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Clip info:  Empio, diro, tu sei (text here), Giulio Cesare's furious Act 1 aria
in which he rounds on the Egyptian general, Achilla, who has just presented him
with the severed head of the noble Roman general, Pompeo.


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Clip info:
  Empio, diro, tu sei (text here), Giulio Cesare's furious Act 1 aria
in which he rounds on the Egyptian general, Achilla, who has just presented him
with the severed head of the noble Roman general, Pompeo.

From the internet broadcast from Copenhagen, 2002.  Copyright owner unknown.
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto       
Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen: 2002 and 2005

Paris, Théâtre des Champs Élysées, October 2006

Opéra de Lausanne, 2008

Salzburg Festival, 2012

Rodelinda, regina de' Langobardi       
Glyndebourne Festival Opera: 1998, 1999 and in Paris 2002

Metropolitan Opera, New York: May 2006

Metropolitan Opera, New York, November 2011


Partenope       
Royal Danish Opera, October 2008

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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... "








Rodelinda, Regina de' Langobardi
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
1998, 1999, 2002


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



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


'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

Some reviews here


Photo: Sara Kulwich / New York Times
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


...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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Fleming Scholl Rodelinda Met NYC 2012
photos: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera

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There are extracts from the DVD of Rodelinda at YouTube

 



Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen
2002, 2005

Best Opera Award at the 2002 Danish stage performance awards, Årets Reumert






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
 
 





Cast

Giulio Cesare: Andreas Scholl
Cleopatra: Inger Dam-Jensen
Sesto: Tuva Semmingsen
Cornelia: Randi Stene
Tolomeo: Christopher Robson
Achilla: Palle Knudsen
Nireno (2002): James Huw Jeffries

Nireno (2005): Michael Maniaci

Curio (2002): Sten Byriel

Curio (2005): John Lundgren

Music

Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen
Musical Director: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

Production

The Royal Theatre, Copenhagen
 
Stage Direction: Francisco Negrin
Design: Anthony Baker


 Photo: Martin Mydtskov Rønne
 
Photo: Martin Mydtskov Rønne

'
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.'  

from the review by Michael Bo on OperaNews

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Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Paris, France, Théâtre des Champs Élysées, 2006


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
Scholl de la Merced Lausanne 2008
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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Scholl Cesare Salz 2012
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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Images copyright © 2012 Hans-Jörg Michel/Salzburg Festival

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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


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





All images by Thomas Petri, copyright Royal Danish Opera



'The most complicated suitor is Arsace, brilliantly sung and acted by Andreas Scholl' - Michael Tanner, The Spectator

DVD

SCHOLL PARTENOPE DVD



Andreas Scholl's video of the Copenhagen rehearsals

Andreas Scholl has put  videos - the cast backstage in rehearsals - up on YouTube - here and here




----

Empio, dirò, tu sei!



With apologies to Mr Handel and thanks to Messieurs Goscinny and Uderzo, creators of the immortal Asterix
.

Empio, dirò, tu sei!
Togliti agli occhi miei!
Sei tutto crudeltà!
Non è di re quel cor
che donasi al rigor,
che in sen no ha pietà.

You are a villain, I say!
Get out of my sight!
You are all cruelty!
This is not a king, whose heart
Abandons itself to such harshness,
who
has no pity in his breast.

 


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