Name: Haendel : Cantates Amoureuses
Start: 2021-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Petit Théâtre de la Reine

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Jessica Niles

Aminta

Mezzo-soprano

Shakèd Bar

Fillide

Conductor

William Christie

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Others

Les Arts Florissants

Haendel : Cantates Amoureuses

Versailles

France

Petit Théâtre de la Reine

Haendel : Cantates Amoureuses: Aminta e Fillide Händel

Public

Amyntas and Phyllis

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 gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Tenor

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Bass

Countertenor

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

When 22-year-old Handel arrived in Rome in 1707, he found a city in full cultural effervescence. Many extremely wealthy cardinals and princes held private musical salons, or “conversazione”, there, open to the public one day a week. One of the most important for the Roman intelligentsia was inherited from Queen Christina of Sweden, who had gathered around her the elite of artists and writers of the time. After his death in 1689, this group took the name of the Academy of Arcadia, and devoted itself to the exploration of new ideas. The Marquis Ruspoli, who had just been appointed head of the Academy, asked Handel, whom he had taken under his protection, to write a Pastorale (in this case a small opera with few protagonists) to serve as a central work at their first meeting in the summer of 1708. Thus was bornAminta e Fillide , premiered on July 14, 1708, for the restricted and elite circle of members of the Academy, and probably given outdoors in the Ruspoli Gardens in Rome.

Aminta e Fillide resembles a classic pastoral, where a nymph meets a young country boy – and the difficulties begin. But here, Aminta is not satisfied with trying to seduce the distant Fillide with the usual flattery; instead, he invokes “il Dio bambin col strale suo divin”, the child Christ who will pierce her with his arrows of divine love. Thus the pastoral is elevated to a higher reality, transformed into a religious drama. Handel's music, as with all his Roman cantatas, shows a young composer exploring the full extent of his means. His score teems with invention, it is a series of memorable airs that he will take up again in his operas Agrippina and Rinaldo ., virtuoso and brilliant writing for singers and instrumentalists, unexpected orchestrations – including a formidable solo for archlute. In homage to Corelli's Roman style, Handel also creates stunning concerto grosso effects, with violin solos opposing the ensemble. He succeeded in inventing an entire opera orchestra with the most restricted means, employing only a few violins and a basso continuo. Handel held in high esteem the freshness of his inspiration during his Roman period: his 160 secular cantatas, almost all on a love theme, were the laboratory from which he drew for his many future works, operas and oratorios. William Christie therefore invites you to recreate the magic of these evenings at the Academy of Arcadia, around amorous cantatas given in the sublime setting of the Théâtre de la Reine du Petit Trianon. The evening is obviously articulated around the reception of the guests in the French Pavilion and its Gardens decorated with summer flowers...

English

Haendel : Cantates Amoureuses by Händel, Lua 12 Iúil 2021, Ó (2021/2021), Seoltóir William Christie, Petit Théâtre de la Reine, Versailles, France

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