VALER SABADUS
Graun Opera Arias
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Friday
08
Sep 2023
Friday, September 8, 2023
19:30
Concert

VALER SABADUS

Graun Opera Arias

Martyna Pastuszka | {oh!} Orkiestra

Margravial Opera House Bayreuth

The Early Music scene is no longer conceivable today without the Romanian-German counter tenor Valer Sabadus. With his precisely intoned, crystal-clear and lyrically emotional voice capable of mastering the most dizzying heights and coloratura with apparent ease, he breathes new life into the old masters, portraying figures on stage in a way that touches the heart.

In this concert he dedicates himself to the stage works of Carl Heinrich Graun, most of which have fallen into oblivion.

Born 1704 in Brandenburg, the composer attracted attention already during his studies; by 1724 he was engaged at the Court in Brunswick as successor to Johann Adolph Hasse. The Prussian Crown Prince Frederick – later the Great – was so affected by his talent that he engaged him at his court in Rheinsberg. Here, under Frederick, Graun composed his most distinguished stage works, including Cleopatra e Cesare, which opened the Königliche Hofoper – today the Berlin Staatsoper ­– also Montezuma, for which the Prussian king himself wrote the libretto.

Accompanied by the Bayreuth “legionaires”, the oh!} Orkiestra under Martyna Pastuszka, Valer Sabadus will astound us with Graun’s musical character studies – in the hope that in future we shall hear more of one of the greats of eighteenth-century music.

Programme

 

Carl Heinrich Graun (1704/05–1759)
Overture from Rodelinda, Regina de’ Longobardi GraunWV B:I:6

“Quest’ o Dio lugubre aspetto”
Aria from Rodelinda, Regina de’ Longobardi GraunWV B:I:6

“Ma il lento mormorio” – “Fonte ch’accresci l’onda“
Aria from Rodelinda, Regina de’ Longobardi GraunWV B:I:6

Overture from Cesare e Cleopatra GraunWV B:I:7

“Sulle sponde del torbido lete”
Aria from Artaserse GraunWV B:I:8

“Barbaro non comprendo“
Aria from Adriano in Siria GraunWV B:I:12

INTERVAL

Overture from Adriano in Siria GraunWV B:I:12

“O più tremar non voglio”
Aria from Demofoonte GraunWV B:I:13

“Misero pargoletto”
Aria from Demofoonte GraunWV B:I:13

Overture from Catone in Utica GraunWV B:I:9

“Ah Gandarte, ah germana“ – „Dov’è? s’affretti“
Recitativo accompagnato and Aria from Alessandro e Poro GraunWV B:I:10

“Si, per la rea congiura”
Aria from Montezuma GraunWV B:I:29

 

Valer Sabadus Counter Tenor
Martyna Pastuszka Musical Director and Violin
{oh!} Orkiestra

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