Un hommage en demi-teinte à l’école napolitaine…

By Anne-Laure Faubert, 22 January 2016

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“La perplexité s’installe. Manque de préparation, fatigue passagère ?”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 20 January 2016

Porpora, Polifemo: Quel vasto quel fiero

Sarro, Didone abbandonata: Se resto sul lido

Scarlatti, Il Tigrane: Care pupille belle

Vinci, Eraclea: In questa mia tempesta

Porpora, Germanico in Germania: Qual turbine che scende

Leo, Siface: No, non vedete mai

Leo, Demetrio: Dal suo gentil sembiante

Leo, Demetrio: Non fidal al mar che freme

Max Emanuel Cenčić, Countertenor

Il Pomo d'Oro

Maxim Emelyanychev, Harpsichord

Reincarnation of Baroque ecstasy: Giulio Cesare at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 12th February

From Jakub Józef Orliński’s youthful radiance to Sandrine Piau’s sovereign mastery, this performance revives Baroque ecstasy through razor-sharp orchestration, muscular playing and inventive embellishments of unparalleled emotional depth.

*****

Carry on up the Nile: Handel's Berenice by the Seine

Sandra Bowdler, 21st May

One of Handel's lesser operas receives a deluxe concert performance at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, with Il Pomo d'Oro and a fine array of singers.

****1

Beyond conventions: Jakub Józef Orliński and Il Pomo d'Oro in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 30th November

Touring with the ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro, Jakub Józef Orliński reinvents the Baroque recital formula at the Berlin Philharmonic featuring breakdancing, an audience sing-along and a good deal of fun.

*****

Gesualdo lights up La Bâtie in Veyrier

Elodie Olson-Coons, 8th September

Il Pomo d'Oro and La Compagnia del Madrigale deliver a moving, nuanced performance of Gesualdo madrigals at La Bâtie festival.

***11

Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro make the Konzerthaus their Eden

Chanda VanderHart, 20th March

Pageantry abounds as the popular mezzo-soprano turns the Konzerthaus Wien into a sort of classical music, multisensory varieté.

*****

A starry cast for Handel's Theodora in Paris

Kevin W Ng, 22nd November

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.

***11

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Anne-Laure Faubert

Diplômée de Sciences-Po Paris, Anne-Laure y a également étudié l’art et la littérature. Elle travaille ensuite dans les secteurs privé et public où elle suit notamment les audits de grandes institutions culturelles. Elle tient un blog depuis 2010 sur le ballet, la musique baroque et les voyages et écrit pour une fondation. Elle a créé en 2014 une société de médiation culturelle axée sur le costume et en 2015 une marque de gastronomie culturelle.

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