Händel: And He shall purify (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

[gigimc]

@ssureshot thanx! I'm so getting this -- love the production! it's so weird & cool! lol and the choir is awesome!

[rverne8]

@FoxyStealth You can read the review at

amazon dot com-the producer was deliberately trying to remind his audience that all music is always contemporaneous -it applies to the world we actually have before us; so he puts a 21st century appearance on it. The play acting is done very effectively in my opinion especially with 'the people that once walked in darkness"

[ssureshot]

Perfect choir, wonderful expression and dynamics, I found the DVD on amazon.

"Handel Messiah Richard Croft"

[Missouramule]

Having just discovered this version of The Messiah this year, I'll say that it's the standard by which I'll compare all future performances . . . just magnificent, both in the music and the bringing of the story to life.

[PatroniFan]

This must be the "staging" I read about in Opera News. Very bizarre.

[dis0guise]

This is just surreal to me. The musical performance is stunningly good, but I can't understand what the visuals are trying to accomplish. Maybe if I sat down and watched the whole thing I might figure it out, though I suspect I might not like what the makers were trying for. Oh, well.

Need to stop ogling cute altos, too.

[JosephHuntington]

Actors today feel they are underpaid, so you'll see this type of uncooperative behavior more and more. Deal with it.

[SuperPrettyCOLORS]

what is the story behind this? I'm having a hard time gathering...

[autumnblond]

The presentation of this Messiah performance is quite secular it's adaptation, but the performance of the music was truly spiritual and angelic. The best performance of the Messiah I have ever encountered.

[autumnblond]

@MiesjeBouwman I found it on Blu Ray at Amazon. amazon.com/Handel-Messiah-Blu-­ray-Susan-Gritton/dp/B003UIGZM­G