Bartoli and band in killer castrato show at the Concertgebouw

By Jenny Camilleri, 11 December 2019

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“Bartoli's is the kind of talent that can whip a crowd into a frenzy”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 10 December 2019

Handel, Rinaldo HWV 7: Overture

Porpora, La festa d'Imeneo: Vaghi amori

Porpora, Il Polifemo: Lusingato dalla speme

Handel, Ariodante, HWV33: Ballet music

Giacomelli, La Merope: Sposa, non mi conosci

Hasse, Antonio e Cleopatra: Sinfonia

Hasse, Antonio e Cleopatra: Un sol tuo sospiro

Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: V'adoro pupille

Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Da tempeste

Fasch, Concerto for trumpet, 2 oboes and basso continuo

Porpora, Adelaide: Nobil onda

Quantz, Flute Concerto in G major, QV5:174

Leo, Zenobia in Palmira: Qual farfalla

Vinci, Il Medo: Cervo in bosco

Caldara, La Morte d'Abel: Sinfonia

Caldara, La morte d'Abel: Quel buon pastor

Handel, Rinaldo, HWV 7: Augelletti, che cantate

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

Handel, Ariodante, HWV33: Dopo notte

Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-soprano

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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Jenny Camilleri

After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.