Love and hate, war and peace. Pure musical theatre magnified by the elegance of Magdalena Kožená.
Due to the curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., the hours of evening performances have been changed to allow you to return home more serenely.
In order to ensure the best possible seats for the exceptional circumstances we are going through, online booking is temporarily suspended for this concert. The Theater is at your disposal to process your seat requests by phone at 01 49 52 50 50 or at the Box office.
Magdalena Kožená | mezzo-soprano
La Cetra - Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon | direction and harpsichord
First part
Ucellini Aria Quinta sopra la Bergamasca a tre
Monteverdi « Disprezzata Regina », aria from L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Merula « Folle è ben che si crede», extrait de Curtio precipitato et altri capricii composti in diversi modi vaghi e leggiadri a voce sola Op. 13/6
Castello Sonata XV a quattro
Ivanovic Ariana has a problem
Berio Sequenza III, for female voice
Merula Sonata XXIV a tre, « Ballo detto Pollicio »
Marini Passacaglio a quattro
Sung in Italian with French and English subtitles
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, inspired by Jerusalem Delivered by Tasso is a magnificent illustration of the art of Monteverde. A theatre in miniature, the work is a unique synthesis of the madrigal and opera. Monteverdi's aim was to illustrate three fundamental "moods" (anger, moderation, humility) through a new musical language. And the result is dazzlingly poetic and inventive. The pieces gathered by Magdalena Kožená around this "founding" Combat are a very representative anthology of the Italian music of this innovative Italian seicento and two modern pieces, but which are in perfect resonance with their elders, Luciano Berio's La Sequenza III where here the parlando becomes whispered.
PRODUCTION Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
S’immerger dans l’œuvre de Monteverdi relève du voyage initatique... Peintre éblouissant des passions exacerbées, architecte de l’intime, coloriste inimitable, expérimentateur de génie...
A real "cabinet of curiosities", this baroque enchantment recreates one of the mythical feasts of the court of Louis XIV.
Undoubtedly the most well-known lament of sorrow in the baroque repertoire.
Handel and his muses performed by Patrizia Ciofi, Lea Desandre and Anthea Pichanick.
