{"id":11766,"date":"2026-05-30T04:43:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T03:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/?p=11766"},"modified":"2026-05-30T04:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T03:43:34","slug":"katharina-ruckgaber-at-the-handel-festival-halle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/news\/katharina-ruckgaber-at-the-handel-festival-halle\/","title":{"rendered":"Katharina Ruckgaber at the Handel Festival Halle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The German soprano\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/artists\/katharina-ruckgaber-2\/\"><strong>Katharina Ruckgaber<\/strong><\/a>, most recently successful in a lied recital at the festival in Zeist, takes on the title role in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/haendelhaus.de\/hfs\/talestri-regina-delle-amazzoni\"><em>Talestri, regina delle Amazzoni<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at the Handel Festival Halle; this opera drammatica was composed by Maria Antonia Walpurgis, more commonly known as Princess Maria Antonia of Bayern. In this concert performance under Attilio Cremonesi, Ruckgaber\u2019s intense vocal interpretation brings out the tragic conflict between duty to the state and forbidden inclination \u2014 a conflict that can be read as a female counter to stultifying conventions that are, to some extent, still with us.<\/p>\n<h2>Handel Festival Halle<\/h2>\n<p>Maria Antonia Walpurgis:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/haendelhaus.de\/hfs\/talestri-regina-delle-amazzoni\"><em>Talestri, regina delle Amazzoni<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/artists\/katharina-ruckgaber-2\/\">Katharina Ruckgaber<\/a>: Talestri<br \/>\n<strong>Jun 6, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German soprano\u00a0Katharina Ruckgaber, most recently successful in a lied recital at the festival in Zeist, takes on the title\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[229],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.7 - 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