Giulio Cesare in Egitto cierra por todo lo alto Universo Barroco

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 24 May 2021

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“fraseo enérgico, sonido generoso y… claridad rítmica hacían que el dibujo quedara bien delineado”

Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 23 May 2021

Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (Julius Caesar in Egypt) HWV 17

Emőke Baráth, Soprano

Beth Taylor, Mezzo-soprano

Carlo Vistoli, Countertenor

Carlos Mena, Countertenor

Juan Sancho, Tenor

José Antonio López, Baritone

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

Andrea Marcon, Conductor

Verónica Cangemi in stylish recital at the Halle Handel Festival

Sandra Bowdler, 11th June

Soprano Verónica Cangemi shines in a variety of moods as Handel heroines, with the added attraction of Celine Pasche's virtuoso recorder playing, accompanied by Andrea Marcon.

****1

Li zite 'ngalera at La Scala: galley trip of the newlyweds

Lorenzo Fiorito, 4th April

The singer-actors of this lively Neapolitan opera are entangled in a farcical plot in the Teatro alla Scala's revival of the genre.

****1

Giacomelli's Merope resurrected by Marcon at the Concertgebouw

Nicolas Nguyen, 5th February

Andrea Marcon and La Cetra give the first modern performance of Geminiano Giacomelli’s opera La Merope at the Concertgebouw.

****1

La Cetra dazzles in Juditha triumphans at Dutch National Opera

Jenny Camilleri, 26th January

Floris Visser’s staging transforms Vivaldi’s biblical oratorio into a credible wartime drama. The young cast is proficient, and La Cetra Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Andrea Marcon, nothing short of miraculous.

****1

Starry performance can’t lift Caldara’s Planets to the skies

Nicolas Nguyen, 28th April

Accomplished performances from the cast and La Cetra Baroque Orchestra can’t fully compensate the shortcomings of Caldara’s Harmony of the Planets.

***11

Love finds a balm for pain in Basel

Sarah Batschelet, 13th June

Lydia Steier’s colourful production of Alcina in Basel was as much a lesson in conflict resolution as it was in the power of love.

***11

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Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.

Giulio Cesare in Egitto cierra por todo lo alto la temporada de Universo Barroco