Handel: The Messiah December 21 and 22 Royal Chapel Palace of Versailles – 59.4
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Start: 2024-12-21T19:00:00 – 2024-12-21T21:00:00
End: 2024-12-22T15:00:00 – 2024-12-22T17:00:00
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759) The Messiah (1742) Marie Lys Soprano Nicolò Balducci Countertenor Rémy Burnens Tenor Halidou Number* Baritone *Member of the Royal Opera Academy Royal Opera Choir Opera Orchestra Royal Under the patronage of Aline Foriel-Destez and Gaétan Jarry, direction Le Messie is a work whose fame surpasses any other by Handel. This oratorio, which premiered in Dublin in 1742, was a resounding success at its premiere: the demand for tickets was such that gentlemen had to be asked to “renounce carrying their swords” and ladies to come “without basket dresses.” », to make room for more listeners, and thus increase the revenue “intended for charitable works”. For the great alto aria “He was despised”, Reverend Delany stood up with emotion in the room, exclaiming to the singer: “Woman, for this reason may all your sins be forgiven!” “. Revised in London, The Messiah quickly became Handel's flagship work. Performed thirty-six times during his lifetime, it quickly represented all that music can be majestic and sublime. Charles Jennens constructed the booklet dedicated to Christ in three parts: the Nativity, the Passion and the Resurrection, the Redemption. The ideal alternation of solo arias and choruses is admirable, and Handel's lyrical knowledge is everywhere present in the arias: suave or victorious, they are among the composer's most beautiful. The memorable choruses have remained in the ear for more than two hundred and fifty years… In London, King George II was so struck by the “Hallelujah” that he stood up in emotion, followed by the entire audience, and of all British audiences since then. The Choir and Orchestra of the Royal Opera conducted by Gaétan Jarry will wonderfully accompany a quartet of young singers of the highest order.
Royal Chapel Palace of Versailles – Place d’Armes 78000 Versailles Versailles 78000 Notre-Dame Yvelines Île-de-France
Handel: The Messiah
Handel: The Messiah Royal Chapel Palace of Versailles – Versailles
