Barocke Sehnsuchts- und Schicksalswelten: Magdalena Kožená in Fürth

By Michael Vieth, 04 June 2024

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“ein echter Galaabend für das Fürther Konzertpublikum”

Reviewed at Stadttheater Fürth, Fürth on 2 June 2024

Uccellini, Aria quinta sopra la Bergamasca

Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea: Disprezzata Regina

Merula, Canzoni, overo sonate concertate, Op.12: Ballo detto Pollicio

Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea: Addio Roma

Merula, Folle è ben si crede

Monteverdi, Quel sguardo sdegnosetto

Castello, Sonate Concertate in Stil Moderno, Libro II: Sonata decimaquinta

Monteverdi, Si dolce è'l tormento, SV332

Marini, Passacaglia, Op.22

Ivanović, Arianna has a problem

Berio, Sequenza III, für Frauenstimme

Handel, Terpsichore, HWV 8b (Chaconne)

Vivaldi, Il Giustino, RV 717: Vedrò con mio diletto

Vivaldi, La verità in cimento, RV 739 (Cara sorte di chi nata)

Vivaldi, Farnace, RV 711: Gelido in ogni vena

Handel, Ariodante, HWV33: Dopo notte

Magdalena Kožená, Mezzo-soprano

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

Andrea Marcon, Harpsichord, Conductor

Verónica Cangemi in stylish recital at the Halle Handel Festival

Sandra Bowdler, 11th June

Soprano Verónica Cangemi shines in a variety of moods as Handel heroines, with the added attraction of Celine Pasche's virtuoso recorder playing, accompanied by Andrea Marcon.

****1

Li zite 'ngalera at La Scala: galley trip of the newlyweds

Lorenzo Fiorito, 4th April

The singer-actors of this lively Neapolitan opera are entangled in a farcical plot in the Teatro alla Scala's revival of the genre.

****1

Giacomelli's Merope resurrected by Marcon at the Concertgebouw

Nicolas Nguyen, 5th February

Andrea Marcon and La Cetra give the first modern performance of Geminiano Giacomelli’s opera La Merope at the Concertgebouw.

****1

La Cetra dazzles in Juditha triumphans at Dutch National Opera

Jenny Camilleri, 26th January

Floris Visser’s staging transforms Vivaldi’s biblical oratorio into a credible wartime drama. The young cast is proficient, and La Cetra Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Andrea Marcon, nothing short of miraculous.

****1

Starry performance can’t lift Caldara’s Planets to the skies

Nicolas Nguyen, 28th April

Accomplished performances from the cast and La Cetra Baroque Orchestra can’t fully compensate the shortcomings of Caldara’s Harmony of the Planets.

***11

Love finds a balm for pain in Basel

Sarah Batschelet, 13th June

Lydia Steier’s colourful production of Alcina in Basel was as much a lesson in conflict resolution as it was in the power of love.

***11

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Michael Vieth

Michael Vieth ist Physiker und hat viele Jahre in der Zentralen Forschung der Siemens AG in Erlangen und München an magnetischen Speichern und Sensoren gearbeitet. Auch von klassischer Musik magnetisiert, singt er seit seinem Studium in Göttingen in großen Kantoreien und Chorprojekten; eine besondere Vorliebe hat sich zu Motetten der Renaissance und der Moderne entwickelt. Daneben faszinieren ihn Auftritte und Programme kleiner Vokal-Ensembles.

Barocke Sehnsuchts- und Schicksalswelten: Magdalena Kožená im Stadttheater Fürth