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Handel - Rinaldo | Arthaus 109380

Handel - Rinaldo

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Label: Arthaus

Cat No: 109380

Barcode: 4058407093800

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 8th February 2019

Contents

Artists

Antonio Giovannini
Gesche Geier
Marie Friederike Schoder
Florian Gotz
Yosemeh Adjei
Owen Willetts
Cornelius Uhle
Lautten Compagney Berlin

Conductor

Wolfgang Katschner

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Rinaldo, HWV7

Artists

Antonio Giovannini
Gesche Geier
Marie Friederike Schoder
Florian Gotz
Yosemeh Adjei
Owen Willetts
Cornelius Uhle
Lautten Compagney Berlin

Conductor

Wolfgang Katschner

About

At its time Rinaldo created a sensation; it premiered on 24 February 1711 and was staged more than any other Handel opera during his lifetime. The renowned German baroque ensemble lautten compagney Berlin under the musical direction of Wolfgang Katschner, whose great passion applies to music theatre in a historically informed performance practice, presents an adorable interpretation of Handel’s first opera in London on this CD.

A lutenist by training, Wolfgang Katschner founded lautten compagney Berlin together with Hans-Werner Apel in 1984, the focus of his many and diverse activities as musician, producer and explorer in the soundworlds of the Baroque.

During the last decade, Wolfgang Katschner has also successfully worked as a guest conductor at German opera houses. His three-year cycle of Monteverdi operas at Landestheater Niederbayern was highly acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. After having been musical director of the Winter in Schwetzingen Festival 2012–15, including the first German performances of Nicola Porpora’s Polifemo (2012/13 season) and Tommaso Traetta’s Ifigenia in Tauride (2013/14), he has recently worked at venues such as Oper Bonn, Staatstheater Oldenburg and Staatstheater Nuremberg.

Recorded in the Ludwigsburg Palace Theatre Ludwigsburg Festival 22-25 May, 2014

Cast:
- Rinaldo: Antonio Giovannini
- Armida: Gesche Geier
- Almirena: Marie Friederike Schöder
- Argante: Florian Götz
- Goffredo: Yosemeh Adjei
- Eustazio: Owen Willetts
- Mago cristiano: Cornelius Uhle
- Due sirene: Marie Friederike Schöder, Gesche Geier
- Donna: Gesche Geier

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