| Descrizione | Georg Friedrich Handel - Agrippina (2007) [DVD9 PAL]
Work Summary
Handel, George Frideric : Agrippina, HWV 6
Performers
* Annemarie Kremer (Soprano)
* Jan Alofs (Bass)
* Robert Muuse (Baritone)
* Clint van der Linde (Alto)
* Piotr Micinski (Bass)
* Quirijn de Lang (Baritone)
* Michael Hart-Davis (Tenor)
* Renate Arends
Conductor
* de Vriend, Jan Willem
Composer
* George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Release Date: 2007-04-10
Video: 16:9 PAL
Audio: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital Surround, DTS Surround
Subtitles: Deutsch, English, Netherland
COMBATTIMENTO CONSORT AMSTERDAM
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Founded in 1982 by violinist Jan Willem de Vriend, the Combattimento Consort Amsterdam has developed into a close-knit ensemble specialising in music from 1600-1830.
The musicians’ wish not to focus solely on the standard repertoire has resulted in many interesting programmes featuring remarkable and little-known works, some of which are only available in manuscript. The performance of these compositions in conjunction with more familiar works has proved to be refreshing and inspiring to listeners and performers alike. Over the years the ensemble has given many memorable concerts and operatic performances including Handel’s Rodelinda, Alcina, also by Handel, and Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, in collaboration with De Nationale Reisopera.
In September 2002 the ensemble has made its debut at the Early Music Holland Festival in Utrecht, giving two performances of Rameau’s opera Platée in a co-production with Onafhankelijk Toneel and the Nationale Reisopera.
In addition to numerous concerts in the Netherlands, the Combattimento Consort also appeared in various European countries and in venues outside of Europe. Successful tours in the United States, Japan and South America have always been attracting attention in national and international media. Concerts often have solo performances by members of the ensemble, but the Combattimento Consort has also worked with great performers such as Barbara Bonney, Andreas Scholl and Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Thomas Zehetmair and Sabine Meyer as well as joining forces with Collegium Vocale Gent and other groups. Several recordings have won the highest praise of the Dutch music magazine ‘Luister’. Over the years, the ensemble has made numerous
CD recordings, including Handels La Resurrezione. Mozarts Der Stein der Weisen had its Premiere in the Wielki Theatre in Lodz (Poland, 2003), and after that it toured in The Netherlands and Flanders. In 2004 the Combattimento Consort toured through Central Europe and The Netherlands with Handel’s opera Agrippina, the largest cultural project within the Netherlands Presidency of the European Union. In 2007, on the occasion of their 25th anniversary they performed Bibers magnificent Missa Salisburgensis, for the very first time in the original version with four organs and no less than four choirs.
Agrippina is one of Handel s earlier operas, written in 1709. This brilliant DVD production includes a complete staged performance of the opera, interviews, backstage photos, and other additional information. "The costumes by Peter George d'Angelino Tap, connecting historical elements with the present age, also corresponded with the spirit of an old-new satirical comedy, featuring partly ancient Rome, partly Handel's time and, to no lesser extent, our own times as well. It is exactly this balancing on the edge between the serious and the comic, the high and the low, that makes 'Agrippina' a viable work of art, as witnessed by those who experienced this almost perfect production." -Ivo Sindelar, The Czech Handel Society
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