A Nocte Temporis / Reinoud Van Mechelen by Various, C 28 sep 2023, No (2023/2023), Diriģents Reinoud Van Mechelen, Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany

Great opera composers were often only inspired to create the most daring coloraturas and the most spectacular top tones by the extraordinary skills of extraordinary singers. Jean-Philippe Rameau was no exception and wrote many of his tenor roles especially for Pierre Jéliote, who for decades dominated the Parisian opera world with his seemingly effortless vocal art. The Belgian haute-contre, as the characteristic high tenor voice is called in French baroque opera, Reinoud Van Mechelen now devotes an entire concert evening to the arias that Rameau created for "his" star tenor. In order to unfold this panorama of baroque vocal acrobatics in a musically intensive and historically informed way, Van Mechelen is bringing his own ensemble »A Nocte Temporis« with him. Together they walk in the footsteps of the exceptional French singer and make the Great Hall of the Laeiszhalle cheer just as much as Pierre Jéliote did the Paris Opéra in the 18th century.