Dolce Duello: Cecilia Bartoli and Sol Gabetta in Baroque sparring at the Barbican

By Kevin W Ng, 03 December 2017

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“Gabetta's... phrasing and articulation displayed an appealing theatricality worthy of Bartoli”

Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 1 December 2017

Hasse, Il ciro riconosciuto: Overture

Caldara, Nitocri: Fortuna e speranza

Albinoni, Il nascimento dell'Aurora: Aure andate e baciate

Gabrielli, San Sigismondo, re di Borgogna: Aure voi de'miei sospiri

Pollarolo, Ariodante: Overture

Handel, Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a: Lascia la spina

Raupach, Siroe, re di Persia: O placido il mare

Handel, Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: What passion cannot Music raise and quell?

Boccherini, Cello Concerto no. 10 in D major, G483

Gluck, Orphée et Eurydice: Dance of the Furies

Boccherini, Se d'un amor tiranno, G557

Nebra, Seguidillas y fandango

Vivaldi, Andromeda liberata: Sovente il sole

Rossini, La danza

de Curtis, Non ti scordar di me

Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-soprano

Sol Gabetta, Cello

Andrés Gabetta, Violin

Cappella Gabetta

A soul-stirring Orfeo ed Euridice as Bartoli commands Cremona’s stage

Laura Servidei, 11th June

Cecilia Bartoli and Gianluca Capuano lead a superb performance of Orfeo ed Euridice, in semi-staged form, as a prologue to the Monteverdi Festival in Cremona.

*****

A Whitsun Festival crowned by Rossini’s magic in Salzburg

Laura Servidei, 9th June

An exciting gala concert led by Cecilia Bartoli closed the Whitsun Festival in Salzburg, under the expert baton of Gianluca Capuano.

****1

Hotel Metamorphosis: Vivaldi reborn through Ovid's lens in Salzburg

Laura Servidei, 8th June

A pasticcio of superb musicianship is the main event at the Venice-themed Whitsun Festival.

****1

Une Folle journée: Mozart-Da Ponte pasticcio at the Whitsun Festival

Laura Servidei, 18th May

Cecilia Bartoli leads a stellar cast in a silly, but fun divertissement where Mozart’s music shines supreme.

****1

A Haydn rarity: L’anima del filosofo at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival

Laura Servidei, 27th May

The festival presents an illuminist take on the myth of Orpheus in a convincing concert performance of a rarely performed opera by Haydn.

****1

A superb Orfeo ed Euridice opens the Salzburg Whitsun Festival

Laura Servidei, 26th May

Gianluca Capuano and Les Musiciens du Prince open the Pfingstfestspiele with a bang in a profound interpretation of Gluck’s masterpiece, where Cecilia Bartoli shines in her debut as Orfeo.

*****

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Kevin W Ng

Kevin writes about music and culture, with a focus on opera. Originally trained as a violinist, he has a particular interest in 20th-century music. He is currently based in New York City.