Barocker Hochgenuss: Joyce DiDonato und Il pomo d'Oro in Grafenegg

By Alexandra Richter, 30 August 2021

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“mit charmanter Leichtigkeit”

Reviewed at Auditorium Grafenegg, Grafenegg on 29 August 2021

Programme to include:

Works by Monteverdi

Works by Gluck

Works by Handel

Hasse, Antonio e Cleopatra: Morte, col fiero aspetto

Monteverdi, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria: ‘Illustratevi, o cieli’

Dowland, Come again! Sweet love doth now invite

Works by Buonamente

Works by Merula

Works by Cesti

Works by Rameau

Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano

Il Pomo d'Oro

Maxim Emelyanychev, Conductor

Reincarnation of Baroque ecstasy: Giulio Cesare at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 12th February

From Jakub Józef Orliński’s youthful radiance to Sandrine Piau’s sovereign mastery, this performance revives Baroque ecstasy through razor-sharp orchestration, muscular playing and inventive embellishments of unparalleled emotional depth.

*****

Carry on up the Nile: Handel's Berenice by the Seine

Sandra Bowdler, 21st May

One of Handel's lesser operas receives a deluxe concert performance at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, with Il Pomo d'Oro and a fine array of singers.

****1

Beyond conventions: Jakub Józef Orliński and Il Pomo d'Oro in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 30th November

Touring with the ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro, Jakub Józef Orliński reinvents the Baroque recital formula at the Berlin Philharmonic featuring breakdancing, an audience sing-along and a good deal of fun.

*****

Gesualdo lights up La Bâtie in Veyrier

Elodie Olson-Coons, 8th September

Il Pomo d'Oro and La Compagnia del Madrigale deliver a moving, nuanced performance of Gesualdo madrigals at La Bâtie festival.

***11

Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro make the Konzerthaus their Eden

Chanda VanderHart, 20th March

Pageantry abounds as the popular mezzo-soprano turns the Konzerthaus Wien into a sort of classical music, multisensory varieté.

*****

A starry cast for Handel's Theodora in Paris

Kevin W Ng, 22nd November

It’s hard to imagine more glorious vocalism from such a starry cast, but this Theodora at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées falls short of the sublime.

***11

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Alexandra Richter

Alexandra hat Medienwissenschaften studiert und arbeitet als Filmproduzentin in Frankfurt. Tagsüber sind die Kunstausstellungen und Museen ganz Europas ihr zu Hause. Die Abende verbringt sie gern in der Oper und im Konzertsaal. Hier liegen ihre Schwerpunkte bei Romantischen Komponist*innen, wie Schubert und Wagner. Aber auch zeitgenössische und moderne Musik finden immer wieder Beachtung.