About

Margravial Opera House, Bayreuth 2022

Croatian countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic accompanied by the Armonia Atenea orchestra and conducted by George Petrou, focuses in this recital on one of the most famous and notorious star singers of the 18th century. Francesco Bernardi, known as Senesino, was one of the most sought-after castrati of his time. In 1719, George Friedrich Handel heard him in Dresden and immediately hired him for London. Although Senesino and Handel couldn’t stand each other, the famous composer nevertheless wrote some of his finest melodies.

Programme

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:53 Radamisto: Ouverture
0:06:09 Giulio Cesare: Va tacito
0:12:31 Radamisto: Ombra
0:23:08 Giulio Cesare: Ouverture
0:26:51 Poro: Vedrai con tuo periglio
0:31:13 Riccardo Primo: Agitato de fiere tempeste
0:36:47 Orlando: Non fu gia men fotre Alcide
0:42:31 Tolomeo: Stille amare
0:49:05 Tolomeo: Ouverture
0:55:14 Ezio: Se la mia vita
1:04:14 Radamisto: Vile, se mi dai vita
1:09:58 Rodelinda: Se fiera belva ha cinto

Music by George Frideric Handel

Artists

Max Emanuel Cencic – Countertenor
George Petrou – Conductor & Musical Direction

Orchestra

Armonia Atenea Orchestra
Sergiu Nastasa, Ioannis Agraniotis, Angeliki Kasda, Kertész Katalin, Filippos-Theodoros Matasaru, Andrei Nastasa – Violins I
Carmen-Otilia Alitsei, Athanasios Martzoukos, Angeliki Fanarioti,
Luise-Charlotte Ramos-Stahl – Violins II
Laurentiu-Octavian Matasaru, Katerina Tzitzo – Violas
Iason Ioannou, Christopher Humphrys – Cellos
Angelos Repapis – Double Bass
Theodoros Kitsos – Theorbo
Markellos Chrysikopoulos – Harpsichord
Benoit Laurent, Pedro Castro – Recorders
Dimitrios Vamvas, Styliani Nikolaidi – Oboes
Alexandros Oikonomou – Bassoon
Guillermo Pérez Izquierdo, Miguel Martín – Horns

Olivier Simonnet – Video Director

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