Antonio Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans
Premiere 26 January 2019
Musical director: Andrea Marcon, director: Floris Visser
“Despite all the alleged wartime misery, the images are nevertheless of noble solidity, which at least pleasantly engages the eye, while the ear is offered something truly extraordinary. The instrumentation alone is highly original: in addition to viols, there is a viola d’amore, trumpets, recorders, lutes, theorbos and two soprano chalumeaux! Andrea Marcon directs the La Cetra Barockorchester Basel in the high-pitched pit with subtle differentiation, meticulously preparing exquisite colours and ensuring speaking rhetoric and moussing tempi.”
Regine Müller, RONDO Magazine, 2 February 2019