Vivica Genaux
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Handel: Serse
RecommendedFranco Fagioli (Serse), Vivica Genaux (Arsamente), Inga Kalna (Romilda), Francesca Aspromonte (Atalanta), Andrea Mastroni (Ariodate), Delphine Galou (Amastre), Biagio Pizzuti (Elviro)
Il Pomo d ́Oro Orchestra, Maxim Emelyanychev
I’d guess that a voice like Franco Fagioli’s…comes as close as we can get today to the mingled brilliance, suppleness and power of the great castrati in their pomp… few if any falsettists today... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2018
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Record Review, 29th December 2018, Disc of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710
Rolando Villazón (Ercole), Patrizia Ciofi (Orizia), Diana Damrau (Martesia), Joyce DiDonato (Ippolita), Vivica Genaux (Antiope), Topi Lehtipuu (Telemone), Philippe Jaroussky (Alceste), Romina Basso (Teseo)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
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Diapason d’Or, March 2020, Réédition
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Bajazet
Ildebrando d’Arcangelo (Bajazet), Patrizia Ciofi (Idaspe), David Daniels (Tamerlano), Elina Garanca (Andronico), Vivica Genaux (Irène), Marijana Mijanovic (Asteria)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Fabio Biondi and his ensemble Europa Galante… seem to have found their métier and the result is vibrant and compelling. David Daniels is on impressive form as the cruel warrior Tamerlano.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2005, Editor's Choice
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Baroque Gender Stories
Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor)
Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner
Wolfgang Katschner and Lautten Compagney provide lean, skilfully balanced and astute theatrical support. Clever artistic programming means that each half starts with a striking overture and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2019
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Special offer. Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Vivica Genaux (Romeo), Valentina Farcas (Giulietta), Davide Giusti (Tebaldo), Fabrizio Beggi (Lorenzo), Ugo Guagliardo (Capellio)
Belcanto Chorus & Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
[Biondi's] insistence on intimacy is underpinned by an alert period band - with fortepiano added to the ensemble - and smallish chorus. Instrumentally the reading constantly refreshes listening... —
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Special offer. Vivica Genaux - Pyrotechnics (Opera Arias)
Vivica Genaux (mezzo)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
The disc is a delight not just because Genaux is a technically accomplished and warmly communicative artist, but also because the arias themselves are of high quality. Costanza's 'Agitata da... —
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Genaux brings a fascinating swagger to the solo motets. Her chest voice has a baritone richness; in higher registers, she can sound virginal or diva-ish. Zooming through scalar passages and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2018
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Special offer. Scarlatti, A: La Santissima Trinità
Vivica Genaux (contralto), Véronique Gens (soprano), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor), Roberto Abbondanza (bass)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
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Pace e Guerra
Arias for Bernacchi
Terry Wey (countertenor), Vivica Genaux (mezzo), Valer Sabadus (countertenor)
Bach Consort Wien, Ruben Dubrovsky
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Verdi Un Giorno Di Regno (il Finto Stanislao)
Podlasie Opera And Philharmonic Choir, Riccardo Novaro (baritone), Ugo Guagliardo, Andrzej Klepacki, Germán Olvera, Giulio Pelligra, Tina Gorina, Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano), Pawel Cichonski, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
