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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, 2011
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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 (2006), Jospeh Kaiser (2011
Grimoaldo:
Kobie
van Rensburg (2006), Shenyang (2011)
Unulfo:
Christophe
Dumeaux, Theodora Hanslowe (2006)
Iestyn Davies (2011)
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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There are extracts
from the DVD of Rodelinda
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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
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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
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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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Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Opéra de Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008 |
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Cast
Giulio Cesare - Andreas Scholl
Cleopatra - Elena de la Merced
Cornelia - Charlotte Hellekant
Sesto Pompeo - Max Emanuel Cencic
Tolomeo - Christophe Dumeaux
Achilla - Riccardo Novaro
Curio - Yannis François
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Stage direction
Emilio Sagi
Musical direction
Ottabio Dantone
Design anda costume
Jesús Ruiz Moreno
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Cast
Giulio Cesare - Andreas Scholl
Cleopatra - Cecilia Bartoli
Cornelia - Anne-Sophie von Otter
Sesto Pompeo - Philippe Jaroussky
Tolomeo - Christophe Dumeaux
Achilla - Ruben Drole
Curio - Peter Kálmán
Il Giardino Armonico
Stage direction
Cecilia Bartoli
Musical direction
Giovanni Antonini
Design
Moshe Leiser
Patrice Caurier
Costume
Agostino Cavalca
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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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'The most complicated suitor is Arsace,
brilliantly sung and acted by Andreas Scholl' -
Michael Tanner, The Spectator
Andreas
Scholl's video of the Copenhagen rehearsals
Andreas
Scholl has put videos - the cast backstage in
rehearsals - up on YouTube - here and here.
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