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Linke Wienzeile 61060 Wien
Rodelinda Regina de’ Langobardi (concertante) Theater an der Wien Mon 18.Nov 2024 19:00 replace me !Dramma per musica in three acts
Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym
All good things come in threes: At the end of his Annus Mirabilis 1724/25, George Frideric Handel succeeded in composing a third work after Giulio Cesare in Egitto and Tamerlano, which can be counted among the best that he ever wrote for the stage. In January 1725, Rodelinda had its celebrated premiere at the King's Theater London. There were frequent revivals during Handel's lifetime, and finally the modern Handel renaissance was initiated in 1920 with a performance of Rodelinda at the first Handel Festival in Göttingen. At the center of the plot is a strong woman who will stop at nothing to save her husband - a real prima donna role, which is now embodied in Vienna by Karina Gauvin. Raffaele Pe, who can also be seen in Gasparini's Ambleto this season, not only takes on the role of the male lead, but also that of the conductor and leads his ensemble La Lira di Orfeo.
Concert performance in Italian with German surtitles
Introduction to the work 30 minutes before the start of the performance
(Source: theater-wien.at)