Il Delirio amoroso & Aminta e Fillide: Théâtre des Champs‐Elysées
About the Event
Memories of Handel’s trip to Italy surface in this exercise in the cantata form.
The two cantatas being performed this evening date from Handel’s visit to Italy as a young man, when Scarlatti was the unrivalled master of this genre (he had some eight hundred works in his catalogue). The cantata form was not originally intended for the stage, but Handel filled his scores with intense dramatic power, as if they were a prelude to his future operas. The orchestral ensemble is full of colour and the arias demand a high level of virtuosity from the performers.
Cast / Production
Emmanuelle de Negri | soprano
Bruno de Sá | sopranist
Kammerorchester Basel
