Mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre appears with Ensemble Jupiter, conducted by Thomas Dunford, in Herrenhausen. “Sorceresses and Goddesses” pays tribute to women who have realised their dreams and goals, for better or sometimes for worse.
General Info
Date: 23 January 2027
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Galerie Herrenhausen, Hanover
Duration: 80 minutes without intermission
Tickets: €35 / €25 / €15 / €10, reduced €20 / €15 / €10 / €5
Notes: An event organised by the City of Hanover in collaboration with the Hanover University of Music, Theatre and Media. The box office opens one hour before the start of the event. Tickets entitle you to enter the Great Garden on the day of the event (please note the regular opening hours).
Reduced rates
The reduced rates apply to pupils, trainees, students and volunteers up to the age of 30, people with a degree of disability of at least 50 and HannoverAktivPass holders. Children under the age of 6 do not require a ticket if they do not occupy a seat.
Performers
Lea Desandre – mezzo-soprano
Ensemble Jupiter
Thomas Dunford – lute, conductor
Programme
Arias by Handel, Telemann, Lully and their contemporaries
Description
Ensemble Jupiter’s new project pays tribute to women who have realised their dreams and goals, for better or sometimes for worse...
With her radiant mezzo voice and great stage presence, Lea Desandre, together with Ensemble Jupiter and lutenist Thomas Dunford, immerses herself in the world of sorceresses, goddesses and powerful women. Baroque heroines such as Circe, Armida, Alcina, Medea, Poppea and Agrippina become musical characters that tell of revenge, seduction, vulnerability and freedom.
Arias by Handel, Telemann, Lully and their contemporaries meet the transparent, yet sensually pulsating sound of Ensemble Jupiter with lute, string instruments, flutes, harpsichord, organ and percussion. A musical ritual is born in which ancient myths suddenly feel very modern, reflecting our own longing for transformation.
An event organised by the City of Hanover.
