Organization

Singer

Soprano

Chiara Skerath

Countertenor

Reginald Mobley

Tenor

Krystian Adam

Bass

Stephan MacLeod

Conductor

Valentin Tournet

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Orchestra

La Chapelle Harmonique

Messiah -  (Messiah HWV 56)

Versailles

France

Chapelle Royale

Public

Messiah HWV 56

Approved

The Messiah is a work whose fame surpasses all others by Handel: this oratorio was premiered in Dublin in 1742, and the creation was a resounding success: the demand for tickets was such that the gentlemen had been asked. to “give up carrying their swords” and for the ladies to come “without a dress with baskets”, to save room for more listeners, and thus increase the revenue “intended for charitable works”. For the great viola aria “He was despised”, Reverend Delany rose up in the room with emotion, shouting to the singer: “Woman, why all your sins be forgiven!”

Taken up in London, The Messiah quickly became Handel's flagship work. Performed thirty-six times during her lifetime, it quickly represented what music can have that is majestic and sublime. Charles Jennens built the booklet dedicated to Christ in three parts: the Nativity; Passion and Resurrection; Redemption. The ideal alternation of solo arias and choirs is admirable, and Handel's lyrical science is present everywhere in the airs: suave or victorious, they are among the composer's finest. Memorable choirs have been remembered for over two hundred and fifty years… In London, King George II was so moved by the Hallelujah that he stood up, followed by the whole audience, and all the British audiences. since then.

English

Messiah HWV 56 by Händel, Ó (2021/2021), Seoltóir Valentin Tournet, Chapelle Royale, Versailles, France

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Cast & Crew )

Caitheadh

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid