Credit: Bill Lam
Friday 10 July 2026, 7:30pm
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, as part of Cambridge Summer Music Festival 2026
Booking: https://cambridgesummermusic.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173677981
Handel Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
General sale for this event will open on Sunday 26 April 2026.
Featuring:
David Bates Artistic Director
Federico Fiorio Belezza
Chiara Skerath Piacere
Christopher Lowrey Disinganno
Nick Pritchard Tempo
Written when Handel was just 21, his very first oratorio, Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, is already brims with lyrical beauty and drama. You’ll even hear an early version of the beloved aria Lascia ch’io pianga, later immortalised in Rinaldo. The text, by Cardinal Pamphili, concerns the choices faced by Beauty: Pleasure, or the more moral Time and Disillusion.
Handel’s music sparkles with wit and charm, especially in the arias for Beauty and Pleasure. Experience the oratorio being brought to life by an irresistible cast of Handelian experts at the Cambridge Summer Music Festival.