La resurrezione
La resurrezione | |
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Oratorio by George Frideric Handel | |
English | The Resurrection |
Catalogue | HWV 47 |
Year | 1708 |
Text | by Carlo Sigismondo Capece |
Language | Italian |
Performed | 8 April 1708 Rome : Ruspoli Palace |
Scoring |
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La resurrezione (The Resurrection),
First performance
A large orchestra was employed for the occasion, consisting of 39 strings of varying types, 1
The role of Mary Magdalene was sung at the first performance by the soprano Margherita Durastanti. The participation of female singers was prohibited by Papal edict, and the Pope went to the length of admonishing Ruspoli for permitting Durastanti to take part. For the remaining performances, her role was sung by a castrato. The only details given concerning this individual are that he was called "Pippo", and that he was in service to the former Queen Casimire. Durastanti later sang the title role in Handel's Agrippina. The aria "Ho un non so che", which she had sung as Mary Magdalene anticipating the resurrection, appears entirely unadapted for her to sing in Agrippina, though in a different context. The violins at the first performance of La resurrezione were led by the famous violinist Arcangelo Corelli (who also conducted the work). It was most likely Ernst Christian Hesse who played the demanding viola da gamba solo part.[1]
Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG xxxix; and HHA i/3.[2]
Roles
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 8 April 1708 |
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Lucifer | bass | Cristofano Cinotti |
Mary Magdalene | soprano | Margherita Durastanti |
An angel | soprano castrato | Matteo Berselli |
John the Evangelist | tenor | Vittorio Chiccheri |
Mary Cleophas | alto castrato | Pasquale Betti (Pasqualino) |
Structure
Part | Type | Voice | Name |
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I | Overture | ||
I | Aria | Angel | Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno |
I | Recitative | Lucifer | Qual insolita luce |
I | Aria | Lucifer | Caddi, è ver, ma nel cadere |
I | Recitative | Lucifer, Angel | Ma che veggio? Di spiriti a me nemici |
I | Aria | Angel | D'amor fu consiglio |
I | Recitative | Lucifer, Angel | E ben, questo Nume |
I | Aria | Lucifer | O voi dell'Erebo |
I | Recitative | Mary Magdalene | Notte, notte funesta |
I | Aria | Mary Magdalene | Ferma l'ali, e sui miei lumi |
I | Recitative | Mary Cleophas, Mary Magdalene | Concedi, o Maddalena |
I | Aria | Mary Cleophas | Piangete, sì, piangete |
I | Recitative | Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleophas | Ahi dolce mio Signore |
I | Duet | Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleophas | Dolci chiodi, amate spine |
I | Recitative | John, Mary Magdalene | O Cleofe, o Maddalena |
I | Aria | John | Quando è parto dell'affetto |
I | Recitative | Mary Cleophas, John, Mary Magdalene | Ma dinne, e sarà vero |
I | Aria | St Mary Cleophas | Naufragando va per l'onde |
I | Recitative | John, Mary Magdalene | Itene pure, o fide |
I | Aria | John | Così la tortorella talor piange e si lagna |
I | Recitative | Mary Magdalene | Se Maria dunque spera |
I | Aria | Mary Magdalene | Ho un non so che nel cor |
I | Recitative | Angel | Uscite pur, uscite |
I | Final | All | Il Nume vincitor |
II | Overture | ||
II | Recitative | John | Di quai nuovi portenti |
II | Aria | John | Ecco il sol, ch'esce dal mare |
II | Recitative | John | Ma ove Maria dimora |
II | Aria | Angel | Risorga il mondo |
II | Recitative | Angel | Di rabbia indarno freme |
II | Recitative | Lucifer, Angel | Misero! Ho pure udito? |
II | Aria | Lucifer | Per celare il nuovo scorno |
II | Recitative | Angel | Oh come cieco il tuo furor delira! |
II | Duet | Lucifer, Angel | Impedirlo saprò! |
II | Recitative | Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleophas | Amica, troppo tardo |
II | Aria | Mary Magdalene | Per me già di morire |
II | Recitative | Lucifer | Ahi, abborrito nome! |
II | Aria | Mary Cleophas | Vedo il ciel, che più sereno |
II | Recitative | Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleophas, Angel | Cleofe, siam giunte al luogo |
II | Aria | Angel | Se per colpa di donna infelice |
II | Recitative | Mary Magdalene | Mio Gesù, mio Signore |
II | Aria | Mary Magdalene | Del ciglio dolente |
II | Recitative | Mary Cleophas | Sì, sì cerchiamo pur |
II | Aria | Mary Cleophas | Augeletti, ruscelletti |
II | Recitative | John, Mary Cleophas | Dove sì frettolosi |
II | Aria | John | Caro Figlio, amato Dio |
II | Recitative | Mary Magdalene, John, Mary Cleophas | Cleofe, Giovanni, udite |
II | Aria | Mary Magdalene | Se impassibile, immortale |
II | Recitative | Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleophas, John | Sì, sì col Redentore |
II | Final | All | Diasi lode in cielo, in terra |
Notes
- ^ Guentersberg. Retrieved 3 January 2018
- ^ Hicks, Anthony (2001). "Handel, George Frideric". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. x (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 784.
References
- Hogwood, Christopher. Handel (1988), Thames and Hudson, ISBN 0-500-27498-3.
Bibliography
- R. Ewerhart : New Sources for Handel’s La Resurrezione, ML, xli (1960), 127–35
- E. Rosand : Handel Paints the Resurrection, Festa musicologica: Essays in Honor of George J. Buelow, ed. T.J. Mathiesen and B.V. Rivera (Stuyvesant, NY, 1995), 7–52
- A. Hicks : Handel’s Early Musical Development, PRMA, ciii (1976–7), 80–89
- D. Burrows, ed.: The Cambridge Companion to Handel(Cambridge, 1997)
External links
- Score of La Resurrezione (ed. Friedrich Chrysander, Leipzig 1878)