Cecilia Bartoli brightens up Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet, 23 August 2020

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Reviewed at Culture and Congress Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne on 21 August 2020

Hasse, Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra

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

Telemann, Concerto in D major for three trumpets, strings and continuo

Handel, Rinaldo, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga

Handel, Amadigi HWV 11: Desterò dall'empia dite

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

Handel, Rinaldo, HWV 7: Augelletti, che cantate

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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Sarah Batschelet

Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.