| Venue: Zellerbach
Hall
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Led by Baroque
scholar and award-winning harpsichordist Andrea Marcon, the Venice Baroque Orchestra
has become a tremendous force in the field of period-instrument performance since
its 1997 debut, bringing a fresh energy to the rich legacy of Baroque music that
endures in Venice. The orchestra has received wide critical acclaim not only for
its concerts, radio broadcasts, and award-winning all-Vivaldi recordings with
Italian violinist Giuliano Carmignola, but also for its staged performances of
operas, including the first performance in modern times of Handel's Siroe.
Featuring dramatic costumes designed by Francesco Zito, the production thrilled
sold-out audiences at Venice's Teatro la Fenice in 2000. We're pleased to have
the ensemble make its much-anticipated Cal Performances debut with a semi-staged
performance of this rarely performed 1728 opera, the dramatic tale of the king
of Persia's Lear-like struggle with destiny.
Patron
Information:
Program
Notes:
Program notes are available online, click here.
Parking
Alerts:
Education and Community Events:
Sightlines: Fri, Feb 13 and Sat Feb 14,
7-7:30 pm — Pre-performance talk by Professor Kate van Orden, Department
of Music, UC Berkeley, free to all event ticket holders.
Donor Events:
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Performances:
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conductor
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Salvatore
Licitra, tenor
Juan
Diego Florez, tenor
Jonathan
Lemalu, baritone
Music
before 1850 Series
Artists links:
www.venicebaroqueorchestra.net
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