Name: Teseo
Start: 2024-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: NFM (Narodowe Forum Muzyki)

Organization

Admin

National Forum of Music

Dirigent

Jarosław Thiel

Sångare

Soprano

Fanny Lustaud

Medea

Mezzo-soprano

Dennis Orellana

Teseo

Suzanne Jerosme

Agilea

Johanna Rosa Falkinger

Clizia

Countertenor

Sonja Runje

Egeo

Contralto

Franko Klisović

Arcano

Bass

Michał Pytlewski

Sacerdote di Minerva

Orchestra

Wrocław Baroque Orchestra

Breslau

Polen

NFM (Narodowe Forum Muzyki)

Main Hall

Public

Ayyappa swamy y

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Broadcasting

Chorus Director

Dansare

Dramaturg

Exekutiv producent

Extra

Hårstylist

Illustrator

Kompositör

Koreograf

Kostym designer

Kör

Körledare

Librettist

Ljud designer

Ljus designer

Orchestra Operations

Orkester

Other

Photographer

Poet

Regissör

Repetitör

Scenograf

Skådespelare

Sminkartist

Stage Manager

Teacher

Tolk

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Tenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Teseo: Teseo Händel

In the story presented by George Frideric Handel in Teseo, the women pull the strings. It is not for this reason that the third opera seria he composed for London is considered an experiment (expressive female characters are present his other works too). In Teseo, presented for the first time in 1713, a distinct French influence was a sensation. It is actually a combination of Italian opera and tragédie lyrique. 

Teseo’s libretto by Nicola Haym is loosely based on mythological themes. The famous Minotaur slayer Theseus is in trouble again. When he goes to war together with the Athenians, subjects to King Aegeus, the king decides to marry Theseus’s beloved Agilea and force Theseus to marry the sorceress Medea. Moreover, he accuses his triumphant son of conspiring toto grab power from him. When Theseus tells Medea that he is not going to give up his love for Agilea, she decides to take revenge. She sends demons to the lovers and gives the king poison to kill Theseus. As a last resort, Theseus takes matters into his own hands, arrives in a dragon-drawn chariot and Minerva herself intervenes to save the hero.

Haym did not write this intricate story from scratch, but only adapted the plot of one of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s operas. This is why the plot is divided into five acts, and next to the main couple of lovers – Theseus and Agilea, there is another – Arcane and Clizia. The function of the aria is also completely different here than in a typical Italian opera – Handel does not follow the Neapolitan convention where the character leaves the stage after performing it. In Teseo, at one point two such arias are sung in a row, and successive duets – also contrary to Italian patterns – are not separated by a recitative.

Today, such an unusual form continues to intrigue; the orchestration, the virtuosity of the vocal parts and the characters perfectly rendered in the music impress modern audiences. Teseo is another Handel opera, apart from Rinaldo or Alcina, in which magical themes appear. After more than three hundred years from their creation, their charm is still irresistible.

English

Teseo by Händel, Från (2024/2024), Dirigent Jarosław Thiel, NFM (Narodowe Forum Muzyki), Breslau, Polen

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