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To bring his beloved Eurydice back to life, Orpheus moved even the underworld gods with his singing. Cecilia Bartoli embodies Orpheus in Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, revised in 1769. The title role was transposed to brilliant heights, a feast for Bartoli and soprano Mélissa Petit as Eurydice and Amor.
In the 1769 Parma version of "Orfeo ed Euridice", Gluck offers no happy ending for Orpheus's journey to the underworld. World star Cecilia Bartoli, the captivating tragic heroine, comments, "So fate cannot be tricked." Her 2023 Salzburg Pfingstfestspiele performance, enriched with pieces from other versions, remains powerful in this concert format. Gianluca Capuano and "Les Musiciens du Prince" play historical instruments with breathtaking passion.
With a voice whose beauty, range and agility seem to know no bounds, Cecilia Bartoli is one of the undisputed world leaders in singing. She also has an almost magnetic stage presence and a charisma that not only thrills classical music fans. No wonder she enjoys a legendary reputation, especially on the opera stage. In addition to Bartoli’s stage career, the mezzo-soprano also devotes herself time and again to special projects. She brings one of these to the Elbphilharmonie for ProArte: Christoph Willibald Gluck’s grandiose opera »Orfeo ed Euridice« in a rarely performed later version. At her side: the Musiciens du Prince of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo under the direction of Gianluca Capuano and the outstanding choir Il Canto di Orfeo. A feast for the eyes and ears guaranteed!
The House of Arenberg, one of the oldest dynasties in the Eifel region, expanded its power to the Netherlands and Belgium from the Middle Ages. Passionate about the arts, the family's private music collection dates to the late 17th century. Belgian mezzo-soprano Coline Dutilleul and B'Rock Orchestra showcase the family's extraordinary musical legacy with works by Vivaldi, Handel, Campra, and other contemporaries.
For organisational reasons, this concert will have to be postponed by one season, until 3 May 2025. Ticket buyers will be informed by e-mail. Under the following link you can request a refund of your ticket price: Information on tickets refunds Thomas Hengelbrock has long been one of the leading lights of the European music scene with his synthesis of historic performing practice and energetic music-making. For the lead role in his concert performance of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s captivating opera »Iphigénie en Tauride«, he has invited one of today’s most moving soprano voices to come to Hamburg: Carolina López Moreno. Gluck turned against the virtuoso excesses of Baroque opera with pared-down works concentrating on an absorbing depiction of the plot. He used the classical story of »Iphigénie en Tauride« for finely-drawn character studies that call for a high level of differentiation from all members of the cast. An ideal piece for Hengelbrock to work his magic on. Together with his top-class Balthasar Neumann ensembles and an excellent soloists’ line-up, he makes the audience’s hearts beat faster with superb playing and singing, and intense drama.
A fiery firework display of arias about barbaric betrayals and glowing love, garnished with vocal wizardry, staged by mezzo-soprano Lucia Cirillo. Conductor Diego Fasolis compiled this vital Baroque program of concerti and opera arias, including a thrilling aria and the pulsating 8th Symphony by Beethoven. Fasolis, known as Harnoncourt's "musical estate administrator," stepped in for the Beethoven tour in 2016. The concert lasts approximately 125 minutes including intermission.
A fiery firework display of arias about barbaric betrayals and glowing love, garnished with vocal wizardry, staged by mezzo-soprano Lucia Cirillo. Conductor Diego Fasolis compiled this vital Baroque program of concerti and opera arias, including a thrilling aria and the pulsating 8th Symphony by Beethoven. Fasolis, known as Harnoncourt's "musical estate administrator," stepped in for the Beethoven tour in 2016. The concert lasts approximately 125 minutes including intermission.