Festive bel canto concert at the Concertgebouw

By Nicolas Nguyen, 16 December 2015

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Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 14 December 2015

Mozart, Così fan tutte, K588: Overture

Mozart, Aria for Tenor, "Si mostra la sorte", K209

Mozart, Aria for Soprano, "Chi sà, chi sà, qual sia", K582

Mozart, Don Giovanni, K527: Là ci darem la mano

Rossini, La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima

Rossini, La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Nacqui all'affanno... Non più mesta

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore: Una parola, Adina

Donizetti, L'Elisir d'amore: Chiedi all'aura lusinghiera

Bellini, Concerto for oboe and strings

Bellini, Torna, vezzosa Fillide

Rossini, La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder): Overture

Rossini, Otello: Assisa al piè d'un salice

Rossini, Otello: Deh calma, o Ciel, nel sonno

Rossini, Otello: Eccomi giunto inosservato

Rossini, Otello: Non arrestare il colpo

Rossini, Otello: Notte per me funesta

Rossini, La danza

Lehár, Giuditta: Meine Lippen sie kussen so heiss

Verdi, La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)

Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-soprano

Rolando Villazón, Tenor

Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich

Ada Pesch, Leader

Pier Luigi Fabretti, Oboe

A Baroque Netflix evening: Zurich’s star-studded Giulio Cesare

Mengguang Huang, 28th March

Davide Livermore’s high-octane production transforms Handel into a lavish blockbuster. While the superstars shine, the relentless entertainment-first approach often sacrifices musical refinement and dramatic logic for Netflix-style spectacle.

***11

Handel’s Serse as a quirky modern tale in Zurich

Laura Servidei, 29th September

Christophe Dumaux shines as Arsamene in Nina Russi’s enjoyable production of Handel’s masterpiece revived at the Opernhaus Zürich under the baton of Enrico Onofri.

***11

Cecilia Bartoli does it again: an effervescent Cenerentola in Zurich

Laura Servidei, 8th March

The Opernhaus Zürich presents yet another Cenerentola with Cecilia Bartoli in the title role, surrounded by a great cast, with the support of the period orchestra La Scintilla, under Gianluca Capuano's knowledgeable baton.

****1

Handel in all his glory with Jonathan Cohen and La Scintilla in Zurich

Laura Servidei, 27th February

Jonathan Cohen leads the orchestra La Scintilla, on original instruments, in an exciting all-Handel program at the Opernhaus Zurich.

****1

Mozart’s Entführung as a jukebox musical in Zurich

Laura Servidei, 5th November

The Opernhaus Zurich revives a 2016 production by David Hermann, where the spoken dialogue is removed and the story completely altered.

**111

Pergolesi’s L’Olimpiade as a reflection on old age in Zurich

Laura Servidei, 13th March

The Opernhaus Zurich presents Pergolesi’s masterpiece as an accompaniment to moving videos of elderly citizens.

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Nicolas Nguyen

Nicolas is a French Amsterdammer, e-commerce professional and a bit of an opera buff. His experience in the area of music is that of a dilettante. His passion for the opera and vocal music comes from his love for both music and languages which are so perfectly combined in these art forms.

Bartoli and Villazón’s festive bel canto concert at the Concertgebouw