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Ariodante - Wiener Staatsoper

03/01/2018

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3hrs 36min

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Music

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Sarah Connolly
  • Chen Reiss
  • Hila Fahima
  • Christophe Dumaux
  • Rainer Trost

    Director

  • David McVicar

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

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LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Sarah Connolly

    Ariodante

    Chen Reiss

    Ginevra

    Hila Fahima

    Dalinda

    Christophe Dumaux

    Polinesso

    Rainer Trost

    Lurcanio

    Wilhelm Schwinghammer

    Il Re di Scorzia