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2022-05-25 07:53:54
Striking music, terrific performances: the modern day premiere of Handel's pasticcio Caio Fabbricio based on music by Hasse
[…] opera, with Hasse's arias, Handel's new recitatives and orchestration. Thanks to considerable scholarship, the resulting opera Caio Fabbricio received its first performance in modern times on 24 May 2022 at St George's Hanover Square, when Bridget Cunningham directed London Early Opera with soloists Anna Harvey, Ildiko Allen, Kieran Rayner, Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie, Thalie Knights, Hannah Poulsom and Phoebe Haines. Handel premiered Caio Fabbricio in December 1733, the first season of his opera company following the split with the Opera of the Nobility. This split is why Handel was worrying about pasticcios, he had a complete season to present and, unlike previously, there was only him to write the operas (the original Royal Academy of Music had had a team of composers). The London audience liked novelty, and instead of a raft of revivals, Handel chose to create new works from old music; it was quicker and it enabled him to include the soloists' […]
2021-07-19 09:18:39
We can dream: Bayreuth Baroque Festival 2021
[…] il Calvo with Franco Fagioli, Max Emanuel Cencic and Julia Lezhneva, conducted by George Petrou in a production directed by Cencic which debuted last year. The opera debuted in 1738 in Rome, which meant that as women were not allowed on stage by order of the Pope, all the female roles were originally taken by castrati. There will also be a concert performance of Porpora's Polifemo, written in 1735 for London for Handel's rivals, the Opera of the Nobility with star castrato Farinelli playing Aci. The Bayreuth performance features as Yuriy Mynenko as Aci, Max Emanual Cencic as Ulisse, Pavel Kudinov as Polifemo and Julia Lezhneva as Galatea, conducted by George Petrou. Other events include Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabeus with Benjamin Hulett, Pavel Kudinov and Lucy Crowe and B'Rock conducted by Bart Nessens, plus recitals from Simone Kermes, Jakub Jozef Orlinski, Franco Fagioli, Dorothee Oberlinger and Magdalena del Gobbo. Full […]
2020-10-26 14:53:57
Giuditta Pasta and Senesino, 2020
[…] 1728. He then left for Siena, where he built a fine house. Even though Handel and Senseino quarreled quite often, in 1730 the composer hired Senesino again for the resurrected (Second) Academy, this time for “only” 1,400 guineas a year. Apparently Senesino’s popularity didn’t diminish, though the relationship between him and Handel got worse and eventually Senesino quit the Royal Academy and, with the financial help of wealthy music lovers, created a new company, the Opera of the Nobility. Senesino, Farinelli and the soprano Francesca Cuzzoni were the lead singers, while Nicola Porpora – their chief composer. He stayed with the company till 1736. Senesino then moved to Italy; his last performances were in Porpora’s Il trionfo di Camilla at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples in 1740. Senesino died on January 27th of 1759. According to contemporary music critics, his voice was powerful and clear, with great diction and […]
2020-01-20 15:10:51
From Schein to du Pré, 2020
[…] Broschi studied with the famous composer and teacher Nicola Porpora and made his debut at the age of 15 in Porpora’s opera Angelica e Medoro. His fame grew swiftly; by the age of 18 he was cast in leading roles singing in major opera houses of Venice, Milan and Florence. From 1727 to 1734 he lived in Bologna; while performing in Turin he met the British ambassador who helped him negotiate a contract with London’s Opera of the Nobility, a competitor to Handel’s Royal Academy of Music. Porpora and Hasse were the major composers working for the Opera of the Nobility, with Senesino, who previously sung for Handel but ended up quarrelling with him and quitting the Academy, as their main star. With Farinelli joining, the Opera became even more popular, leading to the bankruptcy of Handel’s enterprise. Adored by the public, Farinelly was earning 5,000 pound a year, an […]
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