Name: Xerxes
Start: 2023-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Oper Halle

Organization

Oper Halle

Stage director

Louisa Proske

Conductor

Attilio Cremonesi

Singer

Soprano

Anna Bonitatibus

Xerxes

Franziska Krötenheerdt

Romilda

Leandro Marziotte

Arsamene

Contralto

Yulia Sokolik

Amastre

Vanessa Waldhart

Atalanta

Bass

Michael Zehe

Ariodate

Andreas Beinhauer

Elviro

Set designer

Jon Bausor

Costume designer

Dramaturge

Carlo Mertens

Chorus master

Bartholomew Berzonsky

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Händelfestspielorchesters Halle

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Frank Flade

Heeyun Choi

Italian

Halle

Germany

Großer Saal

Xerxes Händel

Public

German

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Accordionist

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Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

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Flutist

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Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Tenor

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Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

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Spoken

Serse (Xerxes)Oper in drei Akten von Georg Friedrich Händel (1738)Libretto vom Komponisten nach den gleichnamigen Libretti von Nicolò Minato und Silvio Stamp...

König Serse lüstet in Liebe und Politik nach Dingen, die ihm beweisen, dass nichts außerhalb der Reichweite seiner Macht liegt. So belagert er die Braut seines Bruders Arsamene, obwohl er selbst schon mit einer anderen verlobt ist, und weiht nebenbei sein kolossales Brückenprojekt ein, das zwei Kontinente, Asien und Europa, verbinden
soll. Bald verwickelt sich der eigensinnige Megalomane in einem Netz aus Intrigen, Liebeserklärungen, Eifersüchten, aberwitzigen Verkleidungen und fatalen Missverständnissen.

Händels furioses Spätwerk aus dem Jahr 1738 sprüht vor musikalischen Ideen und beißender Komik. Es wirft einen satirischen Blick auf die Mitglieder einer Oberschicht, die sich vor einer glamourösen Kulisse wie Kleinkinder im Sandkasten benehmen. Weltstar Anna Bonitatibus, die besonders im Barockrepertoire auf internationalen Bühnen gefeiert wird, kommt als König Serse nach Halle und wird mit »Ombra mai fu«, der berühmten ersten Arie in dieser Oper, auch die Händel-Festspiele 2023 eröffnen. (Louisa Proske)

Deutsch

Opera in three acts by Georg Friedrich Handel (1738)
Libretto by the composer based on the libretti of the same name
by Nicolò Minato and Silvio Stampiglia
In Italian with German surtitles
Premiere: May 26, 2023

Pretty cool! Between buying up football clubs and opening a mega pipeline, the jet-setting oil billionaire Serse also finds time to steal his little brother's girlfriend - which in turn brings his fiancée into the picture, who follows Serse at every turn in order to thwart his amorous machinations . Soon things are flying on board and on the runway, and Serse has to learn that high flights can also lead to unpleasant landings.

The opera star Anna Bonitatibus, at home on the world's major stages from Covent Garden to Milan's Scala, makes her debut at the Halle Opera. With Attilio Cremonesi, an internationally sought-after Handel interpreter is at the podium of the Handel Festival Orchestra.

English

Xerxes by Händel, Thu 05 Oct 2023, From (2023/2024), Directed by Louisa Proske,, Conductor Attilio Cremonesi, Oper Halle, Halle, Germany

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