Ariodante - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Ariodante

Cast
Ariodante | Sarah Connolly
Ginevra | Chen Reiss
Dalinda | Hila Fahima
Polinesso | Christophe Dumaux
Lurcanio | Rainer Trost
Orchestra | Les Arts Florissants
Chorus | Gustav Mahler-Chor

Conductor | William Christie
Director | David McVicar
Scenery and costumes | Vicki Mortimer
Lighting | Paule Constable
Choreography | Lynne Page
Set assistant | Matt Hellyer

Details
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. Ariodante has never been heard at the Wiener Staatsoper – but is now the second opera by the composer in the house’s repertoire, alongside Alcina.

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