It is with great joy that I look back on an intense and inspiring concert tour: together with the wonderful René Jacobs and the B’Rock Orchestra, I had the privilege of bringing George Frideric Handel’s early Italian oratorio La Bellezza ravveduta nel trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46 – in Germany, South Korea and Japan.

In this work, composed in Rome in 1707, allegorical characters engage in a musical dialogue: Bellezza (Beauty), Piacere (Pleasure), Tempo (Time), and Disinganno (Enlightenment). Handel unfolds a fascinating theatrical world full of refinement and emotional depth – with arias of timeless beauty, such as the famous Lascia la spina.

I am deeply grateful for the artistic collaboration with this outstanding ensemble – and for the audiences who welcomed the work with open hearts and great enthusiasm at every stop on our journey.

Sunhae Im – Soprano, Bellezza

Kateryna Kasper – Soprano, Piacere

Paul Figuier – Alto, Disinganno

Thomas Walker – Tenor, Tempo

René Jacobs – Conductor

B’Rock Orchestra

Libretto: Cardinal Benedetto Pamphilj