Starry performance can’t lift Caldara’s Planets to the skies

By Nicolas Nguyen, 29 April 2018

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“The libretto is so obsequious it would make a North Korean propaganda agency blush”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 28 April 2018

Caldara, La concordia de’ pianeti

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

Andrea Marcon, Conductor

Delphine Galou, Contralto

Verónica Cangemi, Soprano

Christophe Dumaux, Countertenor

David Hansen, Countertenor

Carlos Mena, Countertenor

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Tenor

Luca Tittoto, Baritone

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Soprano Verónica Cangemi shines in a variety of moods as Handel heroines, with the added attraction of Celine Pasche's virtuoso recorder playing, accompanied by Andrea Marcon.

****1

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The singer-actors of this lively Neapolitan opera are entangled in a farcical plot in the Teatro alla Scala's revival of the genre.

****1

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****1

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Jenny Camilleri, 26th January

Floris Visser’s staging transforms Vivaldi’s biblical oratorio into a credible wartime drama. The young cast is proficient, and La Cetra Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Andrea Marcon, nothing short of miraculous.

****1

Love finds a balm for pain in Basel

Sarah Batschelet, 13th June

Lydia Steier’s colourful production of Alcina in Basel was as much a lesson in conflict resolution as it was in the power of love.

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Andrea Marcon leads La Cetra Baroque Orchestra and a group of accomplished soloists in an elegant and sensuous performance of Vivaldi's pastoral opera at the Concertgebouw.

****1

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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.

Starry performance can’t quite lift Caldara’s Planets to the skies in Amsterdam