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Vivava Opera Company Vol.21 Handel: The Triumph of Time and Enlightenment
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
2025/08/30(sa.) 15:00 Starting
Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Kobe College Small Hall （Hyogo）
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Oratorio "The Triumph of Time and Enlightenment" (Tadashi Mikajiri: Handel Studies, Oratorio Studies)
Should we call this an "allegorical morality play"? Indeed, four allegorical characters appear in the oratorio: "beauty" (soprano), "pleasure" (soprano), "enlightenment" (alto), and "time" (tenor). While "Pleasure" encourages Beauty to enjoy the present moment as much as she likes, "Enlightenment" and "Time" admonish her not to indulge in momentary pleasures but to seek the truth that will never fade away. Through twists and turns, "Beauty" opens his eyes and renounces pleasure to seek the truth. There has always been such a standard morality play, but why an allegorical morality play now in Rome, where the war of the Spanish Succession has pitted France against Austria and the Austrian army is at hand?
The key to the mystery lies with Cardinal Pamphili, the French spokesman who orchestrated the play. Austria only has momentum now. We must wait quietly for the arrival of France. The message. The seemingly abstract text is full of tricks to glorify one's own school and denigrate one's enemies, and it is interesting to explore the intention of the elaborate phrasing. Handel's music is both concrete (the mirror aria) and emotional ("Avoid the thorns and take the roses" (later adapted to "Let the tears flow" in the opera "Rinaldo"), coloring the implied text with rich variety. The final aria is neither a magnificent "Hallelujah" nor "Amen," but a quiet aria in which "Beauty" offers her heart to the heavens. What a chic ending. Enjoy this superb entertainment.
Performer
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Omori Jishio
Conductor
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Maki Furuse
Beauty Soprano
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Yumiko Tanimura
Pleasure Soprano
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Toshiyuki Muramatsu
Enlightenment Alto.
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friend of Matsubara
Hour Tenor
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Kaoru Ouchiyama
violin
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Reimi Ohashi
violin
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Miho Nakata
viola
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Kenichi Kamizuka
cello
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Sachiyo Tanaka
contrabass
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Hayasuke Kawai
oboe
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Tsuyoshi Matsumoto
oboe
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Rei Inoue
flute
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Hideki Morimoto
flute
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Sakurako Mihashi
cembalo
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Pablo Escande
organ (musical instrument)
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