Cut-and-shut Baroque: Handel's Catone in Utica

Par Charlotte Valori, 18 mars 2015

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Critique faite à St George's, Hanover Square, Londres, le 17 mars 2015

Haendel, Catone, HWV A7

Opera Settecento

Tom Foster, Direction

Christina Gansch, Emilia

Erica Eloff, Marzia

Emilie Renard, Arbace

Christopher Jacklin, Cesare

Christopher Robson, Catone

Lucio Papirio bei den digitalen Händel-Festspielen Halle

Jens Klier, 30th May

Zur Aufführung gelangte ein neuzeitlich premiertes Opern-Pasticcio, dem das junge Ensemble mit innewohnender Entdeckerlust und stimmlichen Fähigkeiten zu einem – damals noch versagten – Erfolg verhalf.

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Dominic Lowe, 21st September

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Handel's Elpidia unearthed by Opera Settecento

Dominic Lowe, 31st March

A pasticcio not seen since 1725, Elpidia contains some excellent music... even if it isn't by Handel!

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Vivaldi's Griselda launches Opera Settecento

Nahoko Gotoh, 18th September

When compared to the operas of Handel, Vivaldi’s operas are still relative rarities either on stage or in concert. There have been a handful of performances in UK in the last five years...

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Stéphane Lelièvre, 21st March

L'Opéra de Lyon propose pour la première fois le chef-d'œuvre de Britten à son public : une réussite tant visuelle que musicale, accueillie avec enthousiasme par les spectateurs.

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Stéphane Lelièvre, 20th March

Proposée dans le cadre du festival annuel de l'Opéra de Lyon, la nouvelle production de l'ouvrage de Puccini ne prend pas vraiment, et laisse l’impression d’une promesse incomplètement tenue.

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.

Cut-and-shut Baroque: Handel's Catone in Utica from Opera Settecento