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Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik Announces Cast Change for ‘Ifigenia in Tauride’

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The Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik has announced a cast change for its production of “Ifigenia in Tauride.” The company said that Rafael Tomkiewicz will sing the role of Oreste, replacing Owen Willetts, who was originally announced. The role will mark Tomkiewicz’s debut at the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik where he was in the Finals of the Antonio Cesti {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Charlotte Bowden On Her Performances In Works By Monteverdi & Purcell

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OperaWire met up with English soprano Charlotte Bowden between performances of Monteverdi’s “Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria” and a double Purcell bill of “Hail! Bright St. Cecilia” and “Dido and Aeneas” at the Ravenna festival, in which she was essaying the roles of Melanto, a solo soprano and Belinda, respectively. Although she only recently graduated from the Royal College {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2024 Review: Arianna in Creta

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(Photo: Birgit Gufler) One of the more interesting events at Innsbruck’s Early Music Festival is its Oper Jung production, cast with singers who took part in the previous year’s Cesti Competition and who, therefore, are generally in the early stages of their careers. This summer’s presentation was Händel’s 1734 opera “Arianna in Creta,” which relates Theseus’s quest to kill the {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2024 Review: Händel & Greber

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(Photo: ©pissarek) Innsbruck Festival of Early Music’s “Händel & Greber” program featured works that compliment and celebrate works by both composers in tandem with musical ideas that resonate across space and time. The evening included soprano Silvia Frigato and mezzo-soprano Mathilde Ortscheidt. Ortscheidt is the recipient of the first prize at last year’s “Pietro Antonio Cesti” Baroque Opera Competition in {…}
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Documenting the Evolution of an Early Music Orchestra & the Innsbruck Festival

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The story of how Accademia Bizantina (AB) began seems quite simple. But like all good stories, there is more to it than meets the eye. In 1983 three classmates of the Ravenna Conservatory met for coffee. This initial meeting included Angelo Nicastro, a violist and now director of the Ravenna Festival; Romano Valentini, a pianist, organist, and harpsichordist, as well {…}
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Emőke Baráth Signs with Ibermedia for Spanish Representation

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Soprano Emőke Baráth has signed with Ibermúsica Artists for Spanish representation. Aleix Palau will manage her. Over the past years, Baráth has attracted the attention of the musical world by winning the First Prize in the Cesti Competition in Innsbruck, Grand Prix de l’Académie du Verbier Festival, and Prix Junio Prima Primissima in Hungary. The soprano has performed with the {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Monteverdi Festival Cremona 2024 Review: Amore Dolore

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There was plenty going on at this summer’s Monteverdi festival in Cremona. On the first Saturday evening, along with a staged production of a selection of Monteverdi’s madrigals, entitled “Polittico Monteverdiano,” visitors had the opportunity to experience two concerts, each featuring a male soprano. The performances took place at different venues, with just enough time for the keener members of {…}
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Arianna Vendittelli, Jakub Józef Orliński, Luigi De Donato, & Benedetta Mazzucato Star in the 2024 Innsbruck Festival of Early Music

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Programming for the 2024 Innsbruck Festival of Early Music has been announced. This article only features vocal performances. First up is a workshop for the upcoming performances of Giacomelli’s “Cesare in Egitto.” Soloists include Arianna Vendittelli, Emőke Barath, Filippo Mineccia, Margherita Maria Sala, Valerio Contaldo, and Federico Fiorio. Ottavio Dantone conducts the Accademia Bizantina. Performance Date: July 27, 2024 (Tyrolean {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Innsbruck Early Music Festival 2023 Review: Juditha Triumphans

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(Photo: Birgit Gufler) At the final curtain call of the Innsbruck Early Music Festival’s splendid production of Vivaldi’s only surviving oratorio, “Judtha Triumphans,” the loudest acclamation was reserved for its conductor, Alessandro De Marchi. After 13 years as its artistic director, he is stepping down from the position. The genuine warmth the festival audience showed towards De Marchi was clearly {…}

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