"A dual wonder of th is world" (J. Mattheson)
Musical direction: Michael Schneider
Soloists: Kateryna Kasper (soprano), Andreas Wolf (bass-baritone)
La Stagione Frankfurt
Supported by funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, co-financed by tax revenue on the basis of the budget adopted by the Saxon State Parliament, supported by the State Chancellery and the Ministry of Culture of the State of Saxony-Anhalt and the State Chancellery of the Free State of Thuringia - The Minister for Culture, Federal and European Affairs.
35, 20 €
An anniversary – this year marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of Reinhard Keiser – is one of the reasons for this programme in which the two opera composers, Keiser and Handel, are presented in a kind of pasticcio. When he moved to Italy in 1705 and, later, from there to London, Handel was deeply influenced by Keiser’s melodies in particular. The listener is swept along on an exciting journey through an entertaining programme of music by both in mixed order, which illustrates and brings to life different affects in opera. The two young Handel stars, Kateryna Kasper and Andreas Wolf, perform this “pasticcio” either as vocal soloists or in duet, supported and complemented by the orchestra La Stagione Frankfurt conducted by Michael Schneider, who is also behind the original idea for this programme.