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Deidamia

Georg Friedrich Händel

Reviews (3)

BBC music magazine

2013 March

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George Hall (musikanmelder)

2013 March

"In his lifetime, Handel's final opera was a failure, running for just three performances ... But this March 2012 Netherlands Opera staging ... demonstrates its considerable qualities. Alden's approach is lightly ironic ... Ivor Bolton and Concerto Köln provide the expert musical underspinning. Sally Matthews shines as a vocally and physically poised Deidamia".

International record review

2013 January

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John T. Hughes

2013 January

"High marks go to Concerto Köln and Ivor Bolton. I find the playing very pleasing ... The acoustics are mainly good ... There is much to admire in this performance, and for me there would have been even more with fewer extras".

Fono Forum

2013 April

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Manuel Brug

2013 April

"Händels letzte italienische Oper, die 1741 komponierte Deidamia, führt zu Unrecht ein Schattendasein in dessen Werkverzeichniss ... David Alden am Regiepult und Ivor Bolton im Graben mit dem voretrefflich klangfein aufspielenden Concerto Köln, da kam an der Nederlandse Opera wieder das Münchner Händel-Dream-Team zusammen. Bolton dirigiert mit Schwung und sensiblem Drive, Alden gibt dem Cross-Gender-Affen Zucker".