Ticket prices: 80 PLN standard / 50 PLN concession
Ticket prices: 80 PLN standard / 50 PLN concession
Bruno de Sá soprano
Sinfonia Varsovia
Ewa Mrowca harpsichord, positive organ (basso continuo)
Jarosław Thiel conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mitridate, re di Ponto Overture K.87/74a [6’]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Exsultate, jubilate K.165/158a (Salzburg version, 1779) [14’]
I. Exsultate, jubilate (Allegro)
II. Recitativo Fulget amica dies
III. Tu virginum corona (Andante)
IV. Alleluja (Allegro)
Joseph Haydn The Uninhabited Island (L’isola disabitata) Overture Hob.XXVIII:9 [8’]
Johann Friedrich Reichardt Voi sacre piante and Deh! soccori o padre il figlio, Perseo’s Recitativo and Aria from opera Andromeda (Berlin, 1788) [10’]
intermission [15’]
Luigi Caruso In mezzo a mille affanni, Lindoro’s Aria from opera Il fanatico per la musica (Music Lover, Rome, 1781) [6’]
Franz Ignaz Beck The Uninhabited Island (L’isle déserte) Overture (Bordeaux, 1779) [6’]
Felice Alessandri Se possono tanto luci vezzose, Poro’s Aria from opera Alexander in India (Alessandro nell’Indie, Genua, 1780) [6′]
Joseph Martin Kraus Larghetto and Finale: Allegro (mov. II, III) from Symphony in E-flat Major VB 144 [13’]
Luigi Cherubini No, non cercar per ora and La gran vendetta ancora, Lauso’s Recitativo and Aria from opera Mesenzio, rè d’Etruria (Florence, 1782) [6’]
In recent decades, the countertenor voice has enjoyed a true renaissance – male singers employing falsetto technique to perform in the higher registers. The unprecedented international success of Jakub Józef Orliński has raised awareness of this vocal phenomenon in Poland, extending it beyond a niche circle of Baroque aficionados. Bruno de Sá’s voice, however, eludes such technical classifications. In his case, the boyhood soprano voice did not fade with puberty, but evolved into a rare male soprano – marked by exceptional precision, agility, and radiance. Active on the international stage since 2015, de Sá will appear in Warsaw with selections from his second album, Mille affetti (literally “A Thousand Emotions”) – a nod to the expressive ideals of early vocal music. The programme brings to light previously unknown arias by Mozart’s contemporaries: Luigi Cherubini, Luigi Caruso, Felice Alessandri, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, and Franz Seydelmann. Freedom and the joy of singing – in service of a thousand affetti!
