26 December 2016, 16:30 in the Ilmenau Kirche and 20:00 in the Michaeliskirche Erfurt, Germany. La Banda Ariosa presents the programme Jubilate Domino! Continue reading
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The countertenor voice
On Friday 11 November, after the performance of G.F. Handel’s Jepthe at the Dutch National Opera, the young friends of the DNO (Fidelio) have organised a Q&A about this voice type with Mattias Pavlous and musicologist Leendert van der Miesen. Click here for more info. Continue reading
A spark of heaven!
10,11*,13 (matinee), 16*, 17*, 18, 23 and 27* (matinee) November 2016: A fully staged performance of “Carmina Burana and other sins“. Music by C. Orff, G. Mahler (*Soloist on marked dates), G. Scelsi & A. Pärt. With Operagroup The Fat Lady. Continue reading
La più bella
25 November 2016. 20:15. Italian opera arias from late 17th and early 18th century Germany featuring the viola da gamba. With Mariana Pimenta soprano and La Banda Ariosa under the direction of Susanne Herre in the concert series of Musica Antica da Camera. Continue reading
Ottone, Re di Germania by G.F. Handel
21, 29 October 2016. 19:30. Debuting in the title role of Handel’s opera Ottone with an exciting cast and Concerto Valiante in The Hague. Continue reading
Anacreon’s Ode
18 September 2015, 19:00. A lute song programme with themes from Ancient Greece for the opening of the Archaeological Museum of the island of Kos, Greece. With lutenist Stathis Skandalidis. Continue reading
2016-2017 season schedule updated!
Debuting in the title role of Handel’s opera Ottone, two programmes with La Banda Ariosa, collaborating for the first time with opera group The Fat Lady and more. Check out the performances until Christmas in the agenda page! More to come, stay tuned! Continue reading
Gilbert Isbin announces lute song album to be recorded by Mattias Pavlous & Stathis Skandalidis
Gilbert Isbin is a Belgian composer, improviser, guitarist and lutenist. Isbin’s compositional and performing style defies genre, blending elements of contemporary classical, jazz, early music, world music and improvisation. The new album, featuring songs for countertenor & lute based on poetry of good friends of the composer will be recorded in 2017 with Mattias Pavlous … Continue reading
Highlights from Ottone by G.F. Handel
22 May 2016, 15:30. Highlights from G.F. Handel’s Opera Ottone with Concerto Valiante in the Geertekerk of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Continue reading
Ottone in L’incoronazione di Poppea
23, 26 July and 1 August 2016. Reprising the role of Ottone C. Monteverdi’s landmark opera at the Opera de Baugé in France. Stage direction B. Grimmett, Musical direction Yeo Yat-Soon. Continue reading