Beyond conventions: Jakub Józef Orliński and Il Pomo d'Oro in Berlin

Jakub Józef Orliński and Il Pomo d'Oro

By Elena Luporini, 01 December 2023

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“in full diva style, the countertenor entered the stage wrapped in a dark cape”

Reviewed at Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin on 30 November 2023

Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea: E pur io torno

Monteverdi, Voglio di vita uscir, SV 337

Marini, Passacaglia, Op.22

Caccini, Le nuove musiche: Amarilli, mia bella

Frescobaldi, Così mi disprezzate

Kerll, Sonata for two violins in F major

Strozzi, L'Amante consolato

Cavalli, Pompeo Magno: Incomprensibil nume

Pallavicino, Demetrio: Sinfonia

Netti, La Filli: Misero core... Si, si, si scioglia si... Dolcissime catene

Sartorio, Antonino e Pompeianio: La certezza di sua fede

Netti, L'Adamiro: Quanto più la donna invecchia

Netti, L'Adamiro: Son vecchia, patienza

Jarzębski, Tamburetta

Moratelli, La Faretra smarrita: Lungi dai nostri cor

Boretti, Eliogabalo: Chi scherza con Amor

Cavalli, La Calisto: Lucidissima Face

Jakub Józef Orliński, Countertenor

Il Pomo d'Oro

Alfia Bakieva, Violin, Director

Reincarnation of Baroque ecstasy: Giulio Cesare at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 12th February

From Jakub Józef Orliński’s youthful radiance to Sandrine Piau’s sovereign mastery, this performance revives Baroque ecstasy through razor-sharp orchestration, muscular playing and inventive embellishments of unparalleled emotional depth.

*****

Carry on up the Nile: Handel's Berenice by the Seine

Sandra Bowdler, 21st May

One of Handel's lesser operas receives a deluxe concert performance at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, with Il Pomo d'Oro and a fine array of singers.

****1

Gesualdo lights up La Bâtie in Veyrier

Elodie Olson-Coons, 8th September

Il Pomo d'Oro and La Compagnia del Madrigale deliver a moving, nuanced performance of Gesualdo madrigals at La Bâtie festival.

***11

Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro make the Konzerthaus their Eden

Chanda VanderHart, 20th March

Pageantry abounds as the popular mezzo-soprano turns the Konzerthaus Wien into a sort of classical music, multisensory varieté.

*****

A starry cast for Handel's Theodora in Paris

Kevin W Ng, 22nd November

It’s hard to imagine more glorious vocalism from such a starry cast, but this Theodora at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées falls short of the sublime.

***11

Seductive lyricism from Jakub Józef Orliński at Wigmore Hall

Nahoko Gotoh, 14th December

Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński makes a big impression at Wigmore Hall with Il pomo d’oro.

*****

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Elena Luporini

After completing their Master's degree in Musicology in Rome, Elena has now moved to Berlin to dedicate themselves to more things musical. With a publication on Béla Bartók and a seminar at the Humboldt-Universität underway, their interests mostly veer toward 20th-century opera, with some forays into queer musicology. Some of their latest undertakings also include oboe lessons, stencil-making and tea-making.