Baroque Weekend. Jaroussky and Ensemble Artaserse

Domenico ScarlattiSinfonia C-DurAlessandro Scarlatti»Ombre tacite e sole«, KantatePhilippe Jaroussky CountertenorFrancesco DuranteSinfonia e-MollBaldassare Galuppi»La Gelosia«, KantatePhilippe Jaroussky CountertenorPauseNicola Porpora»Perdono, amata Nice«, Kantate (La Gelosia)Philippe Jaroussky CountertenorAntonio VivaldiConcerto für Streicher und Basso continuo g-Moll RV 157Antonio Vivaldi»Cessate, omai cessate« Kantate RV 684Philippe Jaroussky Countertenor

Jealousy – it’s one of the seven deadly sins, and we have all felt it. For Baroque composers, it was a dramatic and emotionally rich theme. Almost every opera of the period boasts a gripping jealousy scene. Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky explores both the nuances and the extremes of this emotion in virtuosic arias by Antonio Vivaldi, Nicola Porpora, and Domenico and Alessandro Scarlatti. He is accompanied by Ensemble Artaserse, which he co-founded in 2002. Together,  they have won global acclaim for a wide variety of projects.