Ensemble 1700 / de Sá / Oberlinger - Damenbart und Hosenrolle

Performers:

Ensemble 1700
Bruno de Sá, soprano
Dorothee Oberlinger, recorder, direction

Confusion of the Roman Baroque

Men in female roles and absurdly high male roles, women singing trouser roles – were commonplace in Baroque opera. This was partly the result of ideological regulations (no women on the opera stage in Rome!) and partly due to the aesthetic preferences of the time. This year's dinner concert with arias and instrumental music of predominantly Roman provenance is part of the »portrait of Dorothee Oberlinger« of the current season. At the dazzling centre of this virtuoso interplay of the sexes is the Brazilian star soprano Bruno de Sá, who will be making his Konzerthaus debut as part of this 34th »Resonanzen« and will reliably generate storms of enthusiasm with his phenomenal voice and enormous stage presence.

programme

Musik von Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Arcangelo Corelli,
Francesco Barsanti, Alessandro Marcello und Georg Friedrich Händel