JOYCE DIDONATO SINGING ARIODANTE
in Geneva November 2007 was surely the greatest baroque honour this opera house has had during the last (and probably the next) 10 years.
I've uploaded 6 of Joyce's Ariodante arias:
- Tu, preparati a morire
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9048-HyQDGM
- Dopo notte
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oYLqmc1u0ck
- Con l'ali di costanza
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=L-uZZEbNXpk
- Cieca notte
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2B4a-BeDdA
- Numi! lasciarmi vivere
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3brcxVfPqWs
- Scherza infida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CSKPc0UXOo
Total cast:
Joyce DiDonato ............. Ariodante
Patrica Petibon ................ Ginevra
Varduhi Abrahamyan .... Polinesso
Amanda Forsythe ............ Dalinda
Charles Workman .......... Lurcanio
Antonio Abete .... King of Scotland
Geneva Chamber Orchestra and Grand Theatre Chorus
Kenneth Montgomery, conductor
they must find a way to make transvesti characters in Opera more watchable - you cannot hear this exquisite music sung so beautifuly and see a fat woman pretending to be a fat soldier
Difficult task but these musical masterpiece need another costume concept, smth more theatrical, more artistic, less kitsch
LohengrinT 7 months ago
Thank you!
ongny 3 years ago
Thank you ! :-D
Satirike 3 years ago