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Ancient Rome was a bottomless well of inspiration for the creators of Baroque opera, whether themes were drawn from the fates of historical rulers or from the mythological stories in which the Romans had believed. Baroque Rome then attracted musicians from various parts of Europe who were eager to get acquainted with the secrets of Italian music. Among them was Georg Frideric Handel, who spent more than two years in Rome on his Italian study tour and began a successful career there as a composer of Italian vocal music. At Easter 1708, his new oratorio La Resurrezione was performed there, directly under the baton of the famous Corelli. In his later works, especially for London theatres, Handel drew heavily on his personal experience of Italian music and can rightly be called one of the most important composers of Italian opera seria. Arias and duets from his operas will be complemented by the works of an equally successful opera composer, this time in a French environment, Jean-Philippe Rameau, who briefly lived in Italy in his youth. He became acquainted with Italian music mainly in his native France, where one of its promoters was the Neapolitan Michele Mascitti.
This colourful Italian-French programme will be presented by Chantal Santon Jeffery and Vojtěch Semerád, accompanied by the Collegium Marianum ensemble under the direction of Jana Semerádová.
Programme
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759)
Ouverture from Alessandro Severo, HWV A13
Duet „Tra amplessi innocenti“
from Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89
Aria „Quando e parto dell᾿affetto“
and „D᾿amor fu consiglio“
from La Resurrezione, HWV 47
Michele Mascitti (1663/64–1760)
Concerto grosso No. 4, Op. 7
Georg Friedrich Händel
Aria „Da tempeste il legno infranto“
from Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17
Duet „Caro autor di mia doglia“, HWV 182a
Intermission
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
Arias and dances from Le Temple de la Gloire, RTC 59
Duet „Les flots les ont punis“ from Naїs, RTC 49
Arias, duets and dances from Dardanus, RTC 35
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Vojtěch Semerád Biography
Vojtěch Semerád is a graduate of the Prague Conservatory, the Faculty of Pedagogy of Charles University in Prague (choirmastering) and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris (baroque violin with Francois Fernandez). He is a finalist of the Telemann-Wettbewerb International Competition in Magdeburg. He has been trained as a singer since 2010 throughout private lessons (with teachers such as Chantal Santon Jeffery, Peter Kooij, Poppy Holden) and masterclasses.
As a solo singer, Vojtěch Semerád is invited by renowned ensembles such as Les Arts Florissants, Ensemble Correspondances, Vox Luminis or Huelgas Ensemble, with whom he performs at major international venues and festivals such as Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Park Avenue Armory New York, Logan Center Chicago, Concertgebouw Rotterdam, Wigmore Hall London, Palau de la Música Barcelona, etc. He has taken part in several opera productions, and has recently sung Histoires Sacrés by M.-A. Charpentier for Early Music festival Utrecht in 2021, the role of Acis in G.F. Handel's Acis and Galathea for TAM Regensburg, the role of Atys in the opera of the same name by J.B. Lully and the role of Thélème by J.B. Lully in 2022
Read MoreAs a solo singer, Vojtěch Semerád is invited by renowned ensembles such as Les Arts Florissants, Ensemble Correspondances, Vox Luminis or Huelgas Ensemble, with whom he performs at major international venues and festivals such as Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Park Avenue Armory New York, Logan Center Chicago, Concertgebouw Rotterdam, Wigmore Hall London, Palau de la Música Barcelona, etc. He has taken part in several opera productions, and has recently sung Histoires Sacrés by M.-A. Charpentier for Early Music festival Utrecht in 2021, the role of Acis in G.F. Handel's Acis and Galathea for TAM Regensburg, the role of Atys in the opera of the same name by J.B. Lully and the role of Thélème by J.B. Lully in 2022
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