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CAST
Ariodante: Anne Sofie von Otter
Ginevra: Lynne Dawson
Polinesso: Ewa Podles
Dalinda: Verónica Cangemi
Lurcanio: Richard Croft
Il Re di Scozia: Denis Sedov
Odoardo: Luc Coadou
Les Musiciens du Louvre
dir. Marc Minkowski
Thank you Bra-Branle!!! This first bellow is my favorite.
RispondiElimina1. In his refusing an honorary degree from Oxford (which would have cost him money), Handel is said to have remarked (1733),
"Should I have had to spend money in order to be like those idiots? Never in this world!"
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2. When Messiah was first performed in London (1743), when the chorus struck up, 'For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth' ['Hallelujah Chorus'), reportedly the audience and King [George II] stood and remained standing untill the chorus had ended. Some days after the first performance, Handel visited Lord Kinnoul. His lordship paid him compliments on "the noble entertainment". Handel is said to have remarked,
"My Lord, I should be sorry if I only entertained them; I wished to make them better."
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3. One Sunday, having attended worship at a country church, Handel asked the organist to permit him to play as the congregation departed; to which he readily consented. Handel, accordingly, sat down to the organ, and began to play in such a masterly manner, as instantly to attract the attention of the whole congregation, who, instead of vacating their seats as usual, remained for a considerable space of time, fixed in silent admiration. The organist began to be impatient and, at length, addressed the great performer, telling him, he was convinced that he could not play the people out, and advised him to relinquish the attempt; for while he played, they would never leave the church.