Lenneke Ruiten News
Dutch singer
- soprano
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- opera singer, performing artist
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2024-04-20 22:11:00
Concertgebouw Orchestra. Emmanuelle Haim, conductor; Lenneke Ruiten, soprano. April 14, 2024.
[…] long the cantata was, and that the soprano sang a considerable amount.I didn't find the Rameau piece particularly interesting, that's probably due to lack of preparation on my part.The orchestra used for the concert was small: 7 first violins, for instance, so I didn't get to hear what a full orchestra would sound like.A performer has to walk down a stair case for the performance and the curtain call. In this case the soprano Lenneke Ruiten.The conductor and the soloist had to walk down a stair case, rather long at 20 to 25 steps. For today the two women had no problem, but I can imagine some of the older performers (Mehta and Blomstedt come to mind) must dread having to come up and down, more than once because of the curtain call. The orchestra members climb up a set of stairs to get to the podium, so there doesn't […]
2021-02-14 02:09:35
New and recent recordings of interest. — Salieri, Armida; Lenneke Ruiten, Florie Valiquette, Teresa Iervolino, Ashley Riches, Christophe Rousset conducting Les Talens Lyriques and Choeur de chambre de Namur (Aparte) — Josquin, The Golden Renaissance: Missa Pange lingua and other...
2021-02-08 08:26:40
Exploring Antonio Salieri's early inspirations with Les Talens Lyriques' recording of his first opera seria, Armida
Salieri Armida; Lenneke Ruiten, Florie Valiquette, Teresa Iervolino, Ashley Riches, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset; Aparté Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 February 2021 Star rating: 4.5 (★★★★½) Christophe Rousset's exploration of Salieri's operas continues with his first opera seria, a work full of the influences of his patron, GluckHaving explored Antonio Salieri's three operas for Paris, Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques continue their journey through Salieri's operas with the composer's first opera seria, Armida, written for Vienna in 1771. On the Aparté label, Christophe Rousset conducts Les Talens Lyriques in Salieri's Armida with Lenneke Ruiten (Armida), Florie Valiquette (Rinaldo), Teresa Iervolino (Ismene) and Ashley Riches (Ubaldo) with the Choeur de chambre de Namur. At the age of 16, Salieri was taken under the wing of composer Florian Leopold Gassmann and moved from his native Italy to Vienna, which would be Salieri's base until his death. The […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-12-23 18:00:00
Christmas with the Faces of Classical Music
[…] have to discover for themselves what to make of "The Twelve Days of Christmas". Throughout, the trademark mixture of awesomely precise harmonies and equally awesome sense of enjoyment is fully in evidence, and they are backed here by the superior capabilities of Signum's engineering team, working in London's acoustically fine Cadogan Hall. A delightful holiday release... View full post Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 – Andreas Weller, Lenneke Ruiten, Cécile van de Sant, Alberto ter Doest, Panajotis Iconomou – Cappella Amsterdam, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend (HD 1080p) Although German composer Johann Sebastian Bach entitled his work Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), it is in fact closer to a cantata cycle than an oratorio. Composed and compiled for the Christmas season as celebrated in Leipzig in 1734 and early 1735, the six parts of the Christmas Oratorio were intended to be […]
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