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• 22 Mar 2014

Ann Hallenberg – Alto- R. Broschi – “Son qual nave ch’agitata” – Porpora – “In braccio a mille furie.” M.° Christophe Rousset & Les Talents Lyriques. Beginning and ending of the concert; “Farinelli il castrato” – 17 July 2011 Festival de Beaune (F).

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Karina Gauvin – “La mia costanza” Aria of Fulvia – “Ezio” (HWV 29) – Georg Friedrich Händel – Libretto: Unknown, after Pietro Metastasio. M.°Alan Curtis & Il Complesso Barocco. First performance: 15th January 1732, King’s Theatre, London. Cast: Ezio – Francesco Bernardi, called “Senesino” (Alto-castrato) Fulvia – Anna Maria Strada del Pò (Soprano) Valentiniano – […]

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Georg Friedrich Händel – “Floridante” (HWV 14) – Libretto: Paolo Antonio Rolli – First performance: 9th December 1721 – King’s Theatre, London. Cast: Floridante – Francesco Bernardi, called “Senesino” (Alto castrato) Oronte – Giuseppe Maria Boschi (Bass) Timante – Benedetto Baldassari, called “Benedetti” (Soprano castrato) Rossane – Maddalena Salvai (Soprano) Elmira – Anastasia Robinson (Contralto) […]

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• 20 Mar 2014

Luca Casagrande – Baritone – & Loretta Liberato – Alto – “Sia maledetto Amor” Duet – Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728). Scarlatti Camera Ensemble Artistic Director and Producer Luca Casagrande CD Centaurus Music – Second Edition 2014. This Duet was composed by Steffani for Alto and Baritone voices (Alto and Baritone key). Manuscript British Library […]

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Georg Friedrich Händel – “Tolomeo, Re d’Egitto” (HMV 25) – “Se il cor ti perde” Duet – Alan Curtis and Il Complesso Barocco. Karina Gauvin Seleuce Ann Hallenberg Tolomeo Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym, after Carlo Sigismondo Capece – First performance: 30th April 1728, King’s Theatre, London. Cast: Tolomeo – Francesco Bernardi, called “Senesino” (Alto-castrato) Seleuce […]

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• 19 Mar 2014

Agostino Steffani (1654–1728) was a remarkable man — a natural musician who became a prominent diplomat, politician, and bishop, and an industrious Roman Catholic vicar. Furthermore, although he was born in Castelfranco, in the Veneto, he spent most of his life in Germany— at Munich (1667–1688), Hanover( 1688–1703), Düsseldorf (1703–1709), and again at Hanover. The […]

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• 18 Mar 2014

Karina Gauvin & Philippe Jaroussky – “Death of Anfione and Niobe” Last Scene of “Niobe, Regina di Tebe” (1688) – Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728). LIVE in concert 2013 . Radio Bremen and Arte Television Web. Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra – Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs Musical Directors. Full concert http://liveweb.arte.tv/de/video/Niobe/ “Niobe, regina di […]

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• 13 Mar 2014

Hélène Bouvier – “Printemps qui commence” – “Samson et Dalila” – Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921). Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris – Conductor M.°Louis Fourestier. Théatre des Champs-Elysées – 1946. Hélène Bouvier (June 20, 1905, Paris – March 11, 1978, Paris) was a French operatic mezzosoprano, particularly associated with the French repertoire. She studied at the […]

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• 13 Mar 2014

Maria Callas – “Samson, recherchant ma présence, … Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!” – “Samson et Dalila” – Original vinyl – EMI 1961. Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française Conductor M.° Georges Prêtre. Samson, recherchant ma présence, Ce soir doit venir en ces lieux. Voici l’heure de la vengeance Qui doit satisfaire nos dieux! Amour! […]

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Wheter or not the English owe a grudge to their Lord Chamberlain for depriving them of the pleasure of seeing operas based on Biblical stories I do not know. If they do, the grudge cannot be a deep one, for it is a long time since Biblical operas were in vogue, and in the case […]