Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung

• Opera

Haydn had been deeply impressed by the spectacular performances of Handel oratorios when he travelled to England in 1791. Such choirs did not exist in the Italian tradition, to which the Viennese oratorios were also rooted. Why shouldn’t he try something of this kind himself? So he brought back a libretto from England, which had probably first been presented to George Frideric Handel: John Milton’s (1608-1674) epic poem »Paradise Lost«.

PERFORMERS

Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Chor Hamburg choir

Staatskapelle Halle orchestra

Julia Sophie Wagner soprano

Tilman Lichdi tenor

Markus Eiche bass

Hansjörg Albrecht director

PROGRAM

Joseph Haydn
Die Schöpfung