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G. F. HANDEL Alcina: Sta nell'ircana

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Uploaded by on Aug 6, 2008

G. F. HANDEL Alcina: Sta nell'ircana

Philippe Jaroussky
Emmanuelle Haim
Le Concert d'Astree

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  • @acanthe83 oh la je suis pas d'accord ;) mais les gouts et les couleurs....

  • @jeanambr I did a little more research, too. Savage sang countertenor roles in Handel's Saul and Israel in Egypt. Again, both oratorios. And both performed in English. So you are correct.

  • @90lysander According to The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Savage sang as a treble in three premieres of Handel operas, but after growing up he became a bass. You are right, nevertheless, for very sporadic cases of employment of countertenors in the eighteenth century British musical theatre are reported; none in Handel opera premieres, very few in oratorios. Daniel Sullivan, for instance, created the part of Athamas in Handel’s Semele and appeared in stage works by Purcell, Boyce, Arne, etc

  • @jeanambr I thought William Savage, after his bass changed, sang both as a bass and as a countertenor for Handel. Or was he a bass for the operas and a countertenor for the Oratorios? Hmmm.

  • c est moins horrible que d ordinaire chez jaroussky

  • fabulous da capo

    thank you!

  • Sì, tu hai ragione. Era molto tardi quando ho scritto la risposta e in effetti i falsettisti erano usati solo in sostituzione dei castrati. Graize mille!

  • Per quanto io ne so, nel ''600/'700, i falsettisti, se furono utilizzati in Inghilterra (fuori comunque dall'ambiente teatrale), non lo furono certamente in Italia: nello Stato Pontificio i ruoli femminili erano affidati a giovani castrati. Se hai notizie diverse dalle mie, basta che tu mi faccia un nome o un ruolo in qualche opera italiana creato originariamente da un controtenore. Con simpatia.

  • well, they were adored in the south of Italy, in whom Pontifician State had a great influence and where it was forbidden to play music on stage for a woman. But where women could sing on stage, they was rarely on stage, and only in the leading role (tenors were not liked) of the male.

  • great performances. great music, the singer, and the musicians. BRAVISSIMI QUEST'ARIA E' FANTASTICA.

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