Europa Galante

Joined by a cast of seven singers, the opera will feature acrobatics and will be recorded by NHK for future broadcast.

The tour will continue with instrumental concerts in Tokyo Oji Hall and Sapporo Kitara Hall, before moving to Korea for concerts in Daegu and Incheon.

Performances

29 October 2022
Kanagawa Music Hall, Yokohama, Japan

30 October 2022
Kanagawa Music Hall, Yokohama, Japan

1 November 2022
Oji Hall, Tokyo, Japan

2 November 2022
Kitara Hall, Sapporo, Japan

5 November 2022
Arts Center Incheon, Incheon, South Korea

6 November 2022
Daegu Concert House, Daegu, South Korea

Performances

17th February 2020: İş Sanat Culture Center

Choir: Choir of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic

Soloists (Flis):

Aleksander Teliga – Antoni, bass
Wojciech Gierlach - Szóstak, bass
Ewa Tracz – Zosia, soprano
Matheus Pompeu – Franek, tenor
Mariusz Godlewski – Jakub, baritone
Paweł Cichoński – Feliks, tenor (from the Choir)

Soloists (Il Corsaro):

Aleksey Bogdanov – Pasha Seida, bartitone
Karen Gardeazabal – Gulnara, soprano
Iván Ayón Rivas – Corrado, tenor
Ilona Mataradze – Medora, soprano
Mateusz Stachura – Giovanni, baritone (from the Choir)
Paweł Cichoński – Eunuco, Schiavo, Aga Selimo, tenor (from the Choir)

Performances

16 August 2019 - Flis, Moniuszko 

24 August 2019 - Il Corsaro, Verdi

Performances

10 August 2019

The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh International Festival

Fabio Biondi and his critically acclaimed orchestra will be joined by the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir for this concert performance of what has been described as ‘The Polish national opera’. 

The story is one of love, betrayal, heartbreak and, ultimately, the suicide of Halka - a young girl who falls pregnant with the child of Janusz, a wealthy landowner, only for him to leave her for another woman and for her to lose her baby.

Performances

5 January 2019
Teatr Wielki, Warsaw, Poland

The soloists will be the ensemble's Director, Fabio Biondi, Andrea Rognoni and mezzo soprano Vivica Genaux, whose album 'Pyrotechnics' - described in the Gramophone as showcasing 'dazzling Vivaldian vocal fireworks' and recorded with Biondi and Europa Galante - features on the tour.

Performances

12 May 2018
Shanghai Concert Hall, Shanghai, China

13 May 2018
NCPA, Beijing, China

15 May 2018
LOTTE Concert Hall, Seoul, South Korea 

Vivica Genaux, mezzo soprano
Désirée Rancatore, coloratura soprano
Emanuele D'Aguanno, tenor

Performances

27 February 2017 
Palace of Arts, Budapest  

The award-winning Italian period chamber ensemble, led by violinist Fabio Biondi, performs Vivaldi Four Seasons, Pachelbel Canon in D and other Italian classics by Corelli, Locatelli and Albinoni on 11 October 2016. The concert is the first time Europa Galante performs in the United Arab Emirates. 

Performances

11th October 2016
Dubai Opera, United Arab Emirates

First performed in 1738 in Venice, L’Oracolo in Messenia was assembled by Vivaldi for the famously extravagant and subversive Venice carnival. The lost scores have been pieced together by Biondi from rare and forgotten manuscripts as well as published scores and brought to life by a cast including Magnus Staveland, Marianne Beate Kielland, Vivica Genaux, Franziska Gottwald and Julia Lezhneva.

In contrast to this tale of love, revenge and corruption, Europa Galante also presents Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in Birmingham, Tokyo and Matsumoto featuring mezzo-soprano Genaux.

On departure from Japan, the ensemble travels to the Hong Kong Arts Festival for a recital by Biondi, accompanied by harpsichordist Paola Poncet. In addition is a performance based on Europa Galante’s latest CD release, Chiara’s Diary, which received a five-star review in BBC Music Magazine. The programme brings together a collection of concertos dedicated to Chiara, a young woman left on the steps of Ospedale della Pietá as a baby who subsequently studied violin at the orphanage and music school in Venice. Europa Galante’s programme focuses on Venetian composers works written for Chiara and is accompanied by a short film, telling Chiara’s story alongside musical excerpts performed by Europa Galante.

Performances

19 February 2015
Town Hall, Birmingham

20 February 2015
Barbican Centre, London

28 February 2015
Kanagawa Kenritsu Ongakudo Hall, Yokohama

1 March 2015
Kanagawa Kenritsu Ongakudo Hall, Yokohama

3 March 2015
Tokyo Opera City, Tokyo 

4 March 2015
Harmony Hall, Matsumoto

6 March 2015
Concert Hall, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong  

7 March 2015
Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong

Led by director and violinist Fabio Biondi, the group started its tour in South Korea and performed as part of the Seoul International Music Festival. The concert was aired live on radio and recorded for TV broadcast both in partnership with KBS, South Korea’s biggest broadcasting network.

Following a performance at the Daegu Ayang Arts Center, the group travelled to mainland China for performances in the May Festival at the NCPA Beijing and at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre.

The concert in Beijing, featuring works from Vivaldi’s La stravanganza (The Extravagance) set of violin concerti, was recorded and made available on the NCPA’s Classical Channel, together with an interview with Fabio Biondi.

Performances

7 May 2014: Seoul Arts Center
8 May 2014: Daegu Ayang Arts Center
9 May 2014: NCPA Beijing
11 May 2014: Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre 

The performance featured as part of the new International Early Music Festival under the patronage of the governor of the Moscow region. 'Baroque Masterpieces' was the festival's theme and Europa Galante's performance included works by Sammartini, Geminiani, Vivaldi, Telemann and Corelli given in the beautiful Arkhangelskoye Palace.

The performance was broadcast live on Radio Orpheus. 

Performances

10 June 2014: Arkhangelskoye Palace, Moscow

Vivica Genaux (mezzo soprano) and Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) join forces with Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante for this exciting project, performing the lost arias of Vivaldi's Scanderbeg in Tirana. The opera is based on the story of Albanian noblman and hero, George Castriot (also known as 'Skanderbeg'), however, this is believed to be the first time the work has been performed in Albania.

The programme is also to include other works by Vivaldi, including his Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor RV522 and Violin Concerto in D major RV222.

Performances

26 June 2018
Resurrection Cathedral, Tirana, Albania