Description
TESEO by George Frideric Handel
Product Details
- UPC: 807280070996
- Artist: George Frideric Handel
- Genre: Opera
- Number of discs: 1
- Label: Arthaus Musik
- Release date: 2004
Product Specifications
- Sound Format: Dolby Digital 5.0
- Picture Format: 16:9
- Language: Italian
- Subtitle Languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
- Menu Languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
- Region Code: NTSC, 0 Worldwide
- Running Time: 166 minutes
Overview
Teseo is an opera in five acts by George Frideric Handel, with a libretto and text by Niccolò Francesco Haym based on Phillipe Quinault. This production was recorded live in July 2004 at the Schlosstheater Neues Palais in Potsdam, with the support of the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg. The Lautten Compagney Berlin is conducted by Wolfgang Katschner, and the production is directed by Axel Köhler, with costumes and stage design by Stephan Dietrich. The cast includes Jacek Laszczkowski as Teseo, Maria Riccarda Wesseling as Medea, Miriam Meyer as Clizia, Sharon Rostorf-Zamir as Agilea, Martin Wolfel as Egeo, and Thomas Diestler as Arcane. The vocalists of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Musical Education, also perform.
Cast and Crew
- Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner
- Director: Axel Köhler
- Costumes and Stage Design: Stephan Dietrich
- Teseo: Jacek Laszczkowski
- Medea: Maria Riccarda Wesseling
- Clizia: Miriam Meyer
- Agilea: Sharon Rostorf-Zamir
- Egeo: Martin Wolfel
- Arcane: Thomas Diestler
- Vocalists of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Musical Education
- Lautten Compagney Berlin
Interesting Facts
- Teseo is Handel's fifth opera, and was first performed in 1713.
- The libretto and text were adapted from Phillipe Quinault's Thésée, which was set to music by Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1675.
- This production was recorded live at the Schlosstheater Neues Palais in Potsdam, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
