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2019-08-19 06:31:59
Rameau's first opera, Hippolyte et Aricie, a rare appearance in London at the Grimeborn Festival
Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie - Marcio da Silva - Ensemble OrQuesta, Grimeborn Festival 2019 (Photo Andreas Grieger) Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie; Marcio da Silva, Alexandra Bork, Kieran White, Juliet Petrus, dir: Marcio da Silva, cond: Kieran Staub; Ensemble OrQuesta at the Grimeborn Festival at the Arcola Theatre Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 17 August 2019 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) A welcome opportunity to see Rameau's first opera in a dramatically punchy, small-scale production Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie - Juliet Petrus, Kieran WhiteEnsemble OrQuesta, Grimeborn Festival 2019 (Photo Andreas Grieger) Having performed Lully's Armide and Cavalli's Serse at the 2017 and 2018 festivals, respectively, Marcio da Silva's Ensemble OrQuesta returned to the 2019 Grimeborn Festival at the Arcola Theatre with Rameau's first tragedie en musique Hippolyte et Aricie. Directed by Marcio da Silva and designed by Christian Hey, the production featured Kieran White as Hippolyte, Juliet […]
2017-08-19 03:39:00
[…] brass, from above and below, the latter earthier and more plaintive. Two trumpets call out, stretching out into space, uniting Heaven and Earth. The woodwinds sang brightly creating images of light and movement. The BBC Symphony Chorus and the Bach Chorus entered quietly, in hushed reveremce . British choirs are astonishingly good, and we shouldn't take them for granted. "Aufersteh'n, ja aufersteh'n Wirst du, Mein Staub,..." Exceptionally lucid singing. Trumpets called out, as if reaching beyond a horizon. Just as the earthly and heavenly brass united, Elisabeth Kullmann and Elizabeth Watts sang together, the choruses encircling them like a halo of sound, joined later by high winds and strings. Kullmann sang "O Glaube" her voice resolute, "Du wardst nicht umsonst geboren! Hast nicht umsonst gelebt, gelitten!" Being born means struggle, but life is […]
2017-03-01 16:55:00
[…] gefüllt war, Schäumend, lodernd, bis am Rande; Ausgetrunken ist der Kelch. Es verstummen auch die Geigen, Die zum Tanze mächtig spielten, Zu dem Tanz der Leidenschaft; Auch die Geigen, sie verstummen. Es erlöschen auch die Lampen, Die das wilde Licht ergossen Auf den bunten Mummenschanz; Auch die Lampen, sie erlöschen. Morgen kommt der Aschermittwoch, Und ich zeichne deine Stirne Mit dem Aschenkreuz und spreche: Weib bedenke, daß du Staub bist. (This lovely Fasching, this wild frenzy of our hearts. It's ending. Sobering up, we yawn at one another. The cup's drained empty, which once intoxicated - foaming, flaming, overflowing the brim. The violins are silent that once led the merry dance. (reference to the Devil) The amps are out, too, which gave light in the darkness for merry Mummenshanz (masked and costumed clown figures) . Tomorrow it is […]
2016-11-20 12:49:51
[…] that Mahler heard at von Bülow’s funeral. (But with new music by Mahler.) At the end of each verse, you will hear the female soloist break away from the main choir and soar above it. (In the first verse, it is the soprano, in the second verse, the alto.) After each verse, there is an orchestral interlude, painting a picture of a heavenly life after death. (21:53) Aufersteh’n, ja aufersteh’n wirst du, Mein Staub, nach kurzer Ruh’! Unsterblich Leben! wird, der dich rief, dir geben! Rise again, yes, rise again, Will you My dust, After a brief rest! Immortal life! Immortal life Will He who called you, give you. (26:07) Wieder aufzublüh’n wirst du gesät! Der Herr der Ernte geht und sammelt Garben uns ein, die starben! To bloom again were you sown! […]
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