Early opera on YouTube

[doversoul1]

For fans of early opera, William Christie, and/or countertenor.

Il Sant’ Alessio by Stefano Landi
(subtitled in French)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h2379QFRWk&feature=related

[Pegleg]

Several versions of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice / Orphée et Euridice

Janet Baker's final operatic appearance was as Orfeo in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, on 17 July 1982, at Glyndebourne:

http://youtu.be/P3-C-MzF0Y8

or

from Wiener PhilharmonikerFestspielhaus, Salzburg, 31 7/2010

http://youtu.be/873zOPGqJR4

or

Freiburger Barockorchester & Rias Kammerchor, René Jacobs

1762 Viennese version in Italian, recorded 2001

http://youtu.be/nm5CK_XVzdc

or

Roberto Alagna (Orphée), Serena Gamberoni (Eurydice) & Marc Barrard (L'Amour)

Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra, Giampaolo Bisanti

http://youtu.be/sZFAoq8Gut8

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Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo conducted by Jordi Savall (2002)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mD16EVxNOM&feature=related

Montserrat Figueras (Music)
Sara Mingardo (Messenger)
Orfeo looks more like a Roman Senator but the music is splendid.

No subtitle but here’s the libretto

http://www.naxos.com/education/opera_libretti.asp?pn=&char=all&composer=monteverdi&opera=orfeo&libretto_file=English/00_Synopsis.htm

[Pegleg]

Thanks DS, I'd not seen that. It's a very tasteful production, even the musicians in period dress. With Savall at the helm and his family on stage the music is, as you say, first rate. I've watched the first 30mins which seemed to pass in 5mins.

Back to Gluck for a moment, there are various productions of "Alceste" on youtube as well as this work which I don't know at all:

Iphigénie en Tauride (Christie) http://youtu.be/8J9LSKGVPUc


There's quite a lot of Handel on youtube, with productions that range from grotesque or indifferent to very good. Two that popped up in last few months and weeks which I thought were quite watchable are:

http://youtu.be/qb-qZMTo-SI

Handel's opera Semele

Played and performed by:
Conductor -Musikalische Leitung : William Christie.
Orchestra "La Scintilla" der Oper Zürich
Scenography -Inszenierung : Robert Carsen

Semele : Cecilia Bartoli .
Jupiter : Charles Workman
Juno : Birgit Remmert
Ino : Liliana Nikititeanu
Cadmus/somus : Anton Scharinger
Athamas: Thomas Michael Allen
Iris : Isabel Rey

George Frideric Handel - Tamerlano - Opera Complete - English Subtitles ( in HD)

http://youtu.be/GHWPY32dW74

Cast:
Tamerlano - Monica Bacelli
Bajazet - Thomas Randle
Andronicus - Graham Pushee
Irene - Anna Bonitatibus
Asteria - Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz
Leone - Antonio Abete

OK, it's not opera but a fairly rare performance of Handel's oratorio "Susanna" is worth a mention:

http://youtu.be/LTFfJUiBmyU

30th Festival of Baroque Music in Ambronay(France) - 2009

Date: 12 September 2009
Genre: Oratorio in 3 Acts
Compositor: Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants
Director: William Christie
Language: English with french subtitles

Susanna: Sophie Karthauser, soprano;
Joacim: Max Emanuel Cencic, counter-tenor;
Chelsias: Maarten Koningsberger, baritone.

[doversoul1]

A delayed Christmas present.

The Enchanted Island

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6kSObYucUk&feature=relmfu

A Baroque fantasy in two acts,
Devised and written by Jeremy Sams,
Inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream

Conducted by William Christie
Prospero: David Daniels
Ariel: Danielle de Niese
Sycorax: Joyce DiDonato
…and
Neptune: Plácido Domingo


[ed] L’Orfeo with English subtitle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9fIisMU810&feature=relmfu

[doversoul1]

The discovery of the day (of yesterday)

Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso - Complete - English Subtitles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSLNenqilXc&feature=relmfu

[Pegleg]

Thanks DS, I hadn't seen that. With an impressive cast list, a period style production and subtitles, what's not to like?

Cast:
Marie-Nicole Lemieux - Orlando
Jennifer Larmore - Alcina
Philippe Jaroussky - Ruggiero
Verónica Cangemi - Angelica
Christian Senn - Astolfo
Kristina Hammarström - Bradamante
Romina Basso - Medoro

Ensemble Matheus
Conductor - Jean-Christophe Spinosi


Did you notice this? Galuppi - L'Olimpiade - The Olympics - Opera Complete - English Subtitles

http://youtu.be/CPwZ4IrFpFY

Cast:
Clistene - Mark Tucker
Aristea - Ruth Rosique
Argene - Roberta Invernizzi
Megacle - Romina Basso
Licida - Franziska Gottwald
Alcandro - Furio Zanasi
Aminta - Filippo Adami
Venice Baroque Orchestra

Live Performance: Teatro Malibran, Venice, October 2006
Conductor - Andrea Marcon

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Pegleg
Thank you. No I have not yet seen L'Olimpiade. It looks good. As for Orlando Furioso, there was a concert performance last year. Here is the review by our own Il Grande Inquisitor.

http://opera-britannia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=470:orlando-furioso-barbican-26th-march-2011&catid=8:opera-reviews&Itemid=16

Do you think we should shift ourselves to the EMS Board? There are a plenty of goodies but these may be of limited () interest.

[french frank]

Do you think we should shift ourselves to the EMS Board? There are a plenty of goodies but these may be of limited () interest.

Moved - for the benefit of the early music enthusiasts.

[doversoul1]

Thank you, ff.

And here is another. It’s a concert performance but (I think) it is rather good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYqFmgx2jJk

Faramondo by Handel

Faramondo: Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
Clotilde: Sophie Karthaeuser (soprano)
Rosimonda: Marina de Liso (mezzosoprano)
Gustavo: In-Sung Sim (bass)
Adolfo: Philippo Jaroussky (countetrenor)
Gernando: Xavier Sabata (countertenor)
Teobaldo: Fulvio Bettini (baritone)
Childerico: Terry Wey (countertenor)
Orchestra: I Barocchisti
Conductor: Diego Fasolis

Subtitled in French. Those who are not French or Italian speakers, and those who have enough time and curiosity, here is the libretto. You can ‘translate’ by Google Translate and then interpret it.

http://www.haendel.it/composizioni/libretti/pdf/hwv_39.pdf

and here is a review of the CD in The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/10/handel-faramondo-album-review?INTCMP=SRCH

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L'Incoronazione di Poppea

In one of his last messages, Chris posted a link to a video of L'Incoronazione di Poppea.
(Chris’s post)

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?5083-The-Coronation-of-Poppaea-from-Lille

(the link)

http://liveweb.arte.tv/fr/video/Le_Couronnement_de_Poppee_Opera_Lille_Monteverdi_Jean-Francois_Sivadier_Emmanuelle_Haim/

Artists: Le Concert d’Astrée - Emmanuelle Haïm
Sonya Yoncheva (Poppea),
Max Emmanuel Cencic (Nerone),
Ann Hallenberg (Ottavia),
Tim Mead (Ottone),
Paul Whelan (Seneca),
Amel Brahim-Djelloul (Drusilla),

This is from Glyndebourne Festival 2008, also conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAgRUcKhkac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88AVh4LgRsg

Danielle DeNiese (Poppea),
Alice Coote (Nerone)
Iestyn Davies (Ottone),
Tamara Mumford (Ottavia),
Paolo Battaglia (Seneca) and
Marie Arnet (Drusilla)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

For a mattaer of interest, this is a usual short youtube clip but with the same Poppea (Danielle DeNiese) and conducted by William Christie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yOy8hCNXbY&feature=relmfu

Poppea - Danielle de Niese
Nerone -- Philippe Jaroussky
Ottavia - Anna Bonitatibus
Ottone -- Max Emanuel Cencic
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
2010 at Madrid’s Teatro Réal

[ed.] this is released on DVD, so someone may post the whole opera, hopefully with English subtitle.