Anna Prohaska & Il Suonar Parlante olv. Vittorio Ghielmi

In Italy, the young Handel lived and breathed the Mediterranean life. His music from this period is vital, elegant and brimming with light-footed melodic pleasure. ‘Apollo e Dafne’ is one of these jewels, written in Venice. Handel’s impeccable dramatic instinct makes a slightly ridiculous scenario shine. Beautiful melodies are embedded in bewitching instrumental discoveries: here the delightful Anna Prohaska is given plenty of room to draw upon her broad, expressive palette! Baritone Fulvio Bettini also shines as Apollo, the god of the arts. Threatening, begging in a velvety voice or painfully contrite: time and time again Handel finds the right tone. And Vittorio Ghielmi and his orchestra play as though they are inventing the music on the spot. They and the Italian Handel await you for a scintillating extravaganza.