FULL STABAT MATER (Pergolesi) & Hasse, Handel Arias Paris 2025 Julia Lezhneva, Max Emanuel Cenčić
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: STABAT MATER (Pergolesi) & Hasse, Handel
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: Salle Gaveau, Paris, France
- Recorded: February 2, 2025
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Julia Lezhneva, Max Emanuel Cenčić
- Conductor: Thibault Noally
- Orchestra: Les Accents
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Antoine Ramos
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Unknown
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: vk FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Program
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi • Stabat Mater
Hasse, Handel • Airs and duets
The Italian 18th century was entirely focused on the vocal exploits of the great stars of singing, both female and male voices, from the sopranos Bordoni or Cuzzoni to the castratos Farinelli and Carestini. As much as their absolute virtuosity (the arias of the Baroque period are among the most difficult in the lyrical repertoire), these mythical figures also fascinated by a fabulous art of cantabile. The pages born from the pen of Handel, Vivaldi or Porpora attest to this bel canto that Rossini venerated and took as a model.
But a whole section of Baroque music, particularly religious music, favoured a simplicity that was the ultimate expression of refinement: Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater is the most famous example, which another 19th-century composer, Bellini, idolised and described as a “sublime poem of pain”.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Les Accents, Thibault Noally offers us a captivating exploration of a music of which he is a passionate expert. The French ensemble surrounds Julia Lezhneva and Max Emanuel Cenčić, two prestigious guests in every way worthy of the great voices of the past.