Oper in Hamburg
Les Talens Lyriques are Ensemble in Residence at the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2024.
With the generous support of Aline Foriel-Destezet and the Centre national de la musique.
Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739) Diana (1712) Ouverture Croesus (1730) Air « Liebe, sag’ was fängst du an » Claudius (1703) Chaconne Octavia (1705) Air « Die Eifersucht bläset »
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) Almira (1705) Ouverture Air « Geloso tormento » Sarabande Air « Der Himmel wird strafen »
Johann Mattheson (1681-1764) Porsenna (1702) Ouverture Cleopatra (1704) Air « Mein Leben ist hin » Boris Goudenow (1710) Menuet
Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) Dido (1707) Air « Agitata del tempeste »
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Miriways (1728) Ouverture Emma und Eginhard (1728) Air « Erscheine bald, du Irrstern » Damon (1724) Chaconne comique Air « Du frecher Verräter »
CAST
Anna Prohaska, Soprano
Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset, Direction & harpsichord
“This programme was produced and proposed by Anna Prohaska. I jumped at the chance to do it with her because I’ve always dreamt of playing Keiser. And these works by Händel are particularly interesting because they come from his youth when he was still German in 1705. It’s an exciting offer because it showcases the opera that was being performed in Hamburg at the time, which was Italian and German. It’s a captivating fusion of different sung languages. Germany was a place where foreign influences were absorbed. It wasn’t until the 19th century that Germany became the spearhead of music and itself the centre of a powerful influence. In those days, people drew inspiration from other places, such as Telemann who went to Eastern Europe in search of folk themes. I particularly appreciate Anna Prohaska’s talent. She took part in Fairy Queen, which premiered in Vienna at the Theater an der Wien, and also in the Orphée et Eurydice I directed in Berlin.”
– Christophe Rousset
