Ariodante - Wiener Staatsoper

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Ariodante - Wiener Staatsoper (2018)

Directed by David McVicar

Music · 3h 36m

It is a work charged with jealousy and intrigue, with struggles and betrayal: Ariodante, Handel’s first work for the then brand new Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. At that time, the composer was faced with fierce competition, was financially stricken and on the rocks. However, he plucked up his courage while taking the waters and wrote the opera, basing it on Ariosto’s epic poem Orlando furioso. And he composed varied, colourful music, including the intimate aria “Scherza infida”, which is considered one of the special highlights of Handel’s oeuvre to this day.

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Cast

Sarah Connolly Ariodante
C
Chen Reiss Ginevra
H
Hila Fahima Dalinda Christophe Dumaux Polinesso
R
Rainer Trost Lurcanio
W
Wilhelm Schwinghammer Il Re di Scorzia

Crew

Director
David McVicar

Details

Release date
2018-03-01
Runtime
3h 36m
Genres
Music
Original language
EN