in Opera Now (Jun, 2018)
Celebrity mezzo Joyce DiDonato goes more Baroque’n’Roll in her film of In War & Peace, a heartfelt examination of the motives and results of both states through a series of arias. DiDonato was motivated by the Bataclan terrorist attack in Paris, and this concert (recorded live in Barcelona in June last year) was not long after the Manchester terrorist atrocity, so her emotions feel obviously raw. She has toured this concert production and released the CD, so this is the chance to see what it looked like if you weren’t there. I must admit that I preferred to use my imagination and just hear the music: the production seems fussy, …
In War & Peace, Harmony Through Music – Joyce DiDonato
Jephtha, HWV 70, Act 1: “Some dire event hangs o’er our heads… Scenes of horror, scenes of woe” (Storgè)
Andromaca, Act 1: “Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro!” (Andromaca)
Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act 1: “Vani sono i lamenti… Svegliatevi nel core” (Sesto)
The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: “They tell us that you mighty powers above” (Orazia)
Agrippina, HWV 6, Act 2: “Pensieri, voi mi tormentate” (Agrippina)
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: “Thy hand, Belinda… When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: “Lascia ch’io pianga” (Almirena)
Bonduca, or the British Heroine, Z. 574: “Oh! Lead me to some peaceful gloom” (Bonvica)
Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 1: “Augelletti che cantate” (Almirena)
Attilio Regolo, Act 2: “Sprezza il furor del vento” (Regolo)
The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Prologue: “Why should men quarrel?” (Girl)
Attilio Regolo, Act 1: “Par che di giubilo” (Attilia)
Susanna, HWV 66, Act 2: “Lead me, oh lead me to some cool retreat…. Crystal streams in murmurs flowing” (Susanna)
Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, Act 5: “Illustratevi, o cieli” (Penelope)
Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act 3: “Da tempeste il legno infranto” (Cleopatra)
Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
22,90€
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