L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Handel’s Glorious Pastoral Ode of Darkness and Light
Inspired by the poetry of 17th-century English writer John Milton, author of the epic Paradise Lost, Handel’s magnificent pastoral ode, L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (The Cheerful Man, the Thoughtful Man, and the Moderate Man), launches the Curtis Opera Theatre season at the Philadelphia Film Center with a stunning theatrical oratorio led by conductor Nicholas McGegan and acclaimed director Chas Rader-Shieber. This feast for the senses, featuring a thrilling cast of young opera stars and the renowned Curtis Symphony Orchestra, is a breathtaking collision of darkness and light, innocence and experience, and a celebration of the wonders of nature and the mysteries of life.
L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato is sung in English with English supertitles.
Run time: approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes including one intermission.
Program
| HANDEL | L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (The Cheerful Man, the Thoughtful Man, and the Moderate Man) |
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| Based on two poems by John Milton, adapted and extended by Charles Jennens, libretto |
Artists
| Chas Rader-Shieber | stage director |
| Nicholas McGegan | conductor |
| Maya Mor Mitrani | soprano |
| Juliette Tacchino | soprano |
| Sarah Fleiss | soprano |
| Juliet Rand | soprano |
| Dalia Medovnikov | soprano |
| Sam Higgins | alto |
| Katie Trigg | alto |
| Shikta Mukherjee | alto |
| Jackson Allen | tenor |
| Hongrui Ren | tenor |
| Evan Gray | bass |
| Nathan Schludecker | bass |
members of Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Special Thanks
The Curtis Opera Theatre is generously supported by the Ernestine Bacon Cairns Trust, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, and the Wyncote Foundation.