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

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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