Le Messie – Stadtcasino Basel, Basel

About this event

This is a concert presentation of Handel's Messiah, HWV 56, rather than a staged opera. The published production information identifies Musique des Lumières, the Basler Gesangverein, conductor Facundo Agudin, and a four-soloist vocal ensemble. No director, stage director, set designer, costume designer, lighting designer, choreography, or staging concept is listed in the event materials. The production travels between Stadtcasino Basel and Espace La Velle in Le Noirmont on consecutive dates. The Le Noirmont event description specifically frames the presentation as a collaboration between Musique des Lumières, Facundo Agudin, and the Basler Gesangverein, with the same four named soloists. The artistic format is built around the contrast between chorus, solo arias, and orchestral writing. The published notes single out the choral writing, the arias, the orchestral texture, and the Hallelujah chorus as the principal elements of the program.

Cast & creative

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  Soprano

  Laurence Guillod
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  Alto

  Mirjam Fässler
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  Tenor

  Remy Burnens
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  Bass

  Alexandre Beuchat
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  Conductor

  Facundo Agudín
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  Composer

  Georg Friedrich Händel
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  Librettist

  Charles Jennens
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  Librettist

  Charles Jennens