Press | May 30, 2017
‘Bicket’s band is in its element’ – Ariodante in review
Fresh from our month-long tour of the USA and Europe, reviews of Ariodante – our latest installment in our series of Handel operas-in-concert for New York’s Carnegie Hall – have been flooding in. Following Radamisto, Theodora, Alcina, Hercules and Orlando in previous years, the prospects of Ariodante and the all-star cast of Joyce DiDonato, Alice Coote, Sonia Prina, Christiane Karg,
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In a dark and meaningful yet beautifully powerful performance, alto, Jess Dandy, was superb. Under the direction of Francesco Corti, its small chorus might have been a cast of thousands, so powerfully did they project. Their opening, where the music seemed to be emerging threateningly from the bowels of the earth, had gripping force. Bach’s St John Passion, Good Friday,
A profoundly satisfying account with dramatic urgency complemented by intimacy and tenderness in a performance of the Passion that brought a sense of drama and sophisticated music making. Bach’s St John Passion, Good Friday, 2025
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