Dolce Duello: Cecilia Bartoli and Sol Gabetta in Baroque sparring at the Barbican

Por Kevin W Ng, 03 diciembre 2017

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“Gabetta's... phrasing and articulation displayed an appealing theatricality worthy of Bartoli”

Crítica hecha desde Barbican Hall, Londres el 1 diciembre 2017

Hasse, Il ciro riconosciuto: Overture

Caldara, Nitocri: Fortuna e speranza

Albinoni, Il nascimento dell'Aurora: Aure andate e baciate

Gabrielli, San Sigismondo, re di Borgogna: Aure voi de'miei sospiri

Pollarolo, Ariodante: Overture

Handel, Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a: Lascia la spina

Raupach, Siroe, re di Persia: O placido il mare

Handel, Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: What passion cannot Music raise and quell?

Boccherini, Concierto para violonchelo núm. 10 en Re mayor, G483

Gluck, Orphée et Eurydice: Dance of the Furies

Boccherini, Se d'un amor tiranno, G557

Nebra, Seguidillas y fandango

Vivaldi, Andromeda liberata: Sovente il sole

Rossini, La danza

de Curtis, Non ti scordar di me

Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzosoprano

Sol Gabetta, Violonchelo

Andrés Gabetta, Violín

Cappella Gabetta

Y con ella llegó el espectáculo: Bartoli y La Cenerentola

Juan José Freijo, 22nd October

Bartoli visitó Madrid como parte de su gira celebratoria del aniversario de Rossini y ofreció una actuación para disfrutar de su temperamento como personaje irrepetible y show-woman definitiva.

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A Baroque Netflix evening: Zurich’s star-studded Giulio Cesare

Mengguang Huang, 28th March

Davide Livermore’s high-octane production transforms Handel into a lavish blockbuster. While the superstars shine, the relentless entertainment-first approach often sacrifices musical refinement and dramatic logic for Netflix-style spectacle.

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Cecilia Bartoli, diva jusqu’au bout des doigts à Gstaad

Romain Daroles, 28th August

En duo avec un David Fray excellent pour chercher le théâtre à chaque coin de note, la mezzo-soprano a proposé un récital d'exception dans un programme foisonnant, entre classicisme et bel canto.

*****

A soul-stirring Orfeo ed Euridice as Bartoli commands Cremona’s stage

Laura Servidei, 11th June

Cecilia Bartoli and Gianluca Capuano lead a superb performance of Orfeo ed Euridice, in semi-staged form, as a prologue to the Monteverdi Festival in Cremona.

*****

A Whitsun Festival crowned by Rossini’s magic in Salzburg

Laura Servidei, 9th June

An exciting gala concert led by Cecilia Bartoli closed the Whitsun Festival in Salzburg, under the expert baton of Gianluca Capuano.

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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.

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Kevin W Ng

Kevin writes about music and culture, with a focus on opera. Originally trained as a violinist, he has a particular interest in 20th-century music. He is currently based in New York City.