An emotional L'Orfeo for Monteverdi 450

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 27 July 2017

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“By the middle of Orfeo's monody, I was a sobbing mess”

Reviewed at Felsenreitschule, Salzburg on 26 July 2017

Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318 (concert performance)

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor

Elsa Rooke, Director

Krystian Adam, Orfeo

Hana Blažíková, Euridice, La musica

Kangmin Justin Kim, La speranza

Lucile Richardot, La messaggiera

Francesca Boncompagni, Proserpina

Furio Zanasi, Apollo

Gianluca Buratto, Caronte, Plutone

English Baroque Soloists

Monteverdi Choir

Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Tenor

Gareth Treseder, Tenor

Michał Czerniawski, Countertenor

Evil triumphs beautifully in Monteverdi 450 Poppea

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 29th July

The final opera in Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Monteverdi 450 trilogy features an excellent cast and inspires deep emotion.

****1

Monteverdi 450's Ulisse docks in Salzburg

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 28th July

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, the second opera of the Monteverdi 450 trilogy being toured by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, had a strong performance in Salzburg.

***11

Un Couronnement de Poppée exaltant par Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Maeva Da Cruz, 18th September

Clôturant cette triologie Monteverdi, Le Couronnement de Poppée nous démontre une nouvelle fois l'alchimie palpable entre les solistes, l'orchestre des English Baroque Soloists et Sir John Eliot Gardiner, qui composent ensemble une fresque des passions humaines aussi réjouissante que complexe.

*****

Trilogie Monteverdi à la Philharmonie : un Orfeo sublimé par Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Maeva Da Cruz, 16th September

Premier volet de la trilogie Monteverdi programmée à la Philharmonie en ce début de saison, cet Orfeo dirigé par Sir John Gardiner s'avère aussi envivrant musicalement que vocalement.

*****

Des Krönungs Krönung: L'incoronazione di Poppea in Berlin

Jens Klier, 5th September

Wie Pur ti miro lange Zeit als Ohrwurm melodiert, so wird die gesamte Mammutproduktion immerwährenden Nachhall und Eindruck in der langen und großen Erfolgsgeschichte Gardiners Monteverdi-Exegese hinterlassen.

*****

Eine Rückkehr und gerechte Happy Ends: Ulisse in Berlin

Jens Klier, 3rd September

Was lange währt, wird ziemlich gut: Sir John Eliot Gardiner und seine Montverdis überzeugen mit dem Premieren-Ulisse in Berlin.

****1

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Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.