Remember me: Il Pomo d'Oro mit Dido und Jephte in der Elbphilharmonie

Fatma Said und Joyce DiDonato

Maxim Emelyanychev dirigiert Il Pomo d'Oro

Andrew Staples

Anna Piroli, Beth Taylor und Alena Dantcheva

By Christoph Wurzel, 17 February 2024

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“die in der Musik vermittelten Emotionen in Klang und Farbe waren sinnlich zu spüren”

Reviewed at Elbphilharmonie: Grand Hall, Hamburg on 14 February 2024

Carissimi, Histoire de Jephté

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas

Maxim Emelyanychev, Conductor, Harpsichord

Il Pomo d'Oro

Il Pomo d'Oro Choir

Andrew Staples, Jephté, Aeneas

Carlo Colombo, Filia

Joyce DiDonato, Dido

Fatma Said, Belinda

Beth Taylor, Sorceress

Hugh Cutting, Spirit

Massimo Altieri, Sailor

Alena Dantcheva, 1st Enchantress

Anna Piroli, 2nd Enchantress

Carlotta Colombo, 2nd Woman

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Christoph Wurzel

Nach dem Studium der Germanistik, Politikwissenschaft, Philosophie und Musikwissenschaft war Christoph Wurzel lange im pädagogischen Bereich tätig. Er interessiert sich besonders für die gesellschaftlich relevanten Aspekte der Musik. Er lebt in Baden – Baden und schreibt für verschiedene Magazine in Deutschland.

Remember me: Il Pomo d'Oro mit Dido and Aeneas und Historia di Jephte in der Elbphilharmonie