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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 HallHyogo

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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.

Program

  • Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

    Georg Friedrich Händel

Performer

  • Omori Jishio

    Conductor

  • Maki Furuse

    Beauty Soprano

  • Yumiko Tanimura

    Pleasure Soprano

  • Toshiyuki Muramatsu

    Enlightenment Alto.

  • friend of Matsubara

    Hour Tenor

  • Kaoru Ouchiyama

    violin

  • Reimi Ohashi

    violin

  • Miho Nakata

    viola

  • Kenichi Kamizuka

    cello

  • Sachiyo Tanaka

    contrabass

  • Hayasuke Kawai

    oboe

  • Tsuyoshi Matsumoto

    oboe

  • Rei Inoue

    flute

  • Hideki Morimoto

    flute

  • Sakurako Mihashi

    cembalo

  • Pablo Escande

    organ (musical instrument)

Admission and ticket purchase

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