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From around the world: Philadelphia.(Concerts & Recitals ... Christine Goerke and Tempesta di Mare join forces)(Concert Review)
"Murder Most Foul" was the title of Tempesta di Mare's season-opening concert (Oct. 4, at St. Mark's Church). The orchestra, named for one of Vivaldi's dramatic chamber pieces, performed that composer's La Notte and an excerpt from Jean-Fery Rebel's Les Elements. Then soprano Christine Goerke joined the musicians for two Baroque cantatas that gave her the opportunity to portray both victim and vengeful virago. Handel's Agrippina Condotta a Morire (Agrippina Taken Away to Die) alternates abruptly between bravura outbursts and heartbroken lyricism, as Nero's mother contemplates her impending death. In Medee, Louis-Nicholas Clerambault portrays the sorceress as she prepares to murder her sons and her rival.
Goerke laid out her vocal credentials in Handel's rapid sequence of recitatives and arias. ...
- Baroque performance: Do you feel good now?: Concerts by Philomel, Tempesta di...
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) May 15, 2007 700+ words
...embrace its lack of standardization. In weekend concerts by Tempesta di Mare and the baroque ensemble Philomel, you couldn't guess...thought to have begun their lives as chamber works, ones Tempesta di Mare speculatively reconstructed for two to five players...
- For 1700s musicians, London was place to be.(Entertainment)
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) June 26, 2005 700+ words
Byline: The Register-Guard Tempesta di Mare, a period instrument ensemble...specifically for the London stage. Tempesta di Mare's program includes highlights...London'' with period instrument group Tempesta di Mare When: 8 p.m. Saturday Where...
- Intimate Evenings concert series ranges from Bach to Monk.(Entertainment)
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) June 19, 2005 700+ words
...Christ the Apple Tree" and "Behold, a Simple Tender Babe." Tempesta di Mare June 30, Beall Hall Baroque chamber players from Philadelphia...D Minor (BWV 997), originally for unaccompanied lute. Tempesta di Mare July 2, Beall Hall "Handel's London," a free...
- Classical Music; 2000 leaves legacy of radiant performances, promising...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Medrek, T.J. December 29, 2000 700+ words
...brilliantly led by Ozawa and featuring a dream cast of soloists: Christine Goerke, Ian Bostridge and Thomas Quasthoff. The one that came...Orchestra in Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem," with Christine Goerke, Ian Bostridge, Thomas Quasthoff, the Tanglewood Festival...
- Soprano returns to Hub as star; Opera singer returns as a star.
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Medrek, T.J. October 22, 1999 700+ words
...Baroque presented a relatively unknown young soprano, Christine Goerke ("rhymes with 'turkey,"' quipped the decidedly undiva...performance, David Patrick Stearns wrote in USA Today: "Christine Goerke, who has sung a few minor roles at the Met, is an ideal...
- It is called the Bach Festival, after all.(Entertainment)(Sure, it's June, but...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) June 19, 2005 700+ words
...Intimate Evenings series, at 8 p.m. June 30 in Beall Hall. Tempesta di Mare, a period-instrument ensemble from Philadelphia...Minor (BWV 997) and Concerto a Tre in B-flat (BWV 525). Tempesta di Mare consists of Gwyn Roberts (recorder and flute), Emlyn...
- Iphigenie en Tauride.(Opera review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Myers, Eric November 29, 2007 700+ words
...mezzos (Rita Gorr was a celebrated Iphigenie) or dramatic sopranos (Regine Crespin made her mark in the part, as did Christine Goerke at New York City Opera). Placido Domingo is a noble figure of suffering as her brother Oreste; the part is usually sung...
- Music upstages politics.(Metropolitan Times)(Party Lines)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Bukowski, Jeffrey September 20, 1996 700+ words
...several singers making their Washington debuts, including the fetching soprano Maureen O'Flynn and last-minute addition Christine Goerke, replacing Aprile Millo, who was ill. The fairly eclectic performance, which included numbers from "Porgy and Bess...
