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Baptiste Lopez

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Violin

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Franco Fagioli

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

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Basel Chamber Orchestra

Franco Fagioli | contre-ténor, Kammerorchester Basel, Baptiste Lopez | violon et direction

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Franco Fagioli | contre-ténor, Kammerorchester Basel, Baptiste Lopez | violon et direction: Concert Various

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Franco Fagioli est de ces chanteurs qu’un seul qualitatif ne saurait définir. L’étendue de sa vocalité, son insolente virtuosité et son sens du drame en font à bien des égards un interprète d’exception. Les chefs-d’œuvre et quelques raretés – on pense à son Artaserse de Vinci il y a quelques années – de l’époque baroque sont, à la scène comme au disque, son terrain de prédilection où il passe allègrement du registre contralto à celui de soprano. Pour ce récital, il a toutefois choisi de rendre hommage à Giovanni Battista Velluti (1780–1861) qui fut l'un des derniers castrats à avoir dominé la vie lyrique du début du XIXe siècle. Velluti, ayant fait sa carrière à l'époque romantique, il chanta donc la musique de son temps, celle des Nicolini, Mercadante, Morlacchi… des noms aujourd’hui oubliés mais pour lesquels Franco Fagioli a décidé de leur redonner voix au chapitre.

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Franco Fagioli is one of those singers that a single quality cannot define. The extent of his vocality, his insolent virtuosity and his sense of drama make him in many respects an exceptional performer. The masterpieces and a few rarities – one thinks of his Artaserse da Vinci a few years ago – from the Baroque period are, on stage as well as on disc, his favorite terrain where he passes cheerfully from the contralto register to that soprano. For this recital, however, he has chosen to pay homage to Giovanni Battista Velluti (1780–1861), who was one of the last castrati to have dominated the operatic life of the early 19th century .century. Velluti, having made his career during the romantic era, he therefore sang the music of his time, that of Nicolini, Mercadante, Morlacchi… names now forgotten but for which Franco Fagioli decided to give them a voice in the chapter.

English

Franco Fagioli | contre-ténor, Kammerorchester Basel, Baptiste Lopez | violon et direction by Various, From (2023/2023), Conductor Baptiste Lopez, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France

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