Jaroussky Concert: Georg Friedrich Händel

演出简介

Enjoy the brilliant performance by Philippe Jaroussky and the Freiburger Barockorchester at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on Barcelona's famed avenue Las Ramblas. 



George Friderich Handel, composer, courtier, entrepreneur, polemicist, impecunious artist and wealthy bourgeois, was first and foremost a revolutionary figure, the first to envisage opera as a show to entertain a ticket‐buying audience. Without him opera, as we understand it today, would not exist. Yet despite his historical influence and the quality of his operatic compositions, the latter were consigned to a long oblivion before being «rediscovered» by musical historians in the mid‐20th century. He was known for his tremendous productivity — some forty operas, among many other types of works —, his natural quest to innovate, his significant influence on other great musicians, and his ability to transcend his own time.  Philippe Jaroussky's countertenor voice —accompanied by the Freiburger Barockorchester, which for twenty years has been reflecting the timelessness of Handel's output — recreates an entire epoch, during which opera was a form of popular entertainment with the same vitality as pop culture in the 21st century. 

Cast:
Countertenor: Philippe Jaroussky
Freiburger Barockorchester
Conductor and concertino: Petra Müllejans
 

In some areas of the Gran Teatre del Liceu it is possible to be seated with a partially obstructed view of the stage. The Gran Teatre del Liceu recommends Zone 2 for the finest and completely unobstructed view of the performance. The stage is not visable from seats starting in row 2 of Zone 8.  A monitor is provided for following the performance in this section. Only available for operas.