Organization

Conductor

René Jacobs

Concertmaster

Petra Müllejans

Singer

Tenor

Joshua Ellicott

Cristo

Soprano

Giulia Semenzato

Maddalena

Marianne Beate Kielland

Marta

Alto

Alberto Miguelez Rouco

Amore Celeste

Helena Rasker

Amore Terreno

Bass

Andrea Mastroni

Fariseo

Freiburger Barockorchester

Orchestra

Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo -  (Mary Magdalene at the Feet of Christ)

Madrid

Spain

Auditorio Nacional de Musica

Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo Caldara

Public

Mary Magdalene at the Feet of Christ

Approved

In contrast to Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel, Antonio Caldara as a baroque composer is only familiar to insiders today. His oratorio Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (Magdalena at the feet of Christ) shows that he does not have to hide from the mighty triumvirate . All musicologists who deal with the work are of one mind: this oratorio is one of the most important sacred compositions of the early 18th century. The audience understands this judgment from the very first hearing. Like few others before him, Caldara is able to put the story of suffering around Magdalena into music with the utmost simplicity and to give each individual figure dramatic depth.

English

Mary Magdalene at the Feet of Christ by Caldara, From (2022/2022), Conductor René Jacobs, Auditorio Nacional de Musica, Madrid, Spain

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