Handel - Anachronistic Hearts: Arias
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Label: Muso
Cat No: MU045
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 14th May 2021
Contents
Works
Agrippina, HWV6Hercules, HWV60
Artists
Heloise Mas (mezzo-soprano)London Handel Orchestra
Conductor
Laurence CummingsWorks
Agrippina, HWV6Hercules, HWV60
Artists
Heloise Mas (mezzo-soprano)London Handel Orchestra
Conductor
Laurence CummingsAbout
From the 18th century to the present day, powerful and mysterious women are always to be found at the heart of opera. However, their power was originally quite anachronistic: in a world ordered by men, the voices of women dominated the stage, often in male operatic roles, and provided proof for many critics that the world of opera was a world upside down. And the submission of women to men had been reversed not only on stage but also by their frequent responsibilities as stage directors and managers of opera houses. They thus provoked at the time a mix of admiration and moral panic concerning the impact of these ‘outlaws’ on impressionable young women (and men).
Amongst all the great composers of opera, Handel was without question one of the most convincing with regard to the dramatisation of these characters. From Poppea to Dejanira, from Alcina to Ariodante – not forgetting Lucretia broken by rape, these historic representations of women also enable them to bemore readily projected into our contemporary epoch. And if one removes the original context (as was often the case in the 18th century), they open up inexhaustible horizons for forming a new framework, the emotional and visual dimensions of which are inspired by the music of Handel.
The arias on this disc are thus of absolute modernity, and the palette of feelings that Héloïse Mas brings to each of these characters makes her first disc as soloist a feast for all listeners.
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