Eine Szene aus der Opernaufführung „Sieg der Schönheit“, die dynamisches Spiel einer Sängerin und eines Sängers in historisch inspirierten Kostümen zeigt.

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Telemann

Sieg der Schönheit

Singspiel in 3 Acts
Libretto by Christian Heinrich Postel

Brunswick edition (1728)
Recording in connection with the performances of the 26th Magdeburg Telemann Festtage 2024.

»Der formidable Dirigent Michael Hofstetter, die jedes Detail ausleuchtende und dennoch klangvoll auftrumpfende Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin und das wunderbare Ensemble bringen den flotten Hamburger Singspiel-Ton zum Funkeln.​.​.​
Fazit: Alles in allem die beste und amüsanteste Einspielung einer Telemann-Oper, die ich kenne.​ So sieht ein Sieg der Schönheit eben aus.«

Online Merker, Dr. Ingobert Waltenberger

In the year 455, the Vandal people - true to the reputation their name later acquired - paid a dramatic visit to Rome under their king Geiseric, an event that gave rise to the term “vandalism.” This historical backdrop forms the setting for Georg Philipp Telemann’s spectacular stage work, premiered on July 13, 1722, shortly after he had been appointed Hamburg’s new opera director. Der Sieg der Schönheit (“The Triumph of Beauty”) is a typically baroque tale of intertwined romances leading to four happy endings, filled with complications that must be overcome along the way. Telemann exploits the full range of musical and theatrical expression available to him, from dazzling arias and powerful choruses to intimate emotions and martial scenes. The result was a major public triumph - a true “victory of beauty” whose impact, as the recording demonstrates, continues to resonate today.

Artists
Lydia Teuscher, Eudoxia
Sunhae Im, Placidia
Anna Willerding, Pulcheria
Emilie Renard, Melite
Marko Pantelić, Olybrius
Dominik Köninger, Gensericus
Terry Wey, Honoricus
Ludwig Obst, Helmiges
Johannes Stermann, Trasimundus
Dietrich Henschel, Turpino

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Michael Hofstetter, Conductor

Released on
cpo, 2026