Berenice, che fai ?

Description

Berenice, what are you doing... or Bûˋrûˋnice in all its states. The heroine of Mûˋtastase, caught in a Cornelian dilemma, has inspired the great names of the lyrical repertoire such as Hasse, Haydn, Mozart as well as a composer still little known today, Marianna Martinez, a contemporary and even neighbor of some of them. To interpret this colorful character, three singers and an orchestra: the mezzo Lûˋa Desandre, rewarded at the Victoires de la musique in 2017, sopranos Natalie Perez and Chantal Santon-Jeffery, and the impetuous conductor David Stern at the head of his period-instrument ensemble, Opera Fuoco. True comedians, these musicians convey all the theatrical weight of these scores, without sacrificing the sensitive and fragile dimension of the character. An emotional complexity, between jubilant madness and more tragic pages, that can be found in Hasse's Sinfonia, an excerpt from his opera Antigono, and of which Opera Fuoco delivers a version full of panache.