La Serenissima (Venetian Silhouettes) Sophie Junker, {oh!} Orkiestra, Martyna Pastuszka

• Antonio Lotti (1667 - 1740): Giove in Argo, Act II:
• 1 Lotti: Giove in Argo, Act II: Con fiamme, e con straggi (Iside) 03:12
• Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736): Temistocle, Act I Scene 6:
• 2 Caldara: Temistocle, Act I Scene 6: Chi mai d'iniqua stella (Aspasia) 06:50
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Atenaide, RV 702, Act III Scene 7:
• 3 Vivaldi: Atenaide, RV 702, Act III Scene 7: Qual demone, qual furia (Eudossa) 02:25
• La Silvia, RV 734, Act I Scene 14:
• 4 Vivaldi: La Silvia, RV 734, Act I Scene 14: Mio cor, s'io ti credessi (Nerina) 04:30
• Benedetto Marcello (1686 - 1739): Arianna, Parte seconda. Scene 2:
• 5 Marcello: Arianna, Parte seconda. Scene 2: Come mai puoi vedermi piangere (Arianna) 08:29
• Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 4 No. 4, RV 357:
• 6 Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 4 No. 4, RV 357: I. Allegro 03:15
• 7 Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 4 No. 4, RV 357: II. Grave 02:32
• 8 Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 4 No. 4, RV 357: III. Allegro 02:38
• Ottone in villa, RV 729, Act II Scene 3:
• 9 Vivaldi: Ottone in villa, RV 729, Act II Scene 3: L'ombre, l'aure, e ancora il rio (Caio) 07:25
• Francesco Gasparini (1661 - 1727): Bajazet, Act I Scene 15:
• 10 Gasparini: Bajazet, Act I Scene 15: Vendetta sì, farò (Asteria) 03:14
• Ambleto, Act II:
• 11 Gasparini: Ambleto, Act II: Sì, ti sente l'alma mia (Ildegarde) 04:45
• Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751): Andromeda liberata, Parte prima:
• 12 Albinoni: Andromeda liberata, Parte prima: Si, rinforzi in te la spene (Cassiope) 03:08
• Giovanni Porta (1675 - 1755): Ifigenia in Aulide, Act III Scene 13:
• 13 Porta: Ifigenia in Aulide, Act III Scene 13: Madre diletta, abbracciami (Ifigenia) 08:39
• Antonio Vivaldi: Zeffiretti, che sussurrate, RV 749.21:
• 14 Vivaldi: Zeffiretti, che sussurrate, RV 749.21 07:57
• Antonio Caldara: Caio Marzio Coriolano, Act III Scene 7:
• 15 Caldara: Caio Marzio Coriolano, Act III Scene 7: Per combatter con lo sdegno (Claudia) 04:29
• Total Runtime 01:13:28

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Eighteenth-century Venice was the epitome of splendour: architectural, pictorial, theatrical, musical and vocal. Venetian opera shone throughout Europe, combining dramatic force with the beauty of the vocal line. Like Canaletto and Guardi, who painted all the sides of the Serenissima in their panoramas, composers sought to explore the spectrum of human passions through opera.

Sophie Junker invites us to meet them, alongside Martyna Pastuszka, conductor of the {oh!} Orkiestra. Her brilliant, acrobatic soprano blossoms in arias of fury and vengeance (Vivaldi or Lotti), or in the heart-rending complaints of an Iphigenia (Porta) or an Ariadne (Marcello). Martyna Pastuszka's violin leads one of the splendid ‘La Stravaganza’ (the extraordinary) concertos: a fine subtitle for this program!

Sophie Junker, soprano
{oh!} Orkiestra
Martyna Pastuszka, conductor

Sophie Junker
Belgian-born soprano Sophie Junker celebrated her international breakthrough in 2010 when she won the London Handel Competition. Winning the ‘Cesti Competition’ at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music supported her rapid rise, and she now regularly performs with top conductors, including Harry Bicket (Dorinda in ‘Orlando’), Laurence Cummings (Israelite Woman in Handel's ‘Esther’ and Sigismondo in Handel's ‘Arminio’ in Göttingen), Christian Curnyn (Italian Woman in Charpentier's ‘Médée’ for ENO, Phoebe in Rameau's ‘Castor et Pollux’) or Stefano Montanari (Zerlina in ‘Don Giovanni’). Described as irresistibly enchanting by Opera magazine, Sophie Junker already enjoys an established relationship with the Royal Opera Liège Wallonie (Wanda in ‘La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein’, title role in Pauline Viardot's ‘Cendrillon’) and the Angers Nantes Opera (Amour in ‘Orphée et Eurydice’). In 2016, she celebrated her American opera debut with Cleis in Martini's ‘Sapho’ and Hélène in Chabrier's ‘Une Éducation Manquée’ (Opera Lafayette, New York and Washington). Other operatic roles include Caio in Vivaldi's ‘Ottone in Villa’ at the Copenhagen Opera Festival, Proserpine and Euridice in Charpentier's ‘La Déscente d'Orphée aux enfers’ (Wigmore Hall, The Hague), and Belinda (‘Dido and Aeneas’, Innsbruck Early Music Festival).

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