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This year’s Whitsun Festival in Salzburg blew audiences away with Händel s first oratorio ‘Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno’.
The oratorio in two parts is masterly stage directed by Robert Carsen with artistic direction from Cecilia Bartoli.
This 2021 edition of the festival was dedicated by Bartoli to her native city of Rome where Händel created the piece. It was his first ever oratorio and he wrote it at the young age of 22 on his first trip to the city.
Rome as an inspiration
Bartoli tells us that in Händel’s music “there is all this energy”, “you can almost picture how Händel felt when he arrived in Rome, this baroque city, with different styles”.
The Austrian music festival was the only major festival held with a live audience last year. With its Whitsun event, this is now year two of the "miracle of Salzburg."
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