Portland Baroque Orchestra – Dinner with Handel
Sat, Feb 10
|Portland, OR
Arwen joins Daniel Moody, Kenneth Overton, Aaron Sheehan, and Abi Levis for the US premiere of a newly-devised opera pasticcio by Stephen Pettitt and Julian Perkins.
Time & Location
Feb 10, 2024, 7:30 PM PST – Feb 11, 2024, 3:00 PM PST
Portland, OR
About the Event
Arwen rejoins Portland Baroque Orchestrafor the U.S. premiere of a reimagined delicacy that dares to ask, ‘‘what would dinner with Handel really be like?’’ Learn more
Daniel Moody, countertenor | Kenneth Overton, baritone | Aaron Sheehan, tenor | Abi Levis, mezzo
Set in Handel’s London home, this chamber opera revolves around an uncomfortably intimate surprise dinner party thrown by Handel’s cook, the singer Gustavus Waltz. Music by Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, Arne, and Pepusch is sensitively and wittily re-texted (in English) by esteemed journalist Stephen Pettitt, with recitatives newly composed by Julian Perkin. Fast-moving, funny, and touching, this 90-minute romp explores Handel’s complex personality through carefully researched and often telling references to real events. Join us for an operatic feast that serves selections of both Handel the genius, and the fallible human being, in an unusual and fascinating light.