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Il Castrato

S Styriarte

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Soprano Porträt Samuel Mariño, Sopran Samuel Mariño from Venezuela scales unimagined heights in bravura arias by Handel and Gluck, passionately carried by the styriarte Festival Orchestra under Dirigent Michael Hofstetter in bester Laune Michael Hofstetter

Programme

What to expect:

Georg Friedrich Handel: Overture to the opera “Xerxes”, HWV 40,
Non sarà poco (Arie from “Atalanta”, HWV 35),
Quella fiamma (Arie ffrom “Arminio”, HWV 36), Concerti grossi
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Sinfonia to “Antigono”,
Berenice, che fai (Arie from “Antigono”), Care pupille (Arie from “Il Tigrane”)

Cast

Samuel Mariño

Porträt Samuel Mariño, Sopran
© Olivier Aillard
Soprano

The contemporary music world experiences this unique vocal phenomenon as a sensation similar to the way Handel's contemporaries once experienced the vocal artistry of the famous castrati. The young Venezuelan, who has retained his natural soprano voice and is artistically mentored by none other than Barbara Bonney, is already in the midst of a world career.

Styriarte Festspiel-Orchester

Styriarte Festspiel-Orchester mit Andrés Orozco-Estrada auf der Bühne
© Nikola Milatovic
Orchestra

Styriarte's orchestral "Supergroup" is made up of changing international star guests and musicians from the first-class fund of the Recreation orchestra, depending on need and occasion. The orchestra's tuning and choice of instruments follow the historical requirements of the works performed.

Michael Hofstetter

Dirigent Michael Hofstetter in bester Laune
© Werner Kmetitsch
Conductor

The Munich-born conductor, born in 1961, has been a very close friend of Styriarte since his highly acclaimed work as chief conductor of the Recreation Orchestra (2012 - 2016). His excellence in the historical practice of baroque and classical music as well as his inspiring enthusiasm on the podium are in demand on the world's great concert and opera stages.

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Content

virtuoso baroque arias by Handel and Gluck

For the castrato singers of the 18th century, the pleasure of the audience was the burden they carried all their life. Samuel Mariño from Venezuela, however, is a natural soprano. Since his voice never broke, he scales with ease the same heights his predecessors reached, even in female roles like the desperate Princess Berenice in Gluck’s Antigono. Handel’s wonderful arias for the castrato Gizziello are another specialty of the young singer from Latin America.

“I think we Venezuelans are a kind of baroque people. We are so spontaneous and so different from each other. My love for baroque music also has to do with who I am.”

The performance lasts 60-70 minutes without an interval.

Prices: EUR 22 / 44 / 66

Discounts:

  • Ö1 Intro: the "Kultüröffner" for everybody younger than 30

  • U27: 50% off for people younger than 27

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