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George Frideric Handel Imeneo GCD 923405 George Frideric Handel New release information February 2016 Imeneo NOTES (ENG) NOTES (FRA) Fabio Biondi signs his fifth release on Glossa with Fabio Biondi signe son quatrième projet pour Glossa a further opera exploration, here with Europa en s’immergeant dans le monde de l’opéra : à la Galante and providing a vital interpretation of tête de l’Europa Galante, il nous offre dans une Handel’s late opera Imeneo, given in its serenade- interprétation enthousiaste une œuvre tardive de style 1742 Dublin version. Handel, Imeneo, dans la version dite de Dublin 1742, ré-intitulée Hymen. If, by this date, the London public was tiring of the Italian opera in which Handel had been excelling Le public londonien boudant de plus en plus l’opéra for decades, and the composer was now turning italien où Handel brillait depuis tant de décennies, both to the oratorio and in the direction of the poussa en quelque sorte le compositeur à se recycler galant style, he was still able to call upon divos dans l’oratorio et à s’orienter vers le style galant. and divas of the quality of La Francesina and Malgré cette situation, Handel compta pour la Giovanni Battista Andreoni to perform his music. création de l’œuvre en 1740 sur des divos et divas Though not a success in its Lincoln’s Inn Fields de la classe de La Francesina et Giovanni Battista staging in London, Imeneo was performed by Andreoni. L’opéra n’eut pas le succès mérité mais George Frideric Handel Handel as his only Italian work during his season Handel, sûr de soi, présenta Imeneo au cours de Imeneo in Dublin (which also saw the first performance of sa tournée à Dublin (où fut crée Messiah !) avec Messiah), complete with additional arias to add to quelles arias supplémentaires accompagnant celles those praised in 1740 and a pruning of the libretto qui furent applaudies au Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Europa Galante (which hadn’t received approval). Fabio Biondi, violin & direction Le livret, initialement fraîchement reçu, fut élagué The revised story turns on Tirinto (Ann Hallenberg et sa deuxième mouture présente directement Imeneo: Magnus Staveland, tenor in Biondi’s modern-day production, as performed l’Athénien Tirinto (Ann Hallenberg dans la production Tirinto: Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano at the Handel Festival in Halle) pining for his de Biondi pour le Festival Handel de Halle) désespéré Rosmene: Monica Piccinini, soprano beloved and kidnapped Rosmene (Monica Piccinini). par la perte de son aimée Rosmene (Monica Argenio: Fabrizio Beggi, bass Her liberation by Imeneo (Magnus Staveland) leads Piccinini), capturée par des pirates. Libérée par Clomiri: Cristiana Arcari, soprano to Rosmene being required to decide which of the Imeneo (Magnus Steveland), Rosmene doit faire two Athenians to wed. Hymen – as Handel’s work un choix déchirant : épouser son amour ou, par was known in Dublin – was the god of marriage, devoir, son sauveur ? Dirigeant du violon, Fabio PROGRAMME and so, will love overcome duty and reason or not? Biondi investit toute son expérience de la musique Fabio Biondi, directing from the violin, brings all italienne et particulièrement celle du XVIIIe dans his own experience in both Italian music and music une défense passionnée de cet opéra injustement Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759) from the eighteenth century in delivering a stunning oublié. Imeneo, HWV 41 vindication of an unfairly neglected Handel opera. (Dublin version of 1742: Serenata ‘Hymen’) CD I [44:31] Ouverture Atto primo NOTAS (ESP) NOTIZEN (DEU) CD II [70:20] Fabio Biondi firma su quinto proyecto para Glossa Für seine fünfte Glossa-CD wendet sich Fabio Biondi Atto secondo adentrándose de nuevo en el mundo de la ópera: wieder der Welt der Oper zu: Gemeinsam mit Europa Atto terzo junto a Europa Galante nos regala una vital Galante präsentiert er eine mitreißende Aufführung interpretación de una tardía creación de Handel, der späten Händel-Oper Imeneo, eingespielt in der Imeneo, aquí en su versión de Dublín de 1742, Dubliner Fassung von 1742 mit dem Titel Hymen. PRODUCTION DETAILS retitulada Hymen. Zu dieser Zeit hatte Händel das Londoner Publikum Recorded in Halle, Germany, in June 2015 Aunque por esa fecha el público londinense ya se seit Jahrzehnten mit italienischen Opern unterhalten, Engineered and produced by Moritz Bergfeld estaba cansando de la ópera italiana en la que das von dieser Gattung langsam genug hatte. Executive producer: Carlos Céster Handel había destacado durante décadas –y por Außerdem wandte der Komponist dem Oratorium Booklet essay: Fabio Biondi tanto el compositor ya se estaba centrando en el und dem galanten Stil zu. Dennoch konnte er für Booklet in English - Français - Deutsch - Italiano oratorio y moviéndose hacia el estilo galante–, para die Uraufführung im Jahr 1740 Gesangsstars wie su estreno de 1740 pudo contar con cantantes de La Francesina und Giovanni Battista Andreoni Made in Austria la calidad de La Francesina o de Giovanni Battista engagieren. Trotz des Misserfolgs im Lincoln’s Inn Andreoni. No fue un gran éxito el estreno londinense, Fields Theatre wurde Imeneo als Händels einziges pero Handel volvión a presentar su Imeneo durante Werk in italienischer Sprache in seiner Dubliner su temporada en Dublín (en la que también estrenó Saison aufgeführt (in diesem Rahmen erlebte auch el Mesías), con algunas arias añadidas a las que der Messias seine Premiere). Für diese Gelegenheit fueron alabadas en Londres y un libreto (que no fügte Händel einige Arien zu den bereits in London había sido bien recibido) algo podado. gelobten hinzu und kürzte das Libretto etwas. La historia comienza con Tirinto (Ann Hallenberg Im Mittelpunkt der überarbeiteten Handlung steht en la producción de Biondi, presentada en el Festival Tirinto (gesungen von Ann Hallenberg, Fabio Biondis Handel en Halle) añorando a su secuestrada amada Produktion wurde bei den Händel-Festspielen in Rosmene (Monica Piccinini). Su liberación por parte Halle aufgeführt), der sich nach seiner Geliebten, de Imeneo (Magnus Steveland) conduce a que deba der entführten Rosmene (Monica Piccinini), sehnt. decidir con quién de los dos atenienses casarse. Nach ihrer Befreiung durch Imeneo (Magnus ¿Vencerá el amor o el sentido del deber? Fabio Staveland) muss Rosmene sich entscheiden, einen Biondi, que dirige desde su violín, aporta toda su der beiden Athener zu heiraten. Hymen ist der Name experiencia con la música italiana y particularmente des Gottes der Ehe, und so dreht sich alles um die la del XVIII en esta deslumbrante reivindicación de Frage, ob Liebe oder Pflichterfüllung den Sieg una ópera de Handel injustamente olvidada. davontragen werden. Fabio Biondi übernimmt als Konzertmeister die musikalische Leitung und bringt all seine Erfahrung mit italienischer Musik sowie mit Werken aus dem 18. Jahrhundert ein. Als Ergebnis hören wir eine atemberaubende Interpretation dieser zu Unrecht vernachlässigten Händel-Oper. www.glossamusic.com.
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