PERSEPOLIS
Torino / Saturday 14 September 2019Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi / at 05:00 PM
In this rich, brightly colored and powerful oratorio, Händel tells us how Alexander the Great, at a banquet following his conquest of Persepolis, is inspired by music to burn the defeated Persian city to the ground.
Georg Friedrich Händel
Alexander’s Feast, or the Power of Music ode per soli, coro e orchestra HWV 75
Robert King, conductor
Pietro Mussino, choirmaster
Marie Lys, soprano
Charles Daniels, tenor
Thilo Dahlmann, bass
In conjunction with
Accademia del Santo Spirito
Accademia del Santo Spirito
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Assigned seating € 5