Reduta Theatre

Ariodante Händel

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Public

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Ariodante | Fragmento | Coro

Romantic hero before Romanticism, a chivalrous character who elevates his poetic singing to fidelity and honor in the misty Edinburgh of the Scottish Middle Ages; companion of Orlando of Ariosto, that quixotic Roldán, that ennobles with the voice that gave Händel the loneliness and the rewarded loyalty to him. The triumph of light - which is the soul - over night and darkness - which is envy and betrayal - is Ariodante.
Handel's baroque opera returns to the Main Hall of the Arts after a fourteen-year absence. If in 2008 it was Orlando, this season is the turn of Ariodante, also rescued from cancellations as a result of COVID-19. It is one of the most beautiful operas of the German composer and a title highly prized by music lovers. London stage director Richard Jones reviews this legendary Scottish story in an imaginative production that leaves no viewer indifferent. It was successfully premiered at the Festival d'Ais de Provence in 2014, directed musically by harpsichordist and master Andrea Marcon, who relives this experience in Les Arts. A specialist in baroque repertoire, Marcon has an abundant discography, and his artistic career has been recognized with numerous awards, including Campoamor for best director for Ariodante. The prestigious Australian countertenor David Hansen debuts in The Arts as Prince Ariodante, next to the Polinesso of reference of the last years, Christophe Dumaux. They are accompanied by prominent voices in this repertoire, such as Lucca Tittoto, Jane Archibald, David Portillo and Sandrine Piau.

English

Ariodante by Händel, From (2022/2022), Directed by Richard Jones,, Conductor Andrea Marcon, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, Spain

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