1985 MARYLAND HANDEL FESTIVAL

Concert V MEMORIAL CHAPEL
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND,
COLLEGE PARK
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 198
3:00 P.M.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CHORUS SMITHSONIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS
PAUL TRAVER, Conducting NICHOLAS DEUTSCH, Stage Director

ATHALIA (HWV 52)

AN ORATORIO OR SACRED DRAMA

music by GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

libretto by SAMUEL HUMPHREYS

Cast in order of appearance:
Josabeth, aunt of Joas, wife of Joad JUDITH NELSON, soprano
Abner, Captain of the Jewish forces GORDON HAWKINS, baritone
Joad, High Priest DEREK LEE RAGIN, countertenor
Athalia, Queen of Judah, grandmother to Joas LINDA MABBS soprano
Mathan, Priest of Baal, formerly a Jewish Priest JAMES McDoNALD, tenor
Joas, King of Judah (concealed under the name Eliakim) CHRISIOPHER PITTENGER, treble

Chorus of young virgins of the tribe of Levi
Chorus of Israelitish Priests and Levites
Chorus of Sidonian Priests

The scene is the Temple of Jerusalem, except for Part I, Scene 3, which takes place at Athalia's palace. The action occurs in the course of a single day, during the Jewish Festival of Shavuot.

PART I

Intermission (15 minutes)

PART II

Pause

PART III


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