Raffaele Pe, Carlo Vistoli and Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Photo: Fabrizio Sansoni / Teatro dell’Opera di Roma)
Last fall, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma presented a new production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare featuring countertenors Raffaele Pe, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, and Carlo Vistoli. To promote the opera, the company showcased the three countertenors in an evening of arias and duets from operas by Vivaldi, Handel, Porpora, and others with the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Orchestra conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini. Cohen is known to Chicago audiences for his performances with Newberry Consort and Music of the Baroque. Carlo Vistoli also has performed in Chicago as part of the Monteverdi 450 tour at the Harris Theater. Enjoy highlights from a rare gathering of three leading artists, especially chosen for fans of baroque opera and the countertenor voice.
Carlo Vistoli sings an aria from Handel’s Giulio Cesare.
Playlist
All selections feature the Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini.
Antonio Vivaldi: “Nel profondo cieco mondo” from Orlando furioso
Carlo Vistoli, countertenor
George Frideric Handel: “Che più tarda omai…Stille amare, già vi sento” from Tolomeo, re d’Egitto
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Vivaldi: “In braccio de’ contenti” from Gloria e Imeno
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Raffaele Pe, countertenor
Riccardo Broschi: “Ombra fedele anch’io” from Idaspe
Raffaele Pe, countertenor
Nicola Porpora: “Tu spietato non farai” from Ifigenia in Aulide
Carlo Vistoli, countertenor
Handel: “Vivi, tiranno” from Rodelinda
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Handel: “Ah mia cara, se tu resti” from Floridante
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Carlo Vistoli, countertenor
Vivaldi: “S’egli è ver che la sua rota” from La fida ninfa Vivaldi: “Il destino, la sorte, e il fato” from La Semma festeggiante (encore) Henry Purcell: “Sound the trumpet” (encore)
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Raffaele Pe, countertenor
Carlo Vistoli, countertenor
