Danielle de Niese launches "Beauty of the Baroque"

By Amanda Keil, 25 January 2012

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Reviewed at (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York City on 23 January 2012

Handel, Samson, HWV 57: Let the bright Seraphim

Handel, Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40: Ombra mai fù

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Dido's Lament "When I am laid in earth"

Monteverdi, Quel sguardo sdegnosetto

Works by Dowland

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

Danielle de Niese, Soprano

ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire

David Karlin, 16th February

Never has Brecht and Weill’s satire on the inhumanity of man to man been render with such utter darkness; Simon O’Neill heads up a superb cast.

*****

Danielle de Niese makes Carmen debut in a colourful new Sydney staging

Sandra Bowdler, 10th July

Danielle de Niese's assumes the title role at the Sydney Opera House, leading an impressive cast with an interesting approach to characterisation with a somewhat over the top blingy setting.

****1

Merriment aplenty in Cal McCrystal's Merry Widow at Glyndebourne

Dominic Lowe, 9th June

Glyndebourne's new production of Lehár's greatest work is interpreted with his customary flair and fun by Cal McCrystal.

****1

To the Underworld and back: Thomas Adès conducts the Boston Symphony

Kevin Wells, 24th March

Thomas Adès conducts music from his own ballet score to The Dante Project and Stravinsky's Persephone.

****1

Danielle de Niese delivers a searing La Voix humaine in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 27th January

A passionate and despairing La Voix humaine from Danielle de Niese make for a special second half, after Jaime Martín conducts a satisfactory Brahms' Third Symphony.

***11

ENO brings It's a Wonderful Life to the operatic stage

Matthew Rye, 25th November

English National Opera's It’s a Wonderful Life makes for a feel-good evening of theatre, but it requires a sweet tooth.

***11

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Amanda Keil

Amanda Keil is a native New Yorker who sings, teaches, writes about music and fundraises for the arts. Her broad musical interests have led her to perform music from ancient to modern times, and she is the founder of Musica Nuova, which stages Baroque songs in modern settings. She blogs at thousandfoldecho.