FARINELLI

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Program:
"Farinelli": Arias by Nicola Antonio Porpora, Geminiano Giacomelli, Egidio Duni and Johann Adolph Hasse

When the most famous castrato in music history first became known to a wider public in 1995 with the feature film "Farinelli", a technical trick was used for the soundtrack to give an impression of his singing voice: the voice of countertenor Derek Lee Ragin was mixed electronically with that of coloratura soprano Ewa Małas-Godlewska. All right, at that time Philippe Jaroussky was still a teenager. Today, as one of the world's most celebrated countertenors, he can interpret Farinelli's expressive and virtuoso repertoire with lush vocal acrobatics, delicate ornamentation and seemingly endless reserves of breath! Nicola Porpora, Farinelli's discoverer, was a grand master of baroque opera who composed arias to fit his familiar throat perfectly. But as a tireless researcher in archives, Jaroussky has also tracked down treasures by composers who are rather unknown today, such as Geminiano Giacomelli and Egidio Duni, with whom Farinelli also celebrated true triumphs. And the name of his ensemble Artaserse? It comes from an opera by Johann Adolph Hasse, in which Farinelli shone as Prince Arbace in Venice in 1730 - no coincidence, is it?

Philippe Jaroussky countertenor
Artaserse instrumental ensemble

Price information:

Tickets € 85 / 73 / 60 / 48 / 25 (20% discount)