When Samuel Marino read the Korean folk tale of Princess Bari — a royal daughter abandoned at birth who years later crosses into the underworld to save the parents who cast her out — he thought of Handel. "The connection between Handel and Bari is simply this: being left behind," Marino said in an interview with The Korea Herald in Seoul on Aug. 14, hours before his first rehearsal for an upcoming concert. "Handel wrote so many operas about characters like that — abandoned. So when I read the st
Samuel Marino is a sopranist known for his operatic performances and interpretations.
Princess Bari is a Korean folk tale about a royal daughter abandoned at birth who saves her parents from the underworld.
Marino sees a thematic link between Handel's operas about abandonment and the story of Princess Bari.
Many characters in Handel's operas experience abandonment, reflecting deep emotional struggles.