Name: Händel Verwandelt
Start: 2024-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Melk Abbey

Organization

Admin

Internationale Barocktage Stift Melk

Conductor

Heinz Ferlesch

Orchestra

Barucco

Others

Barucco Vokalensemble

Händel Verwandelt

Melk

Austria

Melk Abbey

Kolomanisaal

Public

The Alchemist, HWV 43

Acis and Galatea

The Lord is My Light, HWV 255

The Lord is My Light, Z.55

Rahul Karaguppi

Approved

They’re two thousand years old and yet still inspiring: Ovid’s Metamorphoses. And they serve as the inspiration for the programme of this concert, which is all about transformation and mutability. Ovid’s Acis and Galatea, set to music by G. F. Handel, is at the heart of this matinee. The work lets the audience experience Acis transforming into a bubbling spring. But transformation is on this morning’s programme not just in a magical sense but also in a religious one.

Barucco returns to Melk as a much-loved guest. In addition, the Melk audience will be treated to an exciting premiere with the first Austrian performance by the newly founded ensemble Barucco Vokal.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble