A few words about...
The orchestra Les Musiciens du Prince –Monaco was founded in the spring of 2016 at the Monte Carlo Opera, upon the initiative of Cecilia Bartoli and in collaboration with Jean-Louis Grinda, then Director of the Opera. The project received the immediate support of HSH Prince Albert II and HRH Princess of Hanover. Cecilia Bartoli, performer and artistic director, has brought together the world’s finest musicians, playing on period instruments, to create an orchestra inspired by the 17th and 18th century music traditions in vogue at princely, royal and imperial courts throughout Europe. Her artistic vision is centred on the grand masters of the Baroque period, such as Haendel, and Vivaldi, as well as on the Mozart and Rossini repertoire. Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco and Cecilia Bartoli have performed in Europe’s major venues, unanimously acclaimed by audiences and the international press. They regularly perform in Salzburg (Whitsun Festival and Summer Festival). Gianluca Capuano has been appointed Principal Conductor in March 2019. Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco are in residence at the Monte Carlo Opera.
Born in Milan, Gianluca Capuano graduated in organ, composition and conducting from the Milan Conservatory. In 2006 he founded an instrumental and vocal ensemble dedicated to early music, Il Canto di Orfeo. In 2016, he gained international recognition when he conducted Norma with Cecilia Bartoli at the Edinburgh Festival, a performance that was repeated in Paris (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées) and Baden Baden. He then conducted La Cenerentola with Cecilia Bartoli. In 2017 he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival in Ariodante (revived later in Monte Carlo) and La donna del lago, both with Cecilia Bartoli and les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco, of which he has been Principal Conductor since 2019. He is invited by the main European opera houses (Milan, Rome, Cologne, Munich, Vienna…). Recently, he conducted La Cenerentola and Iphigénie en Tauride in Zurich, Orfeo ed Euridice in Rome, L’elisir d’amore in Madrid, Il matrimonio segreto in Amsterdam, Guillaume Tell at the Chorégies d’Orange, Il turco in Italia at the Monte Carlo Opera and the Vienna Staatsoper, Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Whitsun Festival in Salzburg.
ViolIns I
Enrico CASAZZA*
Thibault NOALLY*
Laura CAVAZZUTI
Ágnes KERTÉSZ
Muriel QUISTAD
Roberto RUTKAUSKAS
Anaïs SOUCAILLE
Anna URPINA RIUS
Andrea VASSALLE
Zhang ZHANG
ViolIns II
Francesco COLLETTI*
Nicolas MAZZOLENI*
Chiara ZANISI*
Diego Moreno CASTELLI
Svetlana FOMINA
Reyes GALLARDO
Gian Andrea GUERRA
Elisa IMBALZANO
Massimo PERCIVALDI
Laura SCIPIONI
Agnes STRADNER
VIOLAS
Deirdre DOWLING*
Patricia GAGNON*
Diego MECCA*
Erica ALBERTI
Emanuele MARCANTE
Lucie UZZENI
Bernadette VERHAGEN
CELLOS
Marco FREZZATO*
Robin Geoffrey MICHAEL*
Nicola BROVELLI
Anna CAMPORINI
Guillaume FRANCOIS
Antonio Carlo PAPETTI
Emilie WALLYN
DOUBLES BASSES
Roberto FERNÁNDEZ DE LARRINOA*
Clotilde GUYON
Davide NAVA
Maria VAHERVUO
RECORDERS
Benny AGHASSI*
Sabrina FREY
Marco SCORTICATI
FlUtes
Jean-Marc GOUJON*
Rebekka BRUNNER
OBOES
Pier Luigi FABRETTI*
Andrea MION*
Guido CAMPANA
Clarinets
Francesco SPENDOLINI*
Roberta CRISTINI
BassOons
Benny AGHASSI*
Elena BIANCHI*
Hugo RODRIGUEZ ARTEAGA*
Ivan CALESTANI
HORNS
Ulrich HÜBNER*
Erwin WIERINGA*
Emmanuel FRANKENBERG
TRUMPETS
Thibaud ROBINNE*
Sebastian SCHÄRR
ORGAN AND HARPSICHORD
Davide POZZI*
HARPSICHORD
Gabriele LEVI*
Pianoforte
Andrea DEL BIANCO*
THEORBO
Miguel RINCON RODRIGUEZ*
Elisa LA MARCA
Harp
Marta GRAZIOLINO*
Percussions
Paolo NOCENTINI*
Sebastiano NIDI
Saverio RUFO
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*solo/leader
2022
Alcina – Haendel
Direction musicale | Gianluca Capuano
Mise en scène | Damiano Michieletto
décors | Paolo Fantin
costumes | Agostino Cavalca
lumières | Alessandro Carletti
vidéos | rocafilm
chorégraphie | Thomas Wilhelm
dramaturge | Christian Arseni
Alcina | Cecilia Bartoli, Ruggiero | Carlo Vistoli, Morgana | Lucía Martín Cartón, Bradamante | Kristina Hammarström, Oronte | Petr Nekoranec, Melisso | Riccardo Novaro
18-26 octobre Florence (Italie) – Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Farinelli et son temps
Direction musicale | Gianluca Capuano
mezzo-soprano | Cecilia Bartoli
acteur/danseur | Xavier Laforge
29 octobre Barcelone (Espagne) – Liceu
1er novembre Madrid (Espagne) – Teatro Real
3 novembre Valence (Espagne) – Palau de les Arts
Haendel, Vivaldi et contemporains
Direction musicale | Gianluca Capuano
mezzo-soprano | Cecilia Bartoli
7 novembre Toulouse (France) – Halle aux Grains
Quatre Saisons - Vivaldi
premier violon | Enrico Casazza
15 novembre Bienne (Suisse) – Palais des Congrès
La clemenza di Tito - Mozart
Direction musicale | Gianluca Capuano
Tito | John Osborn, Vitellia | Fatma Said, Servilia | Melissa Petit, Sesto | Cecilia Bartoli, Annio | Léa Desandre (6 & 9/12 : Siena Licht Miller), Publio | Péter Kálmán
19 novembre Martigny (Suisse) – Fondation Gianadda
22 novembre Zurich (Suisse) – Tonhalle
25 novembre Paris (France) – Philharmonie
28 novembre Liège (Belgique) – Opéra Royal de Wallonie
30 novembre Luxembourg (Luxembourg) – Philharmonie
3 décembre Hambourg (Allemagne) – Elbphilharmonie
6 décembre Munich (Allemagne) – Isarphilharmonie
9 décembre Prague (Rép. Tchèque) – Salle Smetana
2023
Festival de Pentecôte de Salzbourg
orchestre invité
26-29 mai Salzbourg (Autriche)
Farinelli et son temps
Direction musicale | Gianluca Capuano,
mezzo-soprano | Cecilia Bartoli,
acteur/danseur | Xavier Laforge
6 juin Hambourg (Allemagne) – Elbphilharmonie
8 juin Aarhus (Danemark) – Musikhuset
10 juin Copenhague (Danemark) – DR Koncerthuset
12 juin Stockholm (Suède) – Konserthuset
Festival de Salzbourg
orchestre invité
1-15 août Salzbourg (Autriche)