The read
It runs long at 3h 36m.
Synopsis
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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Key crew
- David McVicarDirector
Cast
- Sarah ConnollyAriodante
- Chen ReissGinevra
- Hila FahimaDalinda
- Christophe DumauxPolinesso
- Rainer TrostLurcanio
- Wilhelm SchwinghammerIl Re di Scorzia