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Program

George Frideric Handel, Ariodante, HWV 33

Overture

I: "Vezzi, lunsighe, e brio"

I: "Ami dunque, o signora?"

I: "Orrida agli occhi miei"

I: "Orgogliosa beltade!"

I: "Apri le luci, e mira"

I: "Mie speranze, che fate?"

I: "Coperta la frode"

I: "Qui d'amor"

I: "T'amerò dunque sempre"

I: "Prendi da questa mano"

I: "Non vi turbate"

I: "Volate, amori"

I: "Vanne pronto, Odoardo"

I: "Voli colla sua tromba"

I: "Oh! felice mio core!"

I: "Con l'ali di constanza"

I: "Conosco ul merto tuo"

I: "Spero per voi"

I: "Dalinda, in occidente"

I: "Del mio sol vezzosi rai"

I: "Ah! che quest'alma amante"

I: "Il primo ardor"

I: "Pare, ovunque m'aggiri"

I: "Sinfonia pastorale"

I: "Se rinasce nel mio cor"

I: "Si godete al vostro amor"

II: Sinfonia

II: "Di Dalinda l'amore"

II: "Tu preparati a morire"

II: "Ginevra?"

II: "Tu vivi, e punito"

II: "E vivo ancora?"

II: "Scherza infida in grembo al drudo"

II: "Lo stral ferì nel segno"

II: "Se tanto piace al cor"

II: "Se l'inganno sortisce felice"

II: "Andiam, fidi, al consiglio"

II: "Invida sorte avara"

II: "Mia palpita il core"

II: "Sta'lieta, o principessa!"

II: "Il tuo sangue"

II: "Quante sventure un giorno sol ne porta!"

II: "A me impudica?"

II: "Il mio crudel martoro"

II: Entrée des Songes agréables

II: Entrée des Songes funestes

II: Entrée des Songes agréables affligés

II: Le combat des songes funèbres et agréables

III: "Numi! Lasciarmi vivere"

III: "Perfidi! io son tradita!"

III: "Cieca notte, infidi sguardi"

III: "Neghittosi, or voi che fate?"

III: "Sire, deh, non negare"

III: "Dover, giustizia, amor"

III: "Or venga a me la figlia"

III: "Io ti bacio"

III: "Figlia, da dubbia sorte"

III: "Al sen ti stringo"

III: "Così mi lascia il padre?"

III: "Si, morrò, ma l'onor mio"

III: "Arrida il cielo alla giustizia"

III: "Dopo notte, atra e funesta"

III: "Dalinda! ecco risorge"

III: "Dite spera, e son contento"

III: "Da dubbia infausta sorte"

III: "Manca, oh Dei!"

III: "Figlia! innocente figlia!"

III: "Bramo aver mille vite..."

III: "Ognuno acclami bella virtute"

Handel's Ariodante (opera in concert)

With Joyce DiDonato (Ariodante), The English Concert, and Harry Bicket (conductor)

Cast

Joyce DiDonato — Ariodante

Christiane Karg — Ginevra

Mary Bevan — Dalinda

Sonia Prina — Polinesso

David Portillo — Lurcanio

Matthew Brook — King of Scotland

Tyson Miller — Odoardo

Program notes

Superstar mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato shines in the title role of Handel's Ariodante in this concert performance from Carnegie Hall, part of their critically acclaimed yearly Handel cycle! A spectacular cast of vocalists joins Harry Bicket and The English Concert, one of the world's finest Baroque orchestras, to bring authentic Handelian brilliance to this marvelous opera.

Following the 1711 premiere of his opera Rinaldo, Handel held a decade-long sway over the world of Italian opera in London, bolstered by his sturdy patron King George I and a relatively empty field of competitors. But by the mid-1720s, his career was teetering at the edge of ruin: King George had died in 1727, Italian opera seria was being progressively undermined by English-language comic opera, and a newly arrived rival composer Niccolò Porpora had managed to lure away many of Handel's vocal stars. In the face of crisis, Handel rose above his difficult circumstances to reinvent himself, both artistically and professionally. It began in 1733 with the unveiling of his magical opera Orlando. Then in 1735, Handel premiered Ariodante at Covent Garden. The work would prove to be one of the composer's most gorgeous and inventive scores, filled to the brim with outstanding arias for each of its principal singers.

Joyce DiDonato – Official website

Joyce DiDonato appears courtesy of Warner Classics.

Photo © Jennifer Taylor

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