Concert "Heroes and Legends" Handel. Opera "Acis and Galatea" Moscow International Musical Arts Center. Grand Hall
Schedule for "Heroes and Legends" Handel. Opera "Acis and Galatea" 2022
Vocal ensemble "Intrada" Artistic director - Ekaterina Antonenko Orchestra Pratum Integrum Artistic Director - Pavel Serbin Soloists: Lily Gysin, soprano (Galatea) Tigran Matinyan, tenor (Acis) Yuri Rostotsky, tenor (Damon) Cyril Krayushkina - GANABA, bass (Polyphemus) Conductor - Peter Neumann (Germany) Despite the fact that the main contribution to world art Handel are monumental oratorio, opera it also comes at the most prestigious theaters in the world. One of them - Pastorale "Acis and Galatea." Handel composed it for making the estate of J. Braydzhesa, Duke Chandosskogo, superintendent of the royal army. Duke Cannon lived in the castle, near London, where he had an excellent choir. In 1722, the work was published, and after going through a lot of author revisions, has become one of the most performed in the works of Handel. The basis of the libretto - ancient stories of the "Metamorphoses" of Ovid. Love Acis and Galatea is haunted by one-eyed giant Polyphemus. Overcome by jealousy, he kills his opponent. Galatea turns gushing blood Acis into a picturesque creek, on the bank to reminisce about the lost happiness. The majestic and full-blooded music of Handel extremely conformable ancient circle of images. However, much depends on compliance with musicians purity of style and accuracy of reading the text. Not surprisingly, the creation of Handel's shoulder not every team. Moreover, if an ambitious objective presentation of the opera, in the spirit of the era when it was written. It is this interpretation of Moscow musicians are well-known orchestra Pratum Integrum and vocal ensemble Intrada. Will lead the execution of a German conductor Peter Neumann, a great interpreter of Baroque music. Muscovites remember his magnificent performance of Handel's oratorio "Messiah" in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (2009). Peter Neumann - Head of the Cologne Chamber Choir and Orchestra «Collegium Cartusianum», winner of numerous awards «Gramophone» and «Diapason d'Or». In recent years it has won an international reputation mainly as Handel conductor, helped him write the oratorio "Saul," "Belshazzar," "Joshua," etc. On account Neumann performances at major stages of the world and to participate in major international festivals. As a guest conductor he has performed with such ensembles as the Netherlands Chamber Choir, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Amsterdam), «ChorWerkRuhr» (Cologne), «Schola Cantorum» (Tokyo), the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Orchestra of Bologna, «Concerto Kцln» , «Musica Antiqua Kцln».
Schedule for "Heroes and Legends" Handel. Opera "Acis and Galatea" 2022
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