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Un relato de la pandemia emocional y barroco: Joyce DiDonato e Il pomo d'oro debutaron en Les Arts

By Daniel Martínez Babiloni, 20 December 2020
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Reviewed at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia: Sala Principal, Valencia on 13 December 2020
Programme
Works by Rossi
Works by Monteverdi
Works by Cesti
Works by Merula
Works by Buonamente
Works by Dowland
Works by Hasse
Works by Handel
Works by Gluck
Performers
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano
Il Pomo d'Oro
Maxim Emelyanychev, Conductor
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It’s hard to imagine more glorious vocalism from such a starry cast, but this Theodora at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées falls short of the sublime.

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Antonio CestiChristoph Willibald GluckClaudio MonteverdiGeorge Frideric HandelGiovanni Battista BuonamenteIl Pomo d'OroJohann Adolf HasseJohn DowlandJoyce DiDonatoLuigi RossiMaxim EmelyanychevTarquinio Merula
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Daniel Martínez Babiloni
Daniel Martínez Babiloni
Daniel Martínez Babiloni cursa estudios de Máster de Musicología Aplicada en la Universidad de La Rioja, donde se licenció en Historia y Ciencias de la Música. Sus preferencias de estudio se centran en el clarinete, la música actual, la música popular urbana y las bandas de música. Sus artículos han sido publicados por la Universitat de València, Universitat Politècnica de València y la Sociedad Española de Musicología. Colabora con instituciones como el Institut Valencià de Cultura, Palau de la Música de València, Festival Internacional de Santander, así como con diferentes revistas y diarios. Es Profesor Superior de Clarinete y Maestro de Educación Musical.