Aminta e Fillide
Ensemble
Les Arts Florissants
Musical direction
Cast
Jessica NILES, soprano, Aminta - (Versailles, Giverny, Peralada)
Ana VIEIRA LEITE, soprano, Aminta - (La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Halle)
Shaked BAR, soprano, Fillide - (Versailles, Giverny, Peralada, La-Chaux-de-Fonds)
Deborah CACHET, soprano, Fillide - (Halle)
Program
George Frideric HANDEL - Aminta e Filide
"A revelation !" Opéra Magazine
When Les Arts Florissants first presented this Handelian gem to the public at its Festival in Vendée in 2019, its charm and appeal were immediately obvious. Though Aminta e Fillide is seldom performed, one is instantly struck by a sense of familiarity with it. In reality, this is not surprising, for Handel used material from this early pastoral cantata—written during his first stay in Rome in 1708—in some of the masterpieces he composed many years later: indeed, some of the most famous airs in Agrippina, Rinaldo and the Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day were taken straight from the score!
There is also the astounding variety of the 40 some arias throughout this cantata, initially composed for the Marquis Ruspoli and the Academy of the Arcadians, a group of intellectuals under the patronage of Christina, Queen of Sweden, who liked to meet in the Marquis’ idyllic gardens on sultry Roman summer days. For nearly an hour, the cantata delicately relates the amorous advances of the shepherd Aminta, who is repeatedly rebuffed by the nymph Phyllis, until, in the end, his constancy and faithfulness win him the heart of his beloved.
Previous dates
Halle / Germany
Leopoldina - National academy of science
- Saturday, June 4 2022, 4pm, Händel Festspiele Halle
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Switzerland
Salle de musique
- Saturday, January 15 2022, 7.45pm
Peralada / Spain
Festival Peralada
- Sunday, August 1 2021, 7.30pm
Giverny / France
Musée des impressionnismes Giverny
- Wednesday, July 14 2021, 7pm
- Tuesday, July 13 2021
Versailles / France
Théâtre de la Reine
- Monday, July 12 2021