Barockes Voll-Blut-Oratorium: San Giovanni Battista in Salzburg

By Michael Vieth, 29 July 2018

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“Semenzato ließ die seelische Kälte schmerzhaft fühlbar werden”

Reviewed at Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg: Großer Saal, Salzburg on 26 July 2018

Stradella, San Giovanni Battista

Václav Luks, Conductor

Christophe Dumaux, San Giovanni Battista

Giulia Semenzato, Salome

Krešimir Stražanac, Herode

Krystian Adam, Consigliere

Lucile Richardot, Herodiade

Collegium 1704

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Eleanor Knight, 4th June

Everything about this production is fresh and wonderful.

*****

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Nick Boston, 4th June

John Tavener's “mystical pantomime” proves a disappointment, despite strong performances from singers and orchestra in David Pountney's production.

***11

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David Karlin, 2nd June

Leonardo García-Alarcón's exhumation of Bembo's work proves a winner, in a hyper-quirky staging by Netia Jones with Julie Fuchs as the pick of the fine singers.

****1

Chasing the American Dream: UK premiere for Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up

Mark Pullinger, 1st June

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****1

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Eleanor Knight, 30th May

Beth Taylor gives the lows and highs of Handel's heroics an almighty, whole-body shakedown in Sinéad O'Neill’s new staging of Handel's Orlando.

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Peter Quantrill, 28th May

Mount Vesuvius looms over Cecilia Stinton’s compelling new production of Così fan tutte.

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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.

Barockes Voll-Blut-Oratorium: Stradellas San Giovanni Battista bei den Salzburger Festspielen