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Baroque vocalise: Franco Fagioli celebrates Cafarelli at Wigmore Hall

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“Fagioli slipped between... registers effortlessly, including several dips into baritone territory”
Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 13 November 2015
Ragazzi, Sonata for strings in G minor, Op.1 no. 6
Porpora, Semiramide riconosciuta: Passaggier che sulla sponda
Hasse, Siroe, re di Persia: Ebbi da te la vita
Fiorenza, Concerto in A major for 3 violins and continuo
Leo, Demofoonte: Misero pargoletto
Hasse, Siroe, re di Persia: Fra l'orror della tempesta
Cafaro, Ipermestra: Rendimi più sereno
Handel, Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40: Crude furie
Ragazzi, Sonata for strings in F minor, Op.1 no. 4
Pergolesi, Adriano in Siria: Lieto così talvolta
Avitrano, Sonata in D major for 3 violins and continuo, Op.3 no. 2 "L'Aragona”
Handel, Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40: Se bramate d'amar, chi vi sdegna
Handel, Ariodante, HWV33: Dopo notte
Vinci, Artaserse: Fra cento affanni
Franco Fagioli, Countertenor
Riccardo Minasi, Violin
Stefano Rossi, Violin
Esther Crazzolara, Violin
Giulio d'Alessio, Viola
Ludovico Minasi, Cello
Riccardo Coelati, Double Bass
Federica Bianchi, Harpsichord
Franco Fagioli and Versailles bring rare bel canto to New York
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Devieilhe's Cleopatra reigns in Michieletto's muddled Egyptology show
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Leonardo Vinci's music revived by Franco Fagioli at Bayreuth Baroque
*****
Political power games in Kosky's Agrippina at Covent Garden
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Handel's Agrippina sparkles at the Barbican
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