Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

Oratorio in two parts
Libretto by Benedetto Pamphilj
Concert performance in Italian with German surtitles

Bach Consort Wien
Conductor: Rubén Dubrovsky

Nikola Hillebrand, Bellezza
Sophie Rennert, Piacere
Terry Wey, Disinganno
Josh Lovell, Tempo

During his travels in Italy in 1707, Handel presented his first oratorio in Rome. A dispute between the forces that move human existence: Beauty (Bellezza) swears eternal fidelity to Pleasure (Piacere) and is consequently rebuked by Time (Tempo) and Disillusion (Disinganno). What is human existence all about? How, and to what end, is it desirable and possible for a person to develop? And isn’t a bit of beauty wonderful? At all events, Rubén Dubrovsky and his Bach Consort Wien – now among the most important artistic partners of the MusikTheater an der Wien – will supply the most beautiful orchestral sounds.