Teseo

Synopsis

From the Schlosstheater Neues Palais Potsdam 2004 Handel’s five act opera Teseo was premièred in 1713 at the Queen’s Theatre in London. After flopping with his previous work Il pastor fido Handel tied up to his big success Rinaldo and again created an opera with a heroic subject, sophisticated stagecraft and a big orchestra. In 1947 the opera was rediscovered and staged for the first time after Handel’s death at the Göttinger Händelfestpiele, followed by a production at the Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt and few others. Finally, in 2004 Handel’s jewel of operatic work was performed at the beautiful setting of the Schlosstheater Potsdam under the direction of Axel Köhler. (Sung in Italian)

Additional Info

• No: A0071
• Composer: George Frideric Handel
• Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner
• Orchestra: Lautten Compagney, Chorus of the Martin-Luther-University Halle,
• Production year: 2004
• Director: Axel Köhler