Jaroussky et Garcia : une affaire de cordes sensibles

By Roland Duclos, 15 December 2021

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“Un savant duo d’équilibristes sur huit cordes, vocales et nylon, pour une seule et unique voix”

Reviewed at Opéra-Théâtre de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand on 12 December 2021

Poulenc, A sa guitare, FP 79a

Giordani, Caro mio ben

Caccini, Chi desia di saper che cos'è amore

Dowland, In darkness let me dwell

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Dido's Lament "When I am laid in earth"

Mozart, Abendempfindung, K523

Paisiello, La Molinara: Nel cor più non mi sento

Rossini, Tancredi: Di tanti palpiti

Matos Rodríguez, La Cumparsita

Granados, 15 Tonadillas al estilo antiguo: El mirar de la maja

Schubert, Erlkönig (Goethe), D.328

Poulenc, Sarabande, FP 179

Fauré, Au bord de l'eau, Op.8 no.1

Fauré, Nocturne, Op.43 no.2

Barbara, L'automne

García Lorca, Anda Jaleo

Bonfá, Manhã de Carnaval

Reis, Xodó da Baiana

Ramirez, Alfonsina y el mar

Britten, Il est quelqu'un sur terre

Philippe Jaroussky, Countertenor

Thibaut Garcia, Guitar

Hotel Metamorphosis: Vivaldi reborn through Ovid's lens in Salzburg

Laura Servidei, 8th June

A pasticcio of superb musicianship is the main event at the Venice-themed Whitsun Festival.

****1

25 years on, Jaroussky and L'Arpeggiata entrance Ambronay

David Karlin, 5th October

The superstar countertenor revisit the site of one of their early successes, with hits from Monteverdi and the court of Louis XIII. It makes for an extraordinary evening.

*****

Dalbavie’s Melancholie des Widerstands premieres in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 10th July

The world premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie's Melancholie des Widerstands at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden marks the birth of a new genre – the film-opera – starring conductor Marie Jacquot and Philippe Jaroussky.

*****

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

A history of feminine music: a starry lineup in Paris

David Karlin, 8th March

Dreisig, Degout, Jaroussky – the cream of French singing puts the history of female composers on show for International Women's Day.

***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

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Roland Duclos

Longtemps journaliste dans le Groupe La Montagne Centre-France et plus spécialement attaché au domaine culturel dans toute sa diversité. Avec une forte propension vers la musique classique. Avec la conviction héritée de Bourdieu que tous les arts ne font qu'un pour l'émancipation de l'individu, l'épanouissement de son sens critique et la liberté d'expression sans restriction aucune.

Philippe Jaroussky et Thibaut Garcia : une affaire de cordes sensibles