Roberta Invernizzi dazzles in Baroque battle

By Mark Pullinger, 21 July 2015

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“Invernizzi’s lower register has a diamond-hard edge but the top is buttery soft”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 21 July 2015

Vivaldi, Ercole su'l Termodonte, RV 710: Da due venti

Vivaldi, Griselda, RV 718: Ombre vane, ingiusti orrori

Handel, Rodrigo, HWV 5: Overture

Vivaldi, Catone in Utica, RV 705: Se mai senti spirati sul volto

Vivaldi, Dorilla in Tempe, RV709: Rete, lacci e strali adopra

Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Piangerò la sorte mia

Vivaldi, Dorilla in Tempe, RV709: Sinfonia in C major

Handel, Rodelinda, HWV 19: Ritorna, o caro e dolce mio tesoro

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

Vivaldi, Ottone in Villa, RV 729: Leggi almeno, tiranna infedele

Vivaldi, Juditha triumphans, RV 644: Armatae face et anguibus

Roberta Invernizzi, Soprano

La Risonanza

Fabio Bonizzoni, Conductor

Handel's Esther at the Halle Festival

Sandra Bowdler, 3rd June

Overall a good performance of Handel's oratorio Esther at the Halle Festival, but some problems with the soloists unfortunately let it down.

***11

Handel's Esther at the Halle Festival

Sandra Bowdler, 3rd June

Overall a good performance of Handel's oratorio Esther at the Halle Festival, but some problems with the soloists unfortunately let it down.

***11

Disappointing outing for Scarlatti in the Halle Handel Festival

Sandra Bowdler, 13th June

Scarlatti's oratorio proves a rather disappointing outing for Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante, not helped by the venue's acoustics.

**111

A remarkable rendition of Handel’s Silla at the Enescu Festival

Edward Sava-Segal, 5th September

Europa Galante's musicians’ collective expertise in playing music of the 17th and 18th centuries is indisputable and was in full display once again in Bucharest.

****1

Polifemo by Bononcini: a Baroque rarity in Potsdam

Sandra Bowdler, 16th June

An entertaining night of Baroque music, costume and movement, but above all wonderful singing, at the historic Orangerieschloss at Potsdam

****1

Turin's Orpheus does not ascend to Heaven

Renato Verga, 13th March

In the Teatro Regio's production everything is according to the script, but the magic of the stage is absent.

**111

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Handel vs Vivaldi: Roberta Invernizzi dazzles in Baroque battle at Wigmore Hall