Opera Rara 2012

Concert versions of two operas by Antonio Vivaldi: Catone in Utica and Tito Manlio, Giulio Cesare in Egitto by George Frideric Handel and La fede ne’ tradimenti by Attilio Ariosti – these are four titles planned for the year 2012 in the fourth edition of the Opera Rara cycle.

The Kraków audiences will see and hear the world-famous stars of early music: vocalists Sonia Prina, Ann Hallenberg, Vivica Genaux, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Roberta Invernizzi, Marina de Liso, and conductors: Fabio Biondi with Europa Galante, Federico Maria Sardelli, presenting for the first time in Kraków his legendary ensemble Modo Antiquo, and Ottavio Dantone leading the renown Accademia Bizantina. The Opera Rara cycle in the year 2012 will also see the first in its history presentation of a Kraków-based ensemble: Capella Cracoviensis under the baton of Jan Tomasz Adamus, together with the international set of soloists and instrumentalists, will perform Giulio Cesare in Egitto by Handel.

19 January 2012
Antonio Vivaldi – Catone in Utica
Polish premiere of the work, prepared especially for the Opera Rara cycle and Theater an der Wien

Magnus Staveland
Sonia Prina
Loriana Castellano
Nicki Kennedy
Paolo Lopez
Antonio Giovannini 

Modo Antiquo
Federico Maria Sardelli (conductor)

6 June 2012
George Frideric Handel – Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Sonia Prina
Maria Grazia Schiavo
David Hansen 
Marina de Liso
Nicola Marchesini
Ugo Guagliardo

Capella Cracoviensis
Jan Tomasz Adamus (conductor)

25 October 2012
Antonio Vivaldi  – Tito Manlio
Polish premiere of the work

Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone (conductor)

19 December 2012
Attilio Ariosti – La fede ne’ tradimenti
Polish premiere of the work

Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (conductor)