Georg Friedrich Händel: Admeto (Blu-ray Disc)

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

Mit weiteren Werken von: Howard Arman (geb. 1954)

Contributors: Matthias Rexroth, Romelia Lichtenstein, Raimund Nolte, Mechthild Bach, Melanie Hirsch

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Eine Produktion des Opernhauses Halle, Regie: Axel Köhler

Sound Format:: stereo/DTS-HD 7.1
Picture:: 16:9
Subtitles:: Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch, Spanisch
Artists:: Matthias Rexroth, Romelia Lichtenstein, Raimund Nolte, Mechthild Bach, Melanie Hirsch, Händel-Festival-Orchestra, Howard Arman
Label:: Arthaus Musik
Year of recording ca.:: 2006
Age release:: FSK (volunteer German film censoring) approved as of 12 years
Item number:: 9386865
UPC/EAN:: 0807280125894
Release date:: 16.3.2009

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George Frideric Handel's ,Admeto' is considered one of the most successful operas produced in the first half of the 18th century. Along with ,Radamisto', ,Giulio Cesare', ,Tamerlano', ,Rodelinda' and ,Alessandro', which were also written in this period, ,Admeto' belongs to Handel's so-called ,London operas' - works he composed for the Royal Academy of Music. Though born in Halle, Germany, Handel spent most of his adult life in London and became a British subject in 1727.

Axel Köhler, the celebrated counter-tenor who is active in Munich, Halle and Berlin - now also well known for his work as a director - has brought ,Admeto' into the modern era in timeless style by the skilful application of imaginative theatrical digressions. Köhler's production at the Halle Opernhaus revisits a work that encompasses comedy, tragedy and almost absurd grotesqueness and gives it a convincing metaphor in the form of a modern hospital.

The recording of ADMETO on this DVD forms the highlight and also the conclusion of our Handel Festival cycle, which began four years ago with TAMERLANO, and was followed by TESEO.

Reviews

Stereoplay 11/07: "Matthias Rexroth gestaltet die Titelrolle mit vollem Körpereinsatz, Witz und delikater Stimmkultur. Romelia Lichtenstein gibt die Gattin mit dramatischem Stimmklang und echter Verzierungskunst. Das 'Händelfestspielorchester Halle' gestaltet den prächtigen Orchestersatz lebendig und beschwingt."