Organization

Direction d'orchestre

Shalev Ad-El

Direction de choeur

Yuval Weinberg

Chanteur

Soprano

Hana Blažíková

Esther

Dana Marbach

Israelite boy

Ténor

Marcus Ullmann

Ahasverus

Baryton

Tomáš Král

Haman

Contre-ténor

Alex Potter

Priest of the Israelites

Others

ChorWerk Ruhr

Concerto Köln

Kölner Philharmonie

Köln/Bonn

Allemagne

Hana Blažíková – soprano Dana Marbach – soprano Alex Potter – alto Marcus Ullmann – tenor Tomáš Král – bass Shalev Ad-El – conductor CHORWERK RUHR Yuval Weinberg – rehearsal Concerto Köln Georg Friedrich Handel based his three-act oratorio on the “Book of Esther” from the Old Testament which is one of the most colorful and sensual-fantastic stories in the Bible, and set the plot in beguiling tones. “Esther” will be performed for the first time in Europe at the zamus: early music festival by CHORWERK RUHR and Concerto Köln in the Hebrew adaptation of the libretto by Jacob Raphaël Saraval (1759). Esther HWV 50 Georg Friedrich Handel Oratorio in three acts. Libretto by John Arbuthnot and Alexander Pope (1718) after the play »Esther« by Jean Racine (1689, based on the book of Esther in the Old Testament), translated by Thomas Brereton (1715) Hebrew adaptation of the libretto by Jacob Raphaël Saraval (1759). Musical arrangement and compilation by Shalev Ad-El (2001) Funded by 1700 Years of Jewish Life in Germany eV, the City of Cologne and the Ministry for Culture and Science North Rhine-Westphalia.

Esther Händel

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