Ariodante - Wiener Staatsoper 2018 Directed by David McVicar
It is a work charged with jealousy and intrigue, with struggles and betrayal: Ariodante, Handel’s first work for the then brand new Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. At that time, the composer was faced with fierce competition, was financially stricken and on the rocks. However, he plucked up his courage while taking the waters and wrote the opera, basing it on Ariosto’s epic poem Orlando furioso. And he composed varied, colourful music, including the intimate aria “Scherza infida”, which is considered one of the special highlights of Handel’s oeuvre to this day.
Cast
Sarah Connolly
Ariodante
Chen Reiss
Ginevra
Hila Fahima
Dalinda
Christophe Dumaux
Polinesso
Rainer Trost
Lurcanio
Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Il Re di Scorzia
