Organization

Singer

Countertenor

Jakub Józef Orliński

Conductor

Stefan Plewniak

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Orchestra

Il Giardino d'Amore

Jakub Józef Orliński: Récital virtuose

Versailles

France

Galerie des Glaces

Jakub Józef Orliński: Récital virtuose: Recital Various

Public

Recital

Approved

Jakub Józef Orliński: Récital virtuose: Recital Various2

From Handel, here are arias taken from the operas of his maturity which set London on fire thanks to the voices of the most famous Italian castrati: Tamerlano (1724, Andrea Paccini), Riccardo Primo (1726, Senesino), Tolomeo (1728, Senesino), Partenope (1730 , Antonio Bernacchi). From Vivaldi, here are orchestral pieces to intersperse Handel's arias, taken from his famous violin concertos that the whole of Europe admired during the composer's very lifetime. But by Vivaldi, Orlinski also performs an aria from his opera Giustino: it was created for the Carnival of Rome in 1724, but (since women could not sing in Rome) only with male performers, including seven castrati! (Handel also used the same libretto for his own Giustino, premiered in London in 1737, with the castrato Gizziello in the title role). 

There is no doubt that in this deployment of virtuosity and sensitivity, which were the two exceptional qualities of the castrati, Orlinski is in the firmament!

English

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