GREAT PERFORMERS

Tuesday 24th May 2022, 8.30pm

Teatro Manzoni

Les Musiciens du Louvre

Pablo Gutiérrez Ruiz concertmaster

Vivica Genaux mezzosoprano

Fierce rivals in London in the first half of the eighteenth century, Georg Friedrich Handel and Nicola Porpora seem much less distant today, even in terms of their vocal styles. Both masters in the use of ‘extreme’ voices, both with a solid theatrical dramaturgy. This is demonstrated by the concert of the French ensemble Les Musiciens du Louvre (founded forty years ago by Marc Minkowski) and the mezzosoprano Vivica Genaux, originally from the United States but now adopted by Italy, one of the key voices of the Baroque Renaissance.

Oratorio di San Filippo Neri 6 PM | PRIMA DELLE NOTE: Fabio Sartorelli presents the concert programme.

Georg Friedrich Handel
Agrippina HWV 6: Ouverture

Georg Friedrich Handel
Rinaldo HWV 7: “Abbrugio, avvampo e fremo”

Nicola Porpora
Angelica: “Il piè s’allontana”

Georg Friedrich Handel
Rinaldo HWV 7: “Venti, turbini, prestate”

Georg Friedrich Händel
Rodelinda regina de’ Longobardi HWV 19: Ouverture

Georg Friedrich Handel
Parnasso in festa HWV 73:
“Dopo d’aver perduto il caro ben / Ho perso il caro bene

Nicola Porpora
Il martirio di San Giovanni Nepomuceno: “Vanne nel vicin tempio…Fremer da lungi io sento”

Georg Friedrich Handel
Rinaldo: “Cara sposa”

Nicola Porpora
Semiramide regina dell’Assiria: “Come nave in ria tempesta”

Johann Adolph Hasse
Fugue and Grave in G minor for strings and b.c.

Nicola Porpora
Polifemo: “Alto Giove”

Georg Friedrich Handel
Ariodante HWV 33: “Dopo notte”

Tickets
SECTOR A	€ 49
SECTOR B	€ 39
SECTOR C	€ 25
SECTOR D	€ 15
UNDER 35 (sector C, rows N, O, P)	€ 10
UNDER 35 (sector A and B, stalls only)	50% REDUCED