Avery Amereau

유대 분봉왕의 의붓딸, 살로메는 감옥에 갇힌 예언자 요하난의 목소리에 매력을 느끼고 그를 감옥에서 꺼내도록 명령한다. 남편을 살해하고 왕위를 빼앗아 시동생 헤롯과 재혼한 어머니, 헤로디아와 왕의 부정함을 꾸짖는 요하난의 모습에 완전히 반해버린 살로메는 그에게 구애하지만 거부당한다. 헤롯이 살로메에게 춤을 추면 원하는 것이 무엇이든 들어주겠다고 제안을 하고 춤을 마친 살로메는 요하난의 머리를 요구한다.

With this DVD and Blu-ray of Rodelinda, one of Handel’s most emotionally complex operas, conductor Emmanuelle Haïm adds to her impressive Erato catalogue of the composer’s works. The imaginative production, by Jean Bellorini, was seen at the Opéra de Lille in Autumn 2018, and the cast features soprano Jeanine De Bique in the title role, countertenor Tim Mead as her husband Bertarido and another countertenor, Erato’s rising star Jakub Józef Orliński as Unulfo. Reviewing the production, Le Monde noted Emmanuelle Haïm’s “intimate connection with this music, which she knows how to unleash in all its violence, passion and heart-wrenching expressivity.”

The production bears the imprint of the conductor, Marko Letonja, and the director, Tobias Richter, whose understanding is ideal: both breathe a troupe spirit - specific to comedy - into this heterogeneous cast, which brings together young and old. Both give as much importance to recitatives as to arias and ensembles.