GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL, Music
UNKNOWN After Antonio Salvi’s Ginevra principessa di Scozia, Libretto
OMER BEN SEADIA, Stage Director
DAVID STERN, Conductor
MEMBERS OF TEMPESTA DI MARE, Orchestra
MEMBERS OF CURTIS OPERA THEATRE
Curtis Opera Theatre’s 2022-23 season concludes with Ariodante, Handel’s riveting tale of obsession, desire, and royal intrigue. Based upon Ludovico Ariosto’s epic sixteenth-century poem Orlando furioso, this glorious Baroque masterpiece is given a distinct contemporary facelift by a creative team helmed by stage director Omer Ben Seadia.
Ariodante follows the story of Princess Ginevra, daughter of the King of Scotland, and her fiancé, the noble knight Ariodante. Their blissful wedding plans are thwarted as false accusations of infidelity are spun by the scheming Duke Polinesso. True love is ultimately vindicated in this compelling 18th-century opera seria.