Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
George Frideric Handel · International Baroque Days Melk Abbey 2026
Handel’s oratorio with Stefan Gottfried, Concentus Musicus Wien and Michael Schade as Tempo – the opening concert of the 2026 festival in the abbey church of Melk.
The International Baroque Days Melk Abbey opened their 2026 festival on 22 May with George Frideric Handel’s “Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno”. In this early oratorio, to a libretto by Benedetto Pamphili, four allegorical figures face one another: Beauty (Bellezza), Pleasure (Piacere), Disillusion (Disinganno) and Time (Tempo).
Stefan Gottfried conducts Concentus Musicus Wien; the singers are Giulia Semenzato as Bellezza, Patricia Nolz as Piacere, Mara Gaudenzi as Disinganno and Michael Schade as Tempo.
Photos: © Daniela Matejschek
Facts
- Work
- George Frideric Handel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46aLibretto: Benedetto Pamphili
- Venue and recording
- Abbey church of MelkInternational Baroque Days Melk Abbeyopening concert, 22 May 2026
- First broadcast
- ORF III, 24 May 2026
- Running time
- 110 min. (ORF III broadcast version)
Credits
- Conductor
- Stefan Gottfried
- Soloists
- Giulia Semenzato (soprano, Bellezza)Patricia Nolz (mezzo-soprano, Piacere)Mara Gaudenzi (mezzo-soprano, Disinganno)Michael Schade (tenor, Tempo)
- Orchestra
- Concentus Musicus Wien
- TV director and editor
- Daniel Kapi
- Assistant director
- Benedek Kozma
- Producer and director of photography
- Balazs Borocz
- Camera
- Daniel Washington, Gergely Balázs Vajda, Natalia Meister, Csaba Polgár, Attila Gortva, Gábor Károlyi
- Lighting design
- Patrick Suppan
- Sound
- Attila Vincze
- Editorial
- Editor (ORF III): Teresa-Marilena GschielCommissioning editor (ORF III): Theresa Selzer
- Production manager and executive producer
- Martin Pichl
- Co-production
- SCARLATTI Arts international and ORF III
- In collaboration with
- Wachau Kultur Melk
- In partnership with
- Niederösterreich Werbung
- World sales
- ORF-Enterprise
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