Anna Caterina Antonacci Casts a Spell over New York

By Zerbinetta, 10 April 2012

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Alice Tully Hall, New York City on 8 April 2012

Fauré, Cinq Mélodies de Venise, Op.58

Hahn, Venezia

Fauré, L'horizon chimérique, Op.118

Works by Hahn

Cilea, Serenata (Mormorante di tenero desio)

Cilea, Nel ridestarmi

Cilea, Non ti voglio amar

Mascagni, La tua stella

Mascagni, Serenata

Tosti, Quattro canzoni d'Amaranta

Respighi, Cinque canti all'antica

Respighi, Sopra un'aria antica

Respighi, Nebbie

Refice, Ombra di nube

Anna Caterina Antonacci, Soprano

Donald Sulzen, Piano

Painting with words: Anna Caterina Antonacci at Wigmore Hall

Kevin W Ng, 18th February

Antonacci brings a vibrant splash of colour to a rainy day in London in works by Respighi, Boulanger, Britten, and Poulenc

****1

Anna Caterina Antonacci riveting in La voix humaine

Ako Imamura, 5th March

Anna Caterina Antonacci's rare appearance in New York was another rewarding occasion to savor, with a recital of French songs followed by an unforgettable performance of Poulenc's La voix humaine.

****1

Brillantes polyphonies de solitaire

Beate Langenbruch, 20th September

Anna Caterina Antonacci, Voix humaine par excellence, appelée par le piano complice de Donald Sulzen à l’Opéra de Lyon

****1

Painting with words: Anna Caterina Antonacci at Wigmore Hall

Kevin W Ng, 18th February

Antonacci brings a vibrant splash of colour to a rainy day in London in works by Respighi, Boulanger, Britten, and Poulenc

****1

French flair: Pure joy from Enrique Mazzola and the LPO

Chris Garlick, 24th October

Each of the works are particularly radiant in themselves, but made even more so as they were presented here.

****1

On the female condition: two 20th-century operas in Turin

Renato Verga, 16th May

Two different variations of the female conditions: one of 1909 and now utterly out-of-date, the second of 1959 much more ut-to-date.

****1

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Zerbinetta

Zerbinetta is a music educator in the New York area with a background in music performance, theater studies, and history. She is particularly interested in Wagner, Baroque music, and, of course, Richard Strauss.