Les Musiciens du Louvre representan la Alcina sin escena

By David Santana Cañas, 18 February 2023

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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 15 February 2023

Handel, Alcina

Magdalena Kožená, Mezzo-soprano

Erin Morley, Soprano

Elizabeth DeShong, Mezzo-soprano

Anna Bonitatibus, Mezzo-soprano

Valerio Contaldo, Tenor

Alex Rosen, Bass

Alois Mühlbacher, Countertenor

Les Musiciens du Louvre

Marc Minkowski, Conductor

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Elena Luporini, 4th December

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden's multi-seasonal Baroque project continues with a new production of Mozart's first opera seria, which roars and soars under the conducting of Marc Minkowski.

****1

Operetta with teeth: Offenbach’s La Périchole at the TCE

David Karlin, 13th November

Laurent Pelly’s new production combines froth and hilarity with a dark, satirical heart; Marc Minkowski and the orchestra seduce us.

****1

Christmas celebrations with Marc Minkowski

Zoltán Szabó, 13th December

An early Christmas celebration in Budapest, with four of Bach's cantatas from his Christmas Oratorio.

****1

Baroque sorcery: Handel's Alcina returns to the Staatsoper

Katherine Syer, 20th October

Baroque purists might prefer a more surefire line-up of brilliantly executed arias, but the theatrical framework of Adrian Noble's Alcina production offers a great deal.

****1

Cross-dressing abounds: Gluck's Armide

David Karlin, 19th October

Excellent playing from Les Musiciens du Louvre and a mixed vocal performance are matched by a staging by Ivan Alexandre likely to be controversial.

**111

Platée at Opéra Garnier : Folly in charge

Jean-Marc Piriou, 9th September

One has to admit that the 2015 vintage of this operatic Grand Cru, with us since 1999, is a particularly fine one. To be consumed with immoderation!

*****

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David Santana Cañas

David Santana (Bilbao, 1996) comienza sus estudios de música en la especialidad de fagot en el Conservatorio Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga de Bilbao. En 2014 se traslada a Madrid, donde cursa el grado en Musicología en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y continúa y finaliza sus estudios musicales de fagot en el Conservatorio Adolfo Salazar de Madrid. Actualmente se encuentra ampliando su formación con la realización del Máster de Investigación de Música Española e Hispanoamericana en la UCM.

Les Musiciens du Louvre escenifican Alcina en el Auditorio Nacional