Handel: Worthy is the lamb that was slain & Amen (Messiah, HWV 56)

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MESSIAH
A Sacred Oratorio in three parts by
Georg Friedrich Händel.

Libretto by Charles Jennens

Staged version by Claus Guth

Susan Gritton, Soprano
Cornelia Horak, Soprano
Martin Pöllmann, Knabensopran
Bejun Mehta, Countertenor
Richard Croft, Tenor
Florian Boesch, Bass

Arnold Schönberg Chor
Ensemble Matheus
Dir. Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Wien, Theater an der Wien
April 2009

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• Handel
• Haendel
• Händel
• Messiah
• Gritton
• Horak
• Pöllmann
• Mehta
• Croft
• Boesch
• Ensemble
• Matheus
• Arnold
• Schönberg
• Chor
• Spinosi
• HWV56

[14dramageek1]

Breathtaking!

[moltoallegro19]

My God... this was a first-time-experience of this piece for me and I can't find words worthy to describe this divine beauty!

[pagerbear]

@eldermlopata When the choir begins the "Amen" section, the sign language interpreter is signing verses from Revelation, not "Amen".

[eldermlopata]

@pagerbear what is the passage that she is signing?

[alcina69]

@FriendLondonFriend Hmmm, not sure I've ever heard a more pretentious reply than that of yours to jawnps but anyways this production is brilliant. I love modern interpretation of Handel's work.

[notfauxnooz]

One of the strangest Messiah performances I've every seen - very interesting. Leave it to the Germans. The music is of course fantastic. The stage performance - strange, but in a surreal sort of way.

[hellofireengine]

I have downloaded 5 million versions after hearing this and can't find one that is more miraculous than this!!

[hellofireengine]

OK I have this on Loop!!!

[jawnps]

@FriendLondonFriend I love the music. I don't understand what the acting is trying to portray.

[FriendLondonFriend]

@jawnps Dear Yawnups., Are you being rude or stupid? I can't tell. Anyone familiar with the music would not say such a thing. . Even at 21 you ought to knwo that if one doesn't get something no one else can help you "get it" getting may only be obtained by the work, any work, asserting itself. . See more other interpretations of this work, that may help you. . Cheers. from, del-boy

[jawnps]

Can someone explain what the acting is all about? I simply don't get it at all.

[ladytenor9876]

Thank you a thousand times for uploading this masterwork. Our choir sang these two choruses last year. They aren't easy. Although the staging is very unusual, it serves a purpose: it makes pay even more attention Handel's music. Thank you again and again.