AUGUST 2019

INNSBRUCK FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC

The Innsbruck Festival of Early Music (Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik) is particularly exciting this year !

Full programm: https://www.altemusik.at/de/programm

a staged baroque rarity and certainly a world premiere: Broschi La Merope (3 performances on 7, 9 and 11 August)
a wonderful oratorio by Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo with an exciting cast on 16 August
a rare Handel opera called Ottone on 18, 20 and 22 August
a singing Gala with wonderful soprano Marie Lys

These are some of the goodies not to be missed among many others !

SOON REVIEWED:

Finalkonzert 10. Cesti-Wettbewerb on 8 August 2019 19h

Singing competition: Final Round

Riccardo Broschi: «La Merope» on 9 August 2019 18h

Dramma per musica, Libretto von Apostolo Zeno

Uraufführung: Turin, Teatro Regio, 1732

Merope: Anna Bonitatibus

Epitide: David Hansen

Anassandro: Filippo Mineccia

Trasimede: Vivica Genaux

Argia: Arianna Vendittelli

Polifonte: Jeffrey Francis

Licisco: Hagen Matzeit

Tanzensemble: Corpo Barocco

Innsbrucker Festwochenorchester

Musikalische Leitung: Alessandro De Marchi

Regie & Choreographie: Sigrid T’Hooft

Bühnenbild und Kostüme: Stephan Dietrich

Licht: Tommy Geving

Maskenbild und Perücken: Fred Lipke

Dramaturgie: Johan Wijnants

Farinelli und andere Helden on 10 August 20h Hofburg, Riesensaal

Valer Sabadus, Countertenor

Konzertmeister: Mayumi Hirasaki

Arias by Porpora Handel Caldara and Predieri

GALA DER SIEGER on 19 August 2019

Arien und Duette aus Opernproduktionen der Festwochen

Marie Lys, Sopran / Emilie Renard, Mezzosopran / Morgan Pearse, Bariton

Innsbrucker Festwochenorchester. Musikalische Leitung: Alessandro De Marchi

Marie Lys

HANDEL OTTONE on 20 August 2019

Ottone: Marie Seidler

Teofane: Mariamielle Lamagat

Gismonda: Valentina Stadler

Emireno: Yannick Debus

Adelberto: Alberto Miguélez Rouco

Matilda: Angelica Monje Torrez

Orchester: Accademia La Chimera

Musikalische Leitung: Fabrizio Ventura

Regie: Anna Magdalena Fitzi

Bühnenbild und Kostüme: Bettina Munzer

GLYNDEBOURNE

Handel RINALDO on 13 August 2019

Rinaldo: Jakub Józef Orliński (replacing Elizabeth DeShong)
Almirena: Giulia Semenzato
Argante: Brandon Cedel
Armida: Kristina Mkhitaryan
Goffredo: Tim Mead
Eustazio: Patrick Terry (replacing Jakub Józef Orliński)
Herald: Frederick Jones
Woman: Sofia Larsson
Siren 1: Madison Nonoa-Horsefield
Siren 2: Emma Kerr
A Christian Magician: James Hall
Performers: Lucy Burns, Anne Corday, Megan Frances, Hazel Gold, Andrew Hayler, Keiko Hewitt-Teale, Nathaniel James, Anthony Kurt Gabel, Colm Seery, Charlotte Sutherland

Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev

Director: Robert Carsen

Revival Director: Bruno Ravella

Designer: Gideon Davey

Movement Director: Philippe Giraudeau

Lighting Designers: Robert Carsen and Peter Van Praet

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Leader Kati Debretzeni

Harpsichord continuo Bernard Robertson

Cello continuo Jonathan Manson

Double bass continuo David Sinclair

Theorbo continuo Eligio Quinteiro