Photo credit: Marco Caselli Nirmal Vivaldi’s “Orlando Furioso” is a work that represents baroque opera at its most exciting. Set on Alcina’s magical island, where the weird and wonderful are commonplace, it opens up the possibility for colorful and spectacular stagings with shipwrecks, fantastical beasts, monsters and statues that come to life. There are high mountains, wooded groves, steep cliffs {…}
Ensemble Caprice, Ensemble ArtChoral, and the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra are joining forces to present a unique night of music by Vivaldi. Scheduled for Oct. 13 and 15, 2023, the performance will be conducted by Matthias Maute and David Shemer. Audiences will hear “In exitu Israel (Salmo 113),” RV 604; “Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Salmo 116),” RV 606; Concerto grosso, RV {…}
The Stockholm University of the Arts is set to showcase a special spring performance at the Thielska Galleriet on May 24, 2023. The showcase will feature three opera soloists, all part of the master’s program in opera singing. The soloists include mezzo-soprano Milanka Noveska, soprano Alexandra Linde, and soprano Lina Carlsson, Jaroslaw. They will be joined by cellist Johannes Rydén {…}
Photo: Marco Caselli Nirmal Ferrara’s Teatro Comunale served up a rare treat with a production of Vivaldi’s 1737 opera “Catone in Utica” to a libretto by Metastasio. Well, it was not a complete presentation, as the music for the first act was lost. As a result, we were left with a truncated version comprising Acts two and three, which had {…}
Pacific Opera Project (POP) will present the US premiere of Vivaldi’s rare opera, “Ercole su’l Termodonte,” written in 1723, 300 years after its original premiere. The show will run from Jan. 6-21, 2023. Featured vocalists include tenors Logan Webber and Manfred Anaya; sopranos Janet Todd, Véronique Filloux, and Audrey Yoder; mezzo-soprano Meagan Martin; and countertenors Michael Skarke and Kyle Tingzon. {…}
Lirica Arts Singapore is set to present “Viva Vivaldi: The Lost Operas” on Jan. 14, 2023. Per an official press release issued by the company, this will be the first time that an entire concert will be dedicated to the Italian composer. The concert will feature such artists as soprano Cheng Szu Yun, mezzo-soprano Rebecca Chellappah, soprano Joyce Lee, baritone {…}
Dutch soprano Channa Malkin will make her debut with the Joven Orquesta Barroca de Andalucía on Dec. 23, 2022. The concert will feature a program made up of works Händel and Vivaldi. Audiences will hear excerpts from “Messiah,” “Orlando,” and “Giulio Cesare” from the former and passages from “Arsilda” and “La Fida Ninfa” from the latter, among others. Salvador Vázquez {…}
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo will headline the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s “Handel and Vivaldi” concert. The showcase, which will feature a number of concertos and arias from both composers, will also include such vocal works as “Pena tiranna” from “Amadigi di Gaula,” “Quella fiamma” from “Arminio,” and “Vivi, tiranno” from “Rodelinda.” Joining the opera star will be harpsichordist {…}
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine will celebrate the Christmas season with two concerts on December 9 and 10. The showcases, which will be conducted by Kent Tritle, Director of Music for The Cathedral and Bryan Zaros, Associate Director of Music and Choirmaster, will feature Vivaldi’s “Magnificat,: Yshani Perinpanayagam’s “In Bethlehem above,”and Sheena Philips’ “The Christmas Bird.” Additionally, the {…}
Swedish theater Drottingholms Slottsteater is set to present Vivaldi’s “Il Giustino” starting on August 6, 2022. The work will be conducted by Greek maestro George Petrou in his company debut; he is also set to direct. “When I arrived at Drottningholms Slottsteater for the 1st time, I felt the history of the place overpowering me. The glory of its past {…}
(Photo: Marco Caselli) In 1739 Vivaldi complained in a letter to his patron Marquis Guido Bentivoglio about the treatment he had suffered from the directors of Ferrara’s Teatro Bonacossi: “My reputation has been scourged…to the extent they are refusing as a second opera ‘Farnace,’ which I have prepared afresh especially for the company according to written agreements… I will not {…}