About This Song
About "Handel: Ottone, HWV 15, Act III: No. 17, Chorus. Faccia ritorno l'antica pace" by Catherine Denley
Handel's chorus returns to peace not as stillness but as a hard-fought harmony. Denley's voice within the ensemble is a thread of hope, the ancient peace a fragile thing rebuilt note by note. It's a collective exhale, the music a tapestry of reconciliation after the opera's violent turns.