Alberto Miguelez Rouco; Los Elementos; Alicia Amo; Natalie Perez; Giulia Semenzato; Judit Subirana
Description
Alberto Miguelez Rouco and his ensemble Los Elementos present here, on this new CD, the zarzuela Donde hay violencia, no hay culpa ("Where there is violence, there is no guilt"). First performed in 1744, this work tackles the story of the rape of the virtuous Roman woman Lucretia, the founding myth of the Roman Republic, as handed down by Livius.
In recent decades, the music of Spanish composer Jose de Nebra (1702-1768) has enjoyed a well-deserved renaissance, and time and again one is amazed at the melodic inventiveness and dramatic power of his works.
Alberto Miguelez Rouco was born in La Corua (Spain) in 1994, where he studied singing with tenor Pablo Carballido del Camino and Piano with Cristina Lopez. In 2012 he began his singing studies at the Musik Akademie Basel (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis), where he studied with the mezzo soprano Rosa Domínguez. He also studied harpsichord and basso continuo with Francesco Corti, Giorgio Paronuzzi and Jesper Christensen. In opera, he has recently sung Telemann's Orpheus (Ascalax) with Rene Jacobs, Handel's Partenope (Armindo) conducted by William Christie (Paris Philharmonie, Valencia, La Coruna, Bucharest, Budapest, Luzern). Since 2020 he is a member of Philippe Jaroussky's voice academy.
Los Elementos was founded in 2018 as a baroque orchestra by Alberto Miguelez Rouco for the first modern performance on historic instruments of Jose de Nebra's Vendado es Amor, no es ciego. One of its most important goals is the rediscovery and performance of works from the extensive and mostly unknown repertoire of Spanish baroque music. The musicians of the ensemble came together at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where they received their training.
"stirring music theatre, brilliantly served" – Opera Magazine
"Rouco's direction inspires Los Elementos to playing of lively freedom and strong character, the strings using subtle hints of portamento, the brass blaring and outspoken, without causing the least suspicion of unbalance to Glossa's clear recording. […] this excellent Glossa CD set brings a superb work back into the light of day, with thrilling success." - zarzuela.net
Tracklisting
Soloists, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
Eric Hoeprich, Teunis van der Zwart, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
Jonatan Alvarado; Ariel Abramovich
Graindelavoix; Bjorn Schmelzer
Paolo Pandolfo
Orphenica Lyra; Jose Miguel Moreno
Jose Miguel Moreno; Emma Kirkby
