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Trilogie Monteverdi à la Philharmonie : un Orfeo sublimé par Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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“rarement l’effet produit par une Messagiera fut aussi intense”
Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 16 September 2017
Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
Elsa Rooke, Director
Patricia Hofstede, Costume Designer
Krystian Adam, Tenor
Hana Blažíková, Soprano
Lucile Richardot, Mezzo-soprano
Francesca Boncompagni, Soprano
Gianluca Buratto, Bass
Kangmin Justin Kim, Countertenor
Furio Zanasi, Baritone
Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Tenor
Gareth Treseder, Tenor
John Taylor Ward, Bass
Michał Czerniawski, Countertenor
Zachary Wilder, Tenor
Anna Dennis, Soprano
A rare Handel pastoral ode at Carnegie Hall
****1
Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists roll back the centuries
****1
Semele crashes and burns, but Louise Alder soars up at Ally Pally
****1
Gardiner steps into his Ring of Cantatas in Leipzig
****1
A religious experience at Prague Spring
****1
Evil triumphs beautifully in Monteverdi 450 Poppea
****1
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