“royal” Handel! by Various, Sat 02 Apr 2022, From (2022/2022), Auditorium du Conservatoire, Tourcoing, France

London, February 1719, birth of the Royal Academy of Music. Georg Friedrich Handel is appointed musical director. Originally from Halle, having spent four years in Italy, Handel wants to make London the new capital of opera. The enthusiasm is considerable: 34 operas and more than 460 performances will be given in nine years at the Royal Academy. Handel creates his masterpieces Giulio Cesare in Egitto , Ottone and Radamisto there . Two Italian composers, Ariosti and Bononcini, also enjoyed great success in London between 1720 and 1723, notably with Coriolano (Ariosti) and his sublime aria Sagri numi . ROYAL HAENDEL is a musical portrait of the first Royal Academy of Music. Eva Zaïcik and her accomplices of the Consort celebrate the prodigious variety of Handelian genius and make us discover new arias by Ariosti and Bononcini.