Joyce will sing Händel - Salzburg 2009

I have heard today from good authority (thanks !), that Joyce diDonato will sing the Händel concert with the Gabrieli Players on 02nd August at the Salzburger Festspiele instead of Rolando. Well I like her, but mezzo instead of tenor ?! No, sorry Joyce...

Press report, click here

Programm of Rolando's Amsterdam concert

Rolando Villazón, tenor
Gabrieli Players,
Paul McCreesh, conductor
Rebecca Bottone, soprano

Händel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba ('Solomon', HWV 67)
Händel - Accompagnato 'Fatto inferno e il mio petto' ('Rodelinda', HWV 19)
Händel - Aria 'Pastorello d'un povero armento' ('Rodelinda', HWV 19)
Händel - ** delen uit Eerste Suite 'Water Music' (HWV 348)
Händel - Aria 'Più che penso alle fiamme del core' ('Serse', HWV 40)
Händel - Aria 'Ne men con l'ombre' ('Serse', HWV 40)
Händel - Aria 'Crude furie degl'orridi' ('Serse', HWV 40)
Händel - Aria 'Scherza infida' ('Ariodante', HWV 33)
Händel - ** delen uit Eerste Suite 'Water Music' (HWV 348)
Händel - Aria 'Ciel e Terra armi di sdegno' ('Tamerlano', HWV 18)
Händel - Aria 'Da tempeste' ('Giulio Cesare', HWV 17)
Händel - ** sterf scene Bajazet ('Tamerlano', HWV 18)
Händel - Accompagnato 'Tu, spietato, il vedrai' ('Tamerlano', HWV 18)

Some news (in short form ^^)

Click here to watch the Deutsche Grammophon's side for Rolando's Händel album "Arias". There you can watch some videos, listen to 3 tracks out of "Arias", look at some pictures, etc. Very beautiful, interessting and lovely made site =) And now it's finally clear which versions of the CD will be released:










Click here to watch the Deutsche Grammophon's side for Anna's and Elina's recording of I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Very nice pictures there !


Anna will give a concert in Copenhagen (18th September), in Oslo (21rd September) and in Stockholm (24th September) with the Danish Radio Orchestra conducted by Emmanuel Villaume. The concert in Copenhagen was already sold out after 14 minutes !!! Unbelievable...

Hope that I didn't forgot to wright anything. School is really getting on my nerves at the moment, I don't find the time to work at the blog =/ There are still soo many things I have to work on here...better stop thinking about, otherwise I will get crazy..."il fantasma, il fantasma..." ; )