Programme
- Handel"Empio, per farti guerra" from Tamerlano
- Handel"Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly" from Theodora
- Vivaldi"Cada pur sul capo audace" from La costanza trionfante degl’amori e degl’odii
- VivaldiConcerto in G Minor for Strings and Continuo, RV 156
- Galuppi"Vil trofeo dun alma imbelle" from Alessandro nell’Indie
- GaluppiConcerto a quattro No. 3 in D Major
- Latilla"Se il mio paterno amore" from Siroe
- Rameau"Cessez de ravager la terre" from Naïs
- Porpora"Nocchier, che mai non vide l’orror della tempesta" from Germanico in Germania
- Sarri"Fra l'ombre un lampo solo" from Achille in Sciro
- Giuseppe SammartiniConcerto Grosso in A Major, Op. 2, No. 1
- Hasse"Solcar pensa un mar sicuro" from Arminio
- A. Mazzoni"Tu m'involasti un regno" from Antigono
About
The thrills are almost constant in this “revelatory and remarkable” (The Sunday Times) program of vocal showpieces and bravura arias curated by baritenor extraordinaire Michael Spyres. As heard in selections by essential Baroque composers Handel, Vivaldi, and Rameau—and in overlooked wonders by Galuppi, Sarri, and A. Mazzoni—Spyres seeks out what he calls “the absolute extremes of the human voice,” and he is astonishingly comfortable when he finds them. In the project’s latest world tour, Spyres reunites with the exemplary period ensemble (and Carnegie Hall audience favorite) Il Pomo d’Oro.
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