Anna Prohaska: pure and precise

By Jenny Camilleri, 29 September 2016

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“Perfectly carved mordents and crystalline coloratura were not just shiny ornaments”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 27 September 2016

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Overture

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas Z 626: Aria 'Ah! Belinda, I Am Prest with Torment'

Graupner, Dido, Königin von Carthago

Sartorio, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Non ti voglio amar

Locke, The Tempest (Galliard,Lilk,Curtain)

da Castrovillari, La Cleopatra: A Dio regni, a Dio scettri

Sartorio, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Quando voglio

Purcell, The Fairy Queen, Z 629: Dance for Chinese man and woman

Graupner, Dido, Königin von Carthago: Der Himmel ist von Donner... Infido Cupido

Graupner, Dido, Königin von Carthago: Agitato da Tempeste

Handel, Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op.6 No.8, HWV 326

Hasse, Didone abbandonata

Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Se pietà di me non senti

Castello, Sonata Decima Quinta a 4 in D

Cavalli, La Didone (Re de' Getuli altero )

Hasse, Antonio e Cleopatra: Morte, col fiero aspetto

Rossi, Passacaglia

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas Z 626: Recitatief 'Thy Hand, Belinda'

Il Giardino Armonico

Giovanni Antonini, Conductor

Anna Prohaska, Soprano

Taking risks that pay off at the Enescu Festival

Peter Quantrill, 13th September

The Giocoso’s Enescu and Il Giardino Armonico’s Beethoven bookend an exhilarating day of rarities and classics.

****1

Isabelle Faust and Il Giardino Armonico at Sommets Musicaux

David Karlin, 1st February

Giovanni Antonini leads Il Giardino Armonico through a sampler of Vivaldi's L'estro armonico, with a stellar Isabelle Faust leading the soloists.

****1

Spirited Mozart from Isabelle Faust and Il Giardino Armonico in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 11th December

Isabelle Faust, Giovanni Antonini and the Italian period instrument ensemble Il Giardino Armonico gather again for Mozart's complete Violin Concertos.

*****

Pre-Baroque rarity for a grand season opening at Theater an der Wien

Laura Servidei, 19th September

A superlative cast led by Annett Fritsch and Cyril Auvity dazzle in Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s “musical drama” in a brilliant production by Robert Carsen.

*****

Modern Queens: Anna Prohaska at the Proms

Kevin W Ng, 2nd August

Anna Prohaska reigns supreme in programme of Cleopatra and Dido-inspired Baroque arias in her late night Prom.

****1

Il giardino armonico’s bouquet of Baroque bonbons causes a sensation in Wrocław

Jonathan Sutherland, 10th September

A concert at the Andrzej Markowski International Wratislavia Cantans Festival that was anything but traditional or predictable.

****1

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Jenny Camilleri

After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.

Anna Prohaska: pure and precise in Baroque arias at the Concertgebouw