Special offer. Handel: Teseo (highlights)
Dominique Labelle (Medea), Amanda Forsythe (Teseo), Amy Freston (Agilea), Robin Blaze (Arcane), Drew Minter (Egeo), Céline Ricci (Clizia), Jeffrey Fields (Priest of Minerva) & Jonathan Smucker (Chorus)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
This is a fine live memento of what must have been a thoroughly enjoyable evening … excellent.
Special offer. Handel: Teseo (highlights)
Dominique Labelle (Medea), Amanda Forsythe (Teseo), Amy Freston (Agilea), Robin Blaze (Arcane), Drew Minter (Egeo), Céline Ricci (Clizia), Jeffrey Fields (Priest of Minerva) & Jonathan Smucker (Chorus)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
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This is a fine live memento of what must have been a thoroughly enjoyable evening … excellent.
About
Music Director Nicholas McGegan leads Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and an acclaimed cast of soloists in this rarely performed masterpiece of Handelian opera. Writing of the live performance of the opera, the New York Times said, “Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, led by Nicholas McGegan, gave a performance of Handel’s ‘Teseo’…that confirmed its leading position in the field.” The cast, led by the glowing soprano Dominique Labelle, as the witch Medea, and the outstanding lyric soprano Amanda Forsythe in the title role is buoyed by the “irrepressible positive energy” (New York Times) of the Orchestra under McGegan’s direction.
The performances were recorded live at First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA on April 13-14, 2013.
Contents and tracklist
- Amy Freston, Céline Ricci, Robin Blaze
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
- Nicholas McGegan
- Dominique Labelle, Drew Minter, Amanda Forsythe
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
- Nicholas McGegan
- Robin Blaze, Amanda Forsythe, Dominique Labelle, Amy Freston
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
- Nicholas McGegan
- Drew Minter, Robin Blaze, Dominique Labelle, Amanda Forsythe, Amy Freston
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
- Nicholas McGegan
- Dominique Labelle, Amy Freston, Drew Minter, Robin Blaze, Céline Ricci, Jeffrey Fields, Amanda Forsythe, Jonathan Smucker
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
- Nicholas McGegan
Awards and reviews
Early Music Review June 2014
This is a fine live memento of what must have been a thoroughly enjoyable evening … excellent.
August 2014
performed with a lively sense of humour, knowing theatrical winks and an undiluted affection for the characters...the selected action brims with personality and charm...Of course, Dominique Labelle's irascible sorceress Medea steals the show...Albeit imperfect and incomplete, this is an enjoyable snapshot of genuine flesh-and-blood theatrical fun.
September 2014
sprightly playing. [The sound] is extremely pleasing.
Early Music Today Autumn 2014
McGegan’s engaging new disk … proceeds with convivial panache … Amanda Forsythe (Teseo), Amy Freston (Agilea) and Robin Blaze (Arcane), plus Marc Schachman...are all in splendid form, but it’s Dominique Labelle’s vengeful Medea who steals the show, cackling with comically evil relish in ‘Sibbillando, ululando’ as demons torture her rival Agilea.
