French Baroque in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei, 15 May 2017

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Reviewed at Konserthuset Stockholm: Grünewaldsalen, Stockholm on 14 May 2017

Rameau, Dardanus: suite (Excerpts)

Rameau, Les Indes Galantes: Suite (Excerpts)

Rameau, Castor et Pollux: Arias

Rameau, Les Fêtes d'Hébé, ou les Talens Lyriques (Excerpts)

Lully, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV43: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs

Rameau, Les Boréades (Excerpts)

Rameau, Le Temple de la Gloire: Ces oiseaux par leur doux ramage

Rameau, Pigmalion: Suite (Excerpts)

Orpheus Barockensemble

Mariangiola Martello, Leader, Harpsichord

Anders Dahlin, Tenor

Lorenzo Coppola and three historical clarinets seduce Stockholm

Laurence Vittes, 14th February

Hosted by the roguish Italian clarinet virtuoso, a wonderful live-streamed concert turned into a brilliant entertainment experience that could be a model for concerts online – and live.

*****

Klaus Mäkelä conducts a fluent Bach Mass in B minor in Oslo

Stephen Pritchard, 7th April

Dead air swallows the acoustic, so it’s no wonder this orchestra and choir is busy raising funds to build its own concert hall in Oslo.

***11

French Baroque meets modern dance at Drottningholm

Laura Servidei, 31st July

Saburo Teshigawara sets Rameau’s opéra-ballet Pigmalion as a compelling dance performance

***11

A tightly co-ordinated Messiah in Stockholm

Marco Rep, 29th November

Chief performers of the Swedish musical scene give a superb performance of Messiah at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

***11

Paula Murrihy a fantastic Sesto in Concertgebouw Clemenza

Nicolas Nguyen, 18th October

Kenneth Montgomery leads the Orchestra of the 18th Century and a fine team of young soloists in a swift, finely detailed interpretation of La clemenza di Tito.

****1

Brollops and trollops: Figaro at Drottningholm

Jonathan Sutherland, 2nd August

Le nozze di Figaro is called Figaro’s Bröllop in Swedish, which sounds quite funny to ‘non-Svensks’. With Marcellina behaving like a total trollop, all that is needed to complete the rhyming triplet are the Wallops at Glyndebourne.

***11

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

French Baroque in Stockholm: the Orfeus Barockensemble plays Rameau