Artaserse: A Countertenor Extravaganza at Versailles

By Nahoko Gotoh, 23 March 2014

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“When Fagioli sang this bravura aria with jaw-dropping virtuosity, the audience simply erupted”

Reviewed at Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Versailles on 19 March 2014

Vinci, Artaserse

Concerto Köln

Diego Fasolis, Conductor

Max Emanuel Cenčić, Mandane

Franco Fagioli, Arbace

Vince Yi, Artaserse

Juan Sancho, Artabano

Valer Sabadus, Semira

Yuriy Mynenko, Megabise

Silviu Purcărete, Director

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.