Cecilia Bartoli delivers in Italian Baroque at the Lucerne Festival

By Laura Servidei, 23 August 2021

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“Bartoli gave us Christ’s death on the cross as if it were happening in front of our eyes”

Reviewed at Culture and Congress Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne on 22 August 2021

Vivaldi, In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626

Vivaldi, Clarae Stellae Scintillate, RV 625

Vivaldi, Flute Concerto in G minor, Op.10 no. 2, RV 439 "La notte”

Pergolesi, Stabat Mater

Vivaldi, Orlando furioso, RV 728: Sol da te, mio dolce amore

Vivaldi, Nisi Dominus, RV 608: Cum dederit dilectis suis

Bach, Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV1083 (Amen)

Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-soprano

Carlo Vistoli, Countertenor

Jean-Marc Goujon, Flute

Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco

Gianluca Capuano, Conductor

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

Monteverdi’s Vespers in Salzburg: mysticism, might and musical mastery

Laura Servidei, 7th June

Gianluca Capuano leads Les Musiciens du Prince and Il Canto d’Orfeo in a spectacular rendition of Monteverdi’s masterpiece at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival.

****1

Emotional Mozart at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival

Laura Servidei, 19th May

Gianluca Capuano leads a great ensemble in a thoughtful, emotional reading of Mozart’s Mass in C minor.

****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

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.