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Andreas
Scholl has said he would like to sing all the roles
created
by Handel for Francesco
Bernardi, called Senesino, of whom Johann
Quantz wrote: "He had a powerful, clear, equal and sweet
contralto
voice, with perfect intonation and an excellent shake [trill]...
He sang allegros with great fire, and marked rapid divisions, from the
chest, in an articulate and pleasing manner... His action was
natural
and noble... "
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Rodelinda,
Regina de' Langobardi
Glyndebourne
Festival Opera
1998, 1999, 2002
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The
opera
HWV
19. Libretto
by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Antonio Salvi's Rodelinda, regina
de'Longobardi and
the play Pertharite, roi des Lombards, by Pierre Corneill.
First
performed at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, London,
13 February
1725.
Click
here for synopsis
Click here for
the full libretto
Click
here for some reviews
Available on VHS
video
- details here
Available on DVD
-
details here
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Cast
Rodelinda: Anna
Caterina Antonacci / Emma
Bell
Bertarido:
Andreas Scholl
Grimoaldo: Kurt
Streit
Eduige: Louise
Winter / Jean
Rigby
Garibaldo: Umberto
Chiummo
Unulfo: Artur
Stefanowicz
Music
Orchestra: Orchestra
of the Age of Enlightenment
Musical
Director: William
Christie
Production
Glyndebourne
Festival Theatre, 1998, 1999
Stage
Direction: Jean-Marie
Villégier
Design:
Francesco
Negrin
Théâtre
du Châtelet, 2002
Stage
Direction: Jean-Marie
Villégier
Design: Nicolas
de Lajartre and Pascale Cazales
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'Andreas Scholl brings
a brilliant presence to the stage when he sings his first aria in Act I
and this continues through to the final scene.
His excellent voice is very fitting for Handelian roles and he performs
with grace and energy.
Scholl and Antonacci together are almost perfect and the third act is
sublime.'
from the gfhandel.org review by Kirk
McElhearn of the video recording
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Rodelinda,
Regina de' Langobardi
Metropolitan Opera,
New York
2006
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Some reviews here
Photo: Sara Kulwich /
New York Times
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Cast
Rodelinda:
Renée Fleming
Bertarido:
Andreas Scholl
Eduige:
Stephanie Blythe
Garibaldo:
John Relyea / Oren
Gradus
Grimoaldo:
Kobie van Rensburg
Unulfo:
Christophe Dumeaux / Theodora Hanslowe
Music
Orchestra:
Orchestra
of the Metropolitan Opera
Musical
Director: Patrick Summers
Production
Stephen Wadsworth,
production
Thomas
Lynch, set designer
Martin
Pakledinaz, costume designer
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...the honey-hued
counter-tenor Andreas Scholl, making his debut,
proves
himself to be not only a consummate musician but a persuasive actor as
well - the New
Yorker
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Howard / Metropolitan Opera
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extracts from the DVD of Rodelinda at
YouTube
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Giulio
Cesare in Egitto
Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen
2002, 2005
 Best
Opera Award at the 2002 Danish stage performance awards, Årets
Reumert
news: A DVD of this
production will be released in September 2007 by Harmonia Mundi
Watch our News page for information.
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The opera
HWV
17.
Libretto
by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Giacamo Francesco Bussani.
First
performed at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, London,
20 February 1724.
Click here for
the full libretto
Click
here for
some reviews
Click
here for video interviews
More pictures
of Andreas Scholl in this
production here and here
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Photo: Martin
Mydtskov Rønne |
Photo: Martin
Mydtskov Rønne
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'Scholl
was phenomenal. Despite his limited stage experience, he achieved a
dazzling
ebb and flow in his performance, almost cinematic in its subtlety,
always
subservient to the drama. His Caesar was a smooth talker, not bellicose
by nature, always ready to flirt with Cleopatra -- or with the
brilliant
Finnish violinist Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, who played the good-naturedly
competitive obbligato in Se in fiorito.
Scholl's masterful
rendition
of Aure, deh, per pietà is unlikely ever to be bested in
its musical daring and emotional depth.'
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Giulio
Cesare in Egitto
Paris,
France, Théâtre
des Champs
Élysées, 2006
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Cast
Giulio Cesare - Andreas Scholl
Cleopatra
- Rosemary Joshua
Cornelia -
Sonia Prina
Sesto -
Alice Coote
Tolomeo -
Franco Fagioli
Achilla -
Mario Cassi
Dancers: Damien Guillon, Renaud Delaigue
Musical direction
Christophe Rousset
Stage direction
Irina Brook
Design
Noëlle Ginefri
Lighting
André Diot
Costumes
Sylvie Martin-Hyszka
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The opera
HWV 27
Premier 1730 at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, London.
Libretto by Sylvio Stampiglia - click here
Synopsis here.
Partenope
recordings here.
Royal
Danish Opera website
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cast
Partenope: Inger
Dam-Jensen
Arsace: Andreas Scholl
Armindo: Christophe Dumaux
Rosmira: Tuva
Semmingsen
Emilio: Bo
Kristian Jensen
Ormonte: Palle
Knudsen
Concerto Copenhagen
Conductor: Lars
Ulrik Mortensen
Stage Director: Francisco
Negrin
Set and costume designer: Louis
Désiré
Lighting designer: Bruno
Poet
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Petri, copyright Royal Danish Opera
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LISTEN:
BBC iPlayer until 25 June 2009
The Copenhagen
cast performed a concert version of Partenope
as Prom Number 2 on 19th July 2009.
It will be available on the BBC iPlayer until 25 July 2009.
'The
most complicated suitor is Arsace, brilliantly sung and acted by
Andreas Scholl' - Michael Tanner, The Spectator
DVD
UK release 7 September 2009
Andreas
Scholl's video of the
Copenhagen rehearsals
Andreas Scholl
has put two videos - the cast backstage in rehearsals - up on YouTube -
here and here.
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