Brawn and brains: Javier Camarena dazzles at the Wigmore Hall

By Dominic Lowe, 15 April 2016

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“The ease with which Camarena moved from role to role so completely was striking”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 14 April 2016

Rossini, Le Comte Ory: Que les destins prospères

Mozart, Mitridate, re di Ponto, K87 (K74a): Vado incontro al fato estremo

Massenet, Manon: En fermant les yeux

Donizetti, Anna Bolena: Vivi tu, te ne scongiuro... Nel veder la tua constanza...

Bellini, Vaga luna che inargenti

Rossini, Tarantella

Rossini, La danza

Serrano, El Trust de los tenorios

Serrano, El trust de los tenorios: Te quiero, morena

Chapí, La bruja: No extrañéis, no, que se escapen

Lara, Oracion caribe (Selection of works)

Lara, Mujer

Lara, Veracruz

Arcaraz, Bonita

Esperón, Other (Selection of works)

del Moral, No niegues que me quisiste

Javier Camarena, Tenor

Angel Rodriguez, Piano

Ballet du Capitole’s double bill: a glorious musical feast

Jonathan Gray, 24th October

The conducting of Jordi Savall thrills during the Ballet du Capitole's double bill of ballets by Gluck.

****1

Por escucharte, Javier, lo que haga falta

Juan José Freijo, 7th February

Javier Camarena se sobrepuso a las dificultades en su recital de la Fundación Scherzo en Madrid y nos regaló una noche para disfrutar.

****1

Camarena el fenomenólogo: comunicar y emocionar

Daniel Martínez Babiloni, 4th February

Javier Camarena arrastró al público por un torrente emocional y triunfó en su debut en el Palau de la Música de Valencia.

****1

Nadine Sierra shines in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 15th February

This first-time Neapolitan performance of Gounod's masterpiece is destined to leave a lasting impression in the audience's memory.

****1

Young Sicilian soprano grabs the limelight in Bergamo Don Pasquale

Mark Pullinger, 17th November

They came for Javier Camarena, but cheered Giulia Mazzola to the rafters of the Teatro Donizetti as the third production of this year's festival opens.

***11

Rigoletto cast dazzles in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opener

Graham Meyer, 14th September

Through brilliant singing and layered acting, Javier Camarena, Mané Galoyan, and Igor Golovatenko drive a Rigoletto to warm a traditionalist's heart.

****1

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.