DVD Video, Concentus musicus Wien (early music ensemble)
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Cecilia Bartoli sings Mozart & Haydn
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Offer,
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto Bejun Mehta (Cesare), Louise Alder (Cleopatra), Jake Arditti (Sesto), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Simon Bailey (Achilla)
Concentus musicus Wien, Ivor Bolton, Keith Warner
It’s a sound conception, executed with clever conceits – costume-changes prominent among them – and lively stage business that stops short of distracting from the emotional dramas which are... — More…
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Haydn: Il mondo della luna
Dietrich Henschel (Buonafede), Vivica Genaux (Ernesto), Bernard Richter (Ecclitico), Christina Landshamer (Clarice), Maite Beaumont (Lisetta), Markus Schafer (Cecco)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) & Tobias Moretti (director)
With the ever-responsive Concentus Musicus, [Harnoncourt] duly mines the comically disruptive potential of Haydn's music with unabashed glee... The comic leads are ideally cast...an inventive,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2011, DVD of the Month
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Mozart: Don Giovanni (DVD)
The Nikolaus Harnoncourt Cycle
Andrè Schuen (Don Giovanni), Ruben Drole, Christine Schäfer (Donna Anna), Mauro Peter (Don Ottavio), Maite Beaumont (Donna Elvira), Mari Eriksmoen (Zerlina)
Concentus musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
this is a Mozart with a difference: rather than interpreting, singers and orchestra confront text and music with a liveliness and intensity that should also compel viewers to see things differently. — More…
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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Mari Eriksmoen (Fiordiligi), Katija Dragojevic (Dorabella), Mauro Peter (Ferrando), Andrè Schuen (Guglielmo), Elisabeth Kulman (Despina), Markus Werba (Don Alfonso), Concentus musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
this is a Mozart with a difference: rather than interpreting, singers and orchestra confront text and music with a liveliness and intensity that should also compel viewers to see things differently. — More…
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Handel: Rodelinda
Danielle de Niese (Rodelinda), Bejun Mehta (Bertarido), Kurt Streit (Grimoaldo), Konstantin Wolff (Garibaldo), Malena Ernman (Eduige) & Matthias Rexroth (Unulfo)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
If the title-role heroine remains an enigma - half-Penelope, half-Medea - and is more kitten than tigress in Danielle de Niese's palely sung interpretation, Harnoncourt Jnr has done much to... — More…
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Mari Eriksmoen (Susanna, Andrè Schuen (Figaro), Christine Schäfer (Countess), Bo Skovhus (Count), Elisabeth Kulman (Cherubino)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
this is a Mozart with a difference: rather than interpreting, singers and orchestra confront text and music with a liveliness and intensity that should also compel viewers to see things differently. — More…
