Crude Furie - Serse - M.C. Chappuis - LIVE with Il Giardino Armonico

Marie-Claude Chappuis - Mezzosoprano
Dir. Giovanni Antonini - Il Giardino Armonico

Live from Fribourg/Freiburg, CH 1st of July 2007
Festival du Lied

Program of this concert on the bottom of this page:
http://www.festivaldulied.ch/2007/aktuelld.htm#melodram

Homepage of M.C. Chappuis:
http://www.chappuis-mezzo.ch/kalender.htm

*Thanks to plmplp for sending me the mp3*

G.F. Handel: Serse (1738)
Opera in 3 acts, HWV 40

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Crude furie degl' orridi abissi,
aspergetemi d'atro veleno!

Crolli il mondo, e 'l sole s'eclissi
a quest'ira, che spira il mio seno!
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Oh savage Furies from the hideous abysses,
Smother me with your venom!

May the world cave in
and the sun be eclipsed by my ire,
And may my brast finally meet its end!
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• Serse
• Crude
• fure
• degl'
• orridi
• abissi
• Chappius
• Il
• Giardino
• Armonico
• Giovanni
• Antonini

[plmplp]

in this concert she sings also:

Francesco Bartolomeo Conti

"Sento già mancar la vita",

aria da "Il Martirio di S. Lorenzo"

per mezzosoprano, chalumeau

e archi

Arianna a Naxos by F.J.Haydn, trascription for strings orchestra

An aria from Telemann's Brockes passion

Bye.

m.

[Gudrun74]

Hi M. and tx a lot for sending me this excellent version! It found me right in my Serse nostalgy, coincidence or telepathy?

Btw, Madame Chappuis seems to HOST this Lied Festival. Definitely the best singing host I've ever heard :-))

[plmplp]

obviously it's telepathy ;-)

[Gudrun74]

Well, if you lived in the neighbourhood, you would have heard of my Serse days ;-)

[vitellia]

Oh you have no idea how jealous I am of you European Baroque lovers! But then also I'm ever so grateful for your generosity to share all these wonderful performances with the less fortunate (e.g., Brooklynite like me).

Having said that, I find this singer not fully equipped for Serse. Simply too feminine and youthful to my ears. She'd be perfect as Oberto (Alcina). Even Il Giardano Armonico sounds to me pretty thin and underpowered, surprisingly, almost like a small ensemble.

[Gudrun74]

True, she sounds very juvenile. Hmm ... for me still OK, as Serse is not a villain, although he swears to be one at the moment of this aria, haha.

Anyhow, GREAT idea to cast this lady as Oberto. Good and challenging role. 100% youthful :-)

Why are we never asked here???

[Cissy97]

She hardly sounds convincing as a desperately disappointed king. The timbre is too thin.

[mezzosinger100]

her straight tone on the word "datro" when she sings the D is slightly flat. she's sitting on the lower end of the overtones.

[bekendbrt]

Man, I love how aggressive the orchestra is with this! The singers also got such a clean coloratura.

[contessabrilliante]

Bravissimo!

[compeld2sing]

Awesome!

[ufayad]

The accompaniment here is superb, and the singer sings with real power. Maybe she would be good as Oberto, but all I know is that I enjoyed this very much

[alejandra379]

what a christalline voice, sounds sooo natural yet it is wonderfully displayed, ina professional way...

and Gudrun: you are right, why dont they ask us?

[Satirike]

Hey plmplp, I was wondering if you could send me the mp3's of this if you have it and if it's not too much trouble.

Thanks,

LN.