Handel - La Resurrezione

06/04/2011 19:30, Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston

Dianne Atherton - Soprano (the Angel)

Kevin Deas- Bass (Lucifer)

First performed in 1708, Handel's oratorio La Resurrezione is his most colorful composition from his time in Rome. Written to text by Carlo Sigismondo Capece, La Resurrezione
details the events between - and during - Good Friday and Easter Sunday
beginning with an Angel arriving at the gates of hell to confront the
ranting Lucifer. Glittering coloratura, the showy boasting Lucifer,
grave laments, and sweet elegies will sweep you to the conclusion of
Baroque Band's fourth season!