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Jephtha
Georg Friedrich Haendel
Jephtha
Oratorio en three acts
- Music
- Georg Friedrich Haendel
- Libretto
- Thomas Morell
- Conductor
- William Christie
- Director
- Claus Guth
- Jephtha
- Ian Bostridge
- Storgé
- Marie-Nicole Lemieux
- Iphis
- Katherine Watson
- Hamor
- Tim Mead
- Zebul
- Philippe Sly
- Angel
- Valer Sabadus
- Set design
- Katrin Lea Tag
- Lighting design
- Bernd Purkrabek
- Video
- Arian Andiel
- Choreography
- Sommer Ulrickson
- Dramaturgy
- Yvonne Gebauer
- Chorus master
- François Bazola
Orchestre et Choeur des Arts Florissants
Coproduction avec De nationale Opera, amsterdam
French and English surtitles
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Hide thou thy hated beams, o sun, in clouds and darkness, deep as is a father's woeWhen Jephthah, a biblical parable adapted from the Book of Judges, begins, the people of Israel are under the yoke of neighbouring nations which pillage and oppress them. Jephthah, destined to become their saviour, has grown up in the desert until becoming a powerful military leader. On leaving for battle, he swears to the god Jehovah that he will sacrifice the first person he meets on his way home. Alas, as he returns victorious, it is Iphis, his only daughter, who comes to meet him… Claus Guth directs this oratorio in which grief‑stricken voices interweave as they confront an apocalyptic situation. The drama seems to lead to a tragic denouement,- Jephtha, Acte III, scène 1
in accordance with Handel’s injunction: “It must be thus”. But must it really be thus?
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