Susanna – one of Handel’s late works – continues the series of presentations of English oratorios set this spring by Capella Cracoviensis. The anonymous libretto based on a tale from the biblical book of Daniel, traces the condemnation and vindication of Susannah, a victim of hearsay and false judgment in ancient Babylon.
To tell her story, Handel turned to a more operatic style, with traits of both Italian opera as well as the lighter English ballad opera, popular at the time.
Susanna – Solomiia Pavlenko soprano
Joacim – Rafał Tomkiewicz alto
First Elder – Zbigniew Malak tenor
Second Elder & Chelsais – Paweł Konik baritone
Attendant & Daniel – Karolina Augustyn soprano
Marcin Świątkiewicz harpsichord & conductor
Michalina Bienkiewicz Jolanta Kowalska Magdalena Łukawska Antonina Ruda soprano
Łukasz Dulewicz Agata Pawlina Matylda Staśto-Kotuła Ilona Szczepańska alto
Dominik Czernik Bartosz Gorzkowski Szczepan Kosior Piotr Szewczyk tenor
Przemysław Józef Bałka Adam Dobek Marek Opaska Sebastian Szumski bass
Vincent Blanchard Anne Chamussy oboe
Maciej Snarski bassoon
Tomasz Wesołowski contrabassoon
Marian Magiera Paweł Gajewski trumpet
Tomasz Sobaniec timpani
Zofia Wojniakiewicz concertmaster
Agnieszka Świątkowska Maciej Czepielowski Jadwiga Czepielowska violin I
Katarzyna Olszewska Seojin Kim Beata Nawrocka Tomasz Góra violin II
Natalia Reichert Mariusz Grochowski viola
Monika Hartmann cello
Anna Bator double bass
Frank Pschichholz theorbo
Aleksander Mocek harpsichord & organ
