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look what I found!
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It sounds like an "old" recording and looks like it too from the album cover, but is definitely worth a listen..

To be released next week and I had never heard of it!  

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Thanks, Karenpat! With all these new CDs coming out in September, my bank balance looks set to take a beating ... 

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Dear karenpat,
gala concert from 2012 (New Year's Eve):
Cecilia Bartoli and –Berliner Philharmoniker · Sir Simon Rattle–
TV broadcast on 22 September 2013 > early in the morning at 09:00 (>Sunday!  )
German TV "SWR"
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I hope you will get it in your country.

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"Bravo" Julia Lezhneva  

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and without ensemble:
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Oh yes, Saskia!

Julia is marvelous! I still can not assign her voice to a mezzo or a soprano- this special warmth make it, you know...

Here is an very nice duo - recital : Diana Damrau and Xavier de Maistre. Enjoy!

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Oh, they are just sublime!!! Listen, listen!

Something from Valer Sabadus! ( Now without " Barna" )

Nice short interview with M.E. Cencic according to his concert in St.Petersburg tonight.

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Thanks for this rare interview with Max, Jana. I particularly liked "But Handel has a special corner in my heart" ...  

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A question by Philippe - to Patricia Petibon!


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Something from Valer Sabadus! ( Now without " Barna" )

It seems that this concert will be broadcast in its entirety (Austrian radio) tomorrow:

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Interesting video, I didn´t know about this countertenor yet- Florin Cezar Ouatu .  Very unusual "Venti , turbini". And amazing costume of F. Fagioli at the very beginning!  

Jana,

Florin Cezar Ouatu was Romania's entry for the Annual Schlockfest otherwise known as the Eurovision Song Contest last year (under the catchy name of "Cezar").  I believe he was sporting a Dracula costume at some stage.   I think Franco's "castrato" costume is just fabulous!   

He, he, I just found the Cezar video:

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Artemis

oops....I never watched this "Eurovision". 
So, I´d prefer Cezar with "Venti, turbini" and all this baroque stuff! He looks indeed a bit like the young Robert de Niro and has really good masculine voice! Could be Tolomeo as well as Cesare!

The costume of " Il Divo" Fagioli fits him so well!  

Good evening, Jana, Artemis and other good people! I think I can fill in a bit on Florin Cezar Ouatu... There is a fantastic DVD recording of Pergolesi's opera "La Salustia" made in 2011 in Jesi, Italy. He sings the role Alessandro. He's very good in his performance!  Highly recommended if you like italian baroque opera.

There is also a good CD-recording with Cezar of Antonio Vivaldi's opera "Ottone in Villa" from 2008. Here he sings the role of Caio. He's very convincing in his arias.

Then there is the very special "Amor Oriental - Händel alla Turca" which fuses turkish music from the time of Handel with Mr. Handl's own opera arias. This is really something else! You're in for a few surprises if you take the chance...

This is just a titbit of what Ouatu has done in the classical field so far... He's done a lot more, but so far not much has been issued officially...

Viva la musica barocca!!

Morten,

Thanks for the info. The Turkish fusion CD sounds really interesting. I think Valer Barna Sabadus has done something similar, hasn't he? I'm just off to Paris for the lovely Valer's first solo recital at the Salle Gaveau.   Perhaps I'll get the opportunity to ask him?  

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Artemis: Good morning!

I know they've done concerts with the same orchestra, The Pera Ensemble, from Instanbul. Recordingwise, Valer is featured on no less than 3 different albums of that said ensemble: "Kaffee für den König"(2011) , "Baroque Oriental"(2011) and "Café"(2012). - I think "Baroque Oriental" is the best... I wish you good luck with the concert in Paris!!  

Morten Sletten  

Oh! Many thanks for this interesting information! So, now I can enjoy some more beautiful baroque music ! Do you mean this " La Salustia" ?




Artemis

Wow, you´re traveling after Valer ?  Good luck!

Yes, Jana! That's the one... But you should try to get the DVD also! - It's worth it...  

German TV "ZDF" · Advent concert in Dresden's Frauenkirche

Broadcast:  Sunday, 01. December 2013 · time: 18:00 o`clock

Julia Lezhneva  

and Joyce Di Donato and Klaus Florian Vogt...

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Julia is excellent!!!!!!!!!

An interesting article about Julia Lezhneva ( in German )

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Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Sandrine Piau:
Baroque Oratorios - Virtuoso Duets

Link: Radio broadcast available up to 22 December 2013
"Click" on: "ÉCOUTER L’ÉMISSION"
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(Concert from 14th October 2013 > Versailles, Chapelle Royale )

Wouldn´t that be more interesting for best opera stages
instead of boring minimalism?
Lights and atmosphere · church, Saarbrücken · Germany, report:
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Listen to Andreas Scholl > October 2013:
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I can thoroughly recommend Bejun Mehta's latest CD - "Che puro ciel - The Rise of Classical Opera" - 70 minutes of life-affirming gorgeousness!  

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Adventskonzert Dresden Frauenkirche 2013

Julia Lezhneva > excellent presentation!!!  
By the way · my compliment: Julia Lezhneva looked fabulous
> nice ear rings and dress > beautiful !  

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Addition: Important what Joyce DiDonato tells at the beginning:  
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Beautiful too — she is a great artist!

Thanks, Saskia - your research is much appreciated.

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Saskia,
A big thank you from me, too!

Nenuphar, Artemis — Your`re welcome.
I`m very happy for tips too. Thank you, too.  

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Radio "Deutschlandfunk" > 25th december 2013 (Wednesday)
Time: 20:05
Artaserse (Leonardo Vinci) · Concerto Köln   
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Radio "SWR2" > 26th december 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 20.03  (3 hours)
"Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno" (Händel)
Freiburger Barockorchester · René Jacobs
> Julia Lezhneva      
> Sunhae Im, Christophe Dumaux, Jeremy Ovenden

(Concert from 31th December 2012 > Freiburg Concert Hall)
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Radio "România Muzical" > 27th December 2013 (Friday)
Time: 15.30 – 17.00
Nuria Rial and Concerto Köln   
Vivaldi, Bach, Geminiani ...

(Concert from 10th May 2013 > Festival van Vlaanderen)
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Watch Opera live and online > 28th December 2013 (Saturday)
Time: 18.00 - 21.50 —LIVE—
"La Forza del Destino", Verdi
with Anja Harteros, Jonas Kaufmann and....
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Radio "ORF · Ö1" > 06th January 2014 (Monday)
Time: 19.30
"Aci, Galatea e Polifemo" (Händel)   
Le Concert d'Astrée · Emmanuelle Haïm
(from 12th October 2013 > Vienna)
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I wish everyone a Happy New Year
and a lot of beautiful live concerts ...
Bye bye.
 

TV · ARTE

Sunday, 19th january 2014, time 23:40

Andreas Scholl and the secret of the countertenor...

Possibility to watch the broadcast the next seven days > Arte +7 > here:

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> Good sentences from Andreas Scholl.  

Thanks a lot, Saskia!    I shall look forward to watching this. In addition to his singing voice, Andreas has a beautiful speaking voice - as demonstrated below ....


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Yes Artemis! You´re right. A excellent artist and good speaking voice.

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Concerto Köln       
> A beautiful concert on Radio "Ö1" / ORF in the morning > 23. January 2014, time 10:05
(Recording from 19th January 2014 · Concertgebouw)

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>>> Listen to Charles Avison: Concerto Nr. 6 D-Dur
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Jochen Kowalski  > birthday > he will be 60 !
TV · rbb · (Find the livestream in the menue-point: —Mediathek—):
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Last night I went to a concert at Oslo Opera house entitled Baroque Extravaganza - Barokksolistene with Kristina Hammarström, Johannes Weisser and David Hansen (the countertenor ) It was amazing   It wasn't a sold out concert to say the least, I was in 2nd tier and the row opposite mine was completely empty, but the audience nevertheless brought a lot of energy.... After David's first aria they went bananas   The first half ended with Son nata a lagrimar with Kristina & David and they had such great chemistry. There were great pieces by the orchestra as well, notably a Vivaldi concerto (L'estro armonico). The conductor was kind of jumping up and down with his violin during this which reminded me of JCS a little bit During the 2nd half David had two arias taken from his CD, the first was magnificent but the second....OMG. He had the audience around his little finger. The coloratura parts were amazing, and the whole orchestral outro was drowned out by thundering applause (standing O) - much like the end of act 1 of Artaserse with Franco Fagioli. I felt so grateful to be able to experience a moment like that live and not just on youtube.
I do recommend David's Rivals CD (it was often reviewed together with Philippe's Farinelli CD and Fagioli's Caffarelli).   

Sounds like a great concert, Karenpat!    David Hansen is a very charismatic performer if his Youtube clips are anything to go by.   I know he's Australian but isn't he based in Norway?  Kristina Hammarström is fabulous, imo.  I've been to several of her concerts and she never disappoints. She was a great Bradamante in "Orlando Furioso".

I've just remembered, I have seen David Hansen on stage. He had the thankless rôle of Athamas in a really crappy production of "Semele". I'd love to see him again in more favourable circumstances.

A.

Thanks for the review!

I like very much the selection of airs made by Hansen, the castrati's reperotire is so full of jewels. However I have to say even if Hansen has very good qualities I am totally spoiled by Philippe's brilliant technique, so everytime I listen to Hansen I can't help spotting his weakness. He uses too much pressure and his coloratura is not very precise. I'm sure he will get better but the airs are too demanding for his level of expertise. On the other side I think he is a good actor and that's a big thing for someone who is interested in operatic roles! He is based in Norway because he is married there   

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He is based in Norway because he is married there   

that's right. He speaks some Norwegian too, which is charming.

Yesterday,  we visited a very nice concert in the castle of Schwetzingen · Germany.
Valer Sabadus > Giovanni Carestini, Baroque heroes

The first part: Händel
The second part: Hasse and Gluck
Much applause! The audience did not want to go and three encores.   

I am looking forward to the concert of
Philippe Jaroussky and Valer Sabadus and L` Arpeggiata!
Pleasure!

    

Listen to radio?

Expressive and dramatic arias by the 17th-century Italian Pietro Antonio Cesti
from a concert at the 2013 RheinVokal Festival by soprano Raquel Andueza with "La Galania".

> Saturday, 22th february 2014
> BBC Radio 3 · time 1:00 AM

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Article about M.-E. Cencic in German.

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Thanks for the article, Jana. My German is only (unfortunately  ) at schoolgirl level, but am I correct in thinking that there is a rather arch, snide tone to this article? Max can eat chocolate covered ants for all I care, as long as they fuel his glorious voice.    And why the obsession with his coiffure and clothes? Anyway, we Cencic nuts have long since learned to appreciate "Fifi" and its infinite variety! I hope "Die Welt" paid for this meal and I hope the bill was HUGE.

A. (MEC Protection Society - not that he needs one)   

Artemis   

Hm....it is ...let me find the plausible words... typical  German " sarcasm", they think that they are very humorous, but actually it look like quite disgusting and grudge.

Here to comfort us- a little movie about the new performance of Franco Fagioli in " Riccardo Primo"!   Very baroque staging , costumes ...reminds me very of " Il St.Alessio"...  

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Thanks for confirming my suspicions, Jana. Actually, I think it has probably more to do with a certain type of journalism rather than German humour. I must say that I'm rather surprised at "Die Welt"; I thought it was supposed to be a beacon of shining light in the Springer publishing empire!

The production of "Riccardo Primo" looks absolutely to die for ..  Who is the lady singing with Franco in the videoclip? She looks a bit like Blandine Staciewicz but it's difficult to tell underneath all the stage make-up ...

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She is Emily Hindrichs, of the Karlsruhe ensemble. Gorgeous, she, Fagioli, and this duet! (The dark lady is btw Claire Lefiliatre). And you are right, the production is wonderful. I am lucky to have this in my home town!

R.

Radazenobia, you really are a lucky one!
I wonder if there will be any chance to listen (or better to watch!) the "Riccardo Primo" production in full for those who are far from Karlsruhe?     I was greatly impressed by Frank Fagioli in "Artaserse" where he was fantastic!

Thanks, Radazenobia!    Lucky you!   I found this Youtube video which gives a pretty good impression of just how gorgeous the production is.    Is there any chance of a DVD, do you think? I see that the director is Benjamin Lazar, who also worked on "Sant' Alessio".

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Thanks, Artemis and Nath29,
unfortunately, as yet there is no plan to produce a DVD (though many in Karlsruhe and elsewhere had hoped so, considering the prominent names involved). The artistic director of the Karlsruhe Handel festival said "Perhaps next year." Note the "perhaps" - I am not so confident - they already missed the chance to record our fantastic "Radamisto" in 2009/10 (though this was another leading administrational team, but the new one, it seems, is no more active in this behalf). But good news nevertheless: at least there will be a CD! And you do not have to wait till this will be published, probably in time for the next Handel festival. The production will be broadcast on April 13, the radio station is SWR2 (http://www.swr.de/swr2/-/id=7576/otnbb1/index.html), look for the button "Webradio" on the website.
R.

Radazenobia

Many thanks for the info about broadcast!   

For sure, the DVD would be great!  This candlelight - staging is so rare and magnificent!   

Thanks for the radio link, Radazenobia! Fingers crossed that it will be kept open for a few days afterwards as I won't be able to access it on April 13th. 

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