Credits:

Haydn, J.

Description:

Cencic plays the title role and directs! Handel's late opera "Arminio" directed by Max Emanuel Cencic, a countertenor singer born in Zagreb, Croatia, and performed live at the Handel Festival in Karlsruhe in 2017. The live performance at the Handel Festival in Karlsruhe in 2017 will be released. Cencic, who grew up in a musical family, showed his talent from an early age, serving as a soloist in the Vienna Boys' Choir and now in 2018 as a countertenor, as well as a skilled director. The opera "Arminio" is set in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Augustus. It is based on the battle between the Roman army and Germanic tribes in the forest of Toitburg in the 9th year of A.D. The characters are Germanic tribes. The seven characters are Arminio, the chief of the Kelski tribe who led the Germanic tribes, his wife Tusnerda, Varro, the Roman governor of Germania, Tullio, the captain, Tusnerda's father Segeste, his son Sigismondo, Tusnerda's sister, and his wife Ramise, Arminio's sister. The story depicts the difficult circumstances in which each of them was placed, and their anguish and conflicts. Arminio was first performed in Covent Garden in 1737 to great acclaim, but was "forgotten" for a long time, having been performed only six times. Cencic is a singer and director himself. Cencic sings and directs his own production, bringing Handel's masterpiece vividly back to life in the modern age.Cencic's abundant vocal volume and masterful command of her voice are her strong points. As the title role and as the director, his majestic singing is very impressive. She is accompanied by the Greek period ensemble Armonia Athenaea. The ensemble, led by young Greek conductor Georghe Petrou, was founded in 1991 by the Musikverein of Athens, and as of 2018 is actively performing both modern and period music, giving concerts and making recordings. Cencic recorded the same performance in 2014 with the Armonia Athenaea and DECCA, and the fact that this time it is subtitled in Japanese with video is a welcome addition. King International.