Valer Sabadus et le Concerto Köln

By Christophe Dilys, 27 June 2014

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“Aussi discret et chaleureux sans musique qu’habité et terrible en pleine partition.”

Reviewed at Château de Versailles: Chapelle Royale, Versailles on 25 June 2014

Handel, Concerto Grosso in G major, Op.6 no.1, HWV 319

Handel, L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato, HWV 55 (Arias)

Handel, Il Delirio Amoroso, (Da quel giorno fatale) HWV 99

Avison, Concerto in D major, Op.6 no. 6

Valer Sabadus, Countertenor

Concerto Köln

Mayumi Hirasaki, Leader

Cordula Breuer, Flute

An exciting oratorio: Handel's Belshazzar in Göttingen

Sandra Bowdler, 14th May

A thrilling performance of one of Handel's most dramatic oratorios was rapturously received at the Göttingen International Handel Festival, rising from the Covid ashes this year

*****

Rodelinda hits all the marks at Dutch National Opera

Jenny Camilleri, 14th January

A veritable Baroque bonanza featuring a top-tier cast and orchestra in an emotionally incisive and handsomely crafted production.

*****

Handel's Messiah, 1743 London première version

Sandra Bowdler, 10th June

The Halle Handel Festival offered a unique opportunity to hear Handel's Messiah in both the Dublin version of 1742 and the London version of 1743 within the space of a week.

***11

Starkly powerful Jephtha at Dutch National Opera

Jenny Camilleri, 9th November

Concerto Köln, honed to perfection, and an accomplished cast star in Claus Guth's tense, dark staging of Handel's Jephtha.

****1

Amsterdam Ariodante convinces as village psychodrama

Jenny Camilleri, 17th January

Richard Jones creates forceful theatre by staging Ariodante as a tale of shaming and abuse. Andrea Marcon conducts an accomplished cast and the first-class Concerto Köln.

****1

Artaserse: A Countertenor Extravaganza at Versailles

Nahoko Gotoh, 19th March

The sensational countertenor Franco Fagioli led an all-male cast in an extravagant staging of Vinci's Artaserse, a neglected Baroque opera, at the Royal Opera House at Versailles.

*****

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Christophe Dilys

De père français et de mère sud-africaine, Christophe Dilys s'est initié à la musique avec le piano et la trompette. Après avoir étudié la littérature et les sciences politiques, il se consacre aujourd'hui entièrement à la musique à travers la direction et ses collaborations occasionnelles avec France Musique. Il s'est récemment découvert un intérêt pour la musique ancienne en jouant du cornet à bouquin.

Triomphe de la musique de Haendel servie par Valer Sabadus et le Concerto Köln