L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra - Opera Productions
Planned for 2009
Conducted by: Michi Gaigg
Georg Philipp Telemann(1681-1767): Orpheus oder "Die wunderbare Beständigkeit der Liebe"
Musical Drama (1726)
after the tragédie lyrique by Michel du Boullay
August 2010
donauFESTWOCHEN im strudengau
Soloists: N.N.
Produced by: N.N.
Gioacchino Rossini(1792-1868): Il signor Bruschino ossia il figlio per azzardo
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): L'isola disabitata (The deserted Island)
Review 2003 - 2007
Ignaz Holzbauer(1711-1783): Il Figlio delle Selve (Der Sohn der Wildnis)
donauFESTWOCHEN im strudengau
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Farsa giocosa per musiche in one act (1813)
Libretto by Giuseppe Foppa
21-23 March 2009
Musikverein für Steiermark, Graz
Soloists: Vladimir Chernov (Gaudenzio), Olga Peretyatko (Sofia), and others
Produced by: Thomas Mittmann
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Azione teatrale in due parti, Hob. XXVIII:9 (1779)
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio (based on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)
- concert version -
June 20th, 2009
OÖ Stiftskonzerte, St. Florian near Linz
Soloists: Ulrike Hofbauer (Costanza), Barbara Kraus (Silvia), Bernhard Berchtold (Gernando), Reinhard Mayr (Enrico)
N.N.
July 12th 2009
Theater an der Wien
Soloists: Nuria Rial (Costanza), Barbara Kraus (Silvia), Bernhard Berchtold (Gernando), Reinhard Mayr (Enrico)
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Schwetzinger Fespiele 2003
Favola pastorale in 3 Acts, based on a drama by Carlo Sigismondo Capece of the same name
(written for the opening of the Schwetzingen Rococo Theatre in 1753)
Produced by: Georges Delnon
Conducted by: Christoph Spering
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Conducted by: Michi Gaigg
2003
2005
2007
Press reviews
(excerpts)
"The fact that some of the Holzbauer arias were deeply moving also had to do with their outstanding and uncompromising interpretation by the L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra under Christoph Spering."
Die Welt, 3 May 2003
"The small "Entführung" in grand style! Michi Gaigg and her L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra interpret the sparkling score with intoxicating zest. They could also rely on a faultless vocal ensemble."
Die Presse, August 2005
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho
Serenata musicale in one Act TWV 21:32 (1761)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Zaide (Fragment, 1779/80)
German Singspiel in 2 Acts KV 344 with a final chorus by Johann Anton André
Georg Anton Benda (1722-1795): Romeo und Julie
Singspiel in 3 Acts, Mannheim version from 1784
(first setting to music of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet from 1597)
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"The musicians swept through Zaide's 15 numbers with zest and historically informed enthusiasm. They were conducted with equal drive and sensitivity by Michi Gaigg."
Wiener Zeitung, August 2005
"L'Orfeo, directed by Michi Gaigg, was convincing with their balanced string sound, incredibly light woodwind sound, sensitive traversos, beautiful oboe solos and a fine sense for cantabile lines [...]."
Hans-Jürgen Becker, Concerto, October/November 2007
"[...] musical director and conductor, Michi Gaigg, and her L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra introduce the Sturm and Drang composer Benda with sufficient sensibility and colourful freshness, bringing back to life this exquisite work. This is enthusiasm which we also hear on the newly released CD with works by J.C.F. Fischer. [...]"
Die Presse, August 2007
"[...] Michi Gaigg and her L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra provide a light and finely woven musical carpet of noblest descent. [...]
Neue Kronenzeitung, August 2007