Coups de théâtre !

By Beate Langenbruch, 27 November 2014

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“Les accompagnateurs sont parvenus à voler la vedette au soliste”

Reviewed at Chapelle de la Trinité, Lyon on 24 November 2014

Vivaldi, Concerto for strings in C minor, RV120

Vivaldi, Stabat Mater, RV 621

Vivaldi, Concerto for strings in D major, RV 123

Vivaldi, Longe mala, umbrae, terrores, RV 629

Vivaldi, Sinfonia for strings in C major, RV Anh. 144 (formerly RV 116)

Vivaldi, Orlando finto pazzo, RV 727: Se in ogni guardo

Vivaldi, Il Giustino, RV 717: Vedrò con mio diletto

Vivaldi, L'Olimpiade, RV 725: Mentre dormi amor

Vivaldi, L'Olimpiade, RV 725: Gemo in un punto e fremo

Vivaldi, L'estro armonico: Concerto for 2 violins, cello and strings in A minor, Op.3 no. 8, RV 522

Philippe Jaroussky, Countertenor

Ensemble Artaserse

Devieilhe's Cleopatra reigns in Michieletto's muddled Egyptology show

Mark Pullinger, 11th May

The French soprano delivers an A-list performance as the Egyptian queen, donning a variety of Hollywood guises at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.

***11

Hungarian Handelian delights: Emőke Baráth enchants at Müpa

Orsolya Gyárfás, 2nd March

The opening night of Müpa’s Early Music Festival had all the makings of an excellent concert and it delivered in abundance.

****1

Handelian dream team: Jaroussky and Baráth delight in Budapest

Orsolya Gyárfás, 13th September

Philippe Jaroussky and Emőke Baráth's team-up with the Ensemble Artaserse proved nothing short of wonderful.

****1

Baroque drama: Philippe Jaroussky's Handel

Kevin W Ng, 26th November

Jaroussky and his Ensemble Artaserse provide moments of sublimity in Handel's lesser-known opera arias

****1

Bartoli and Jaroussky enchant at Wigmore Hall

Nahoko Gotoh, 24th June

Considering how rarely celebrated diva Cecilia Bartoli appears in London, Wigmore Hall certainly pulled off a coup by making her duo concert with Philippe Jaroussky happen.

****1

Andreas Scholl and Philippe Jaroussky sing Purcell

Travis Mason, 7th December

The countertenor voice seems to polarise opinion like no other - you either love it or hate it, there is little middle ground - and even amongst the aficionados (in whose number I count myself), there can be strong, almost tribal allegiances to one school or another and sometimes to individual proponents.

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Beate Langenbruch

Incapable de départager musique et littérature dans sa vie, Beate a décidé de se consacrer passionnément aux deux. La maîtresse de conférences en littérature française (Moyen Âge) et soprano allemande parcourt le monde pour ses recherches comme pour chanter, avec son trio de musique de chambre, en soliste ou en choeur. Ses années d'expériences instrumentales (piano, flûte, guitare) n'ont que très modérément entravé son amour inconditionnel de la voix et du répertoire choral en particulier.

Coups de théâtre : Philippe Jaroussky et l’éblouissant Ensemble Artaserse à Lyon