Messiah : oratorio in three parts, HWV 56 (1742)

Author(s)

• Handel, George Frideric
• Jennens, Charles
• Guth, Claus
• Kuhn, Konrad
• Schmidt, Christian
• Gritton, Susan
• Horak, Cornelia
• Pöllmann, Martin
• Mehta, Bejun
• Croft, Richard, tenor
• Boesch, Florian
• Arnold-Schönberg-Chor
• Kichler, Nadia
• Lorenger, Paul
• Ensemble Matheus
• Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
• Rossacher, Hannes

Bibliographic Information

Messiah : oratorio in three parts, HWV 56 (1742)

George Frideric Handel ; text by Charles Jennens, based on the Bible ; staged version by Claus Guth, Konrad Kuhn and Christian Schmidt

C Major, c2010

Videorecording（Videodisc）

Other Title

Der Messias : in drei Teilen

Le Messie : en trois parties

Note

For solo voices, mixed chorus and orchestra

Sung in English; with English, German, French and Spanish subtitles

Added titles from pamphlet

Susan Gritton, Cornelia Horak, sopranos ; Martin Pöllmann, boy soprano ; Bejun Mehta, alto ; Richard Croft, tenor ; Florian Boesch, bass ; Arnold Schoenberg Chor ; Nadia Kichler, sign language performer ; Paul Lorenger, dancer ; Ensemble Matheus ; Jean-Christophe Spinosi, conductor

Credits: Staged by Claus Guth ; video director, Hannes Rossacher

Recorded live at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 3 & 4 April 2009

DVD

C Major: 703008

Details

• NCID: BB04587128
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: enggerfrespa
• Original Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berlin
• Pages/Volumes: 1 videodisc (154 min.)
• Size: 12 cm.
• Attached Material: 1 pamphlet (12 p. ; 18 cm.)