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Arminio
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Max Emanuel Cencic excels with his celebrated and award-winning production of George Frideric Handels masterpiece Arminio at the InternationaI Handel Festival Karlsruhe. The remarkable counter-tenor Cencic, who dedicates himseIf to the revivaI and performance of the music of the 18th century, demonstrates once more that Baroque singing can be both technicalIy briIliant and at the same time modern and emotionaIly engaging. His enchanting staging of Arminio is the revival of the heroic story. When premiered in 1737 at Londons Covent Garden Arminio strangely received onIy six performances, despite being praised as a miracIe and in every respect exceIIent and vastIy pIeasing by contemporaries. Handels opera feIl into oblivion until Cencic put it into the limeIight, resuIting in the rehabilitation of the piece (FAZ). Cencics production of Arminio, which created a furore when performed at the Theater an der Wien, features the ensemble Armonia Atenea under the baton of George Petrou and stars the stage director in the Ieading roIe: Cencic is not onIy as countertenor, but also as stage director, at the peak of his success (Süddeutsche Zeitung). |
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