Le couronnement de Jaroussky au Festival de Froville

By Cristina Diego Pacheco, 12 July 2016

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“Tout reste de la fraîcheur du jeune contre-ténor, toujours à la recherche de sonorités rares.”

Reviewed at Froville La Romane, Froville on 10 July 2016

Works by Monteverdi

Works by Cesti

Works by Sartorio

Works by Legrenzi

Works by Steffani

Philippe Jaroussky, Countertenor

Ensemble Artaserse

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

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

Handelian dream team: Jaroussky and Baráth delight in Budapest

Orsolya Gyárfás, 13th September

Philippe Jaroussky and Emőke Baráth's team-up with the Ensemble Artaserse proved nothing short of wonderful.

****1

Baroque drama: Philippe Jaroussky's Handel

Kevin W Ng, 26th November

Jaroussky and his Ensemble Artaserse provide moments of sublimity in Handel's lesser-known opera arias

****1

Bartoli and Jaroussky enchant at Wigmore Hall

Nahoko Gotoh, 24th June

Considering how rarely celebrated diva Cecilia Bartoli appears in London, Wigmore Hall certainly pulled off a coup by making her duo concert with Philippe Jaroussky happen.

****1

Andreas Scholl and Philippe Jaroussky sing Purcell

Travis Mason, 7th December

The countertenor voice seems to polarise opinion like no other - you either love it or hate it, there is little middle ground - and even amongst the aficionados (in whose number I count myself), there can be strong, almost tribal allegiances to one school or another and sometimes to individual proponents.

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Cristina Diego Pacheco

Passionnée de musique ancienne, Cristina Diego Pacheco suit une formation musicale (piano, harmonie, clavecin, chant, direction de chœur) en même temps qu’elle étudie l’Histoire. Docteur en musicologie et maître de conférences à l’Université de Lorraine (Nancy), elle collabore régulièrement avec des magazines de musique classique et publie souvent sur des sujets liés à la musique de la Renaissance.