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Il Pomo d'Oro y Fagioli inundan el Auditorio con coloraturas de Handel

By Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán, 28 March 2018
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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 15 March 2018
Programme
Handel, Ariodante (Arias)
Handel, Serse (Xerxes) (Arias)
Handel, Rinaldo (Arias)
Handel, Il pastor fido, HWV 8a (Arias)
Handel, Oreste, HWV A11 (Arias)
Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Arias
Handel, Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi (Arias)
Performers
Il Pomo d'Oro
Franco Fagioli, Countertenor
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Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán
Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán
Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán (Madrid, 1994) estudió el grado medio de guitarra clásica en el Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Arturo Soria, y actualmente estudia el grado medio de Instrumentos de Cuerda Pulsada del Renacimiento y el Barroco en el mismo centro, además de cursar, desde 2012, el Grado en Musicología en la Universidad Complutense. Como intérprete de música antigua, ha realizado cursos de perfeccionamiento y forma parte de grupos especializados en la interpretación de este repertorio, además de presentarse como solista. Como musicólogo ha ofrecido conferencias. Colabora también con la revista Síneris y es cofundador del blog 'Lírica para todos'.