`Contrasto Armonico` - listen online, download, sheet music

Libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capeche (1652-1728), court poet of Queen Maria Casimira of Poland, who lived in exile in Rome. The events between and during Good Friday and Easter Sunday are described in detail.
The oratorio was first performed on Easter Sunday 8 April 1708 in Rome with the support of the Marquis Francesco Ruspoli, Handel`s patron at the time.
The characters of the liturgical drama that appear in the oratorio are Lucifer (bass), Mary Magdalene (soprano), an angel (soprano), John the Evangelist (tenor), Mary Cleophas (alto).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_resurrezione

	`Contrasto Armonico` George Frideric Handel - Oratorio `La Resurrezione` (1708), HWV 47 Libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capeche (1652-1728), court poet of Queen Maria Casimira of Poland, who lived in exile in Rome. The events between and during Good Friday and Easter Sunday are described in detail. The oratorio was first performed on Easter Sunday 8 April 1708 in Rome with the support of the Marquis Francesco Ruspoli, Handel`s patron at the time. The characters of the liturgical drama that appear in the oratorio are Lucifer (bass), Mary Magdalene (soprano), an angel (soprano), John the Evangelist (tenor), Mary Cleophas (alto). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_resurrezione Marco Vitale (conductor), Stefanie True (soprano), Mitchell Sandler (bass-baritone) Klaartje van Veldhoven - soprano, Stefanie True - soprano, Kristine Gether - alto, Marcel Beekman - tenor, Mitchell Sandler - bass. Recording - autumn 2008, Delft. (3)