Jakub Józef Orliński and Il Pomo d'Oro

11.03.2021

7:30 pm - 10 pm

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

Produced by Müpa Budapest

cancelled

Early Music Festival

The performance has been cancelled.

Dear Visitor,

We regret to inform you that, pursuant to the decision of the Hungarian government and in light of the pandemic situation, all of our performances until 31 March 2021 have been cancelled. We will refund the price of tickets for programmes organised by Müpa Budapest itself: you can claim refunds for individual tickets by clicking here, and for tickets that are part of season tickets on this page.

Only Müpa Budapest's own productions can be registered on our interface. For information regarding ticket refunds for hosted performances, meaning ones not organised by Müpa Budapest, please enquire with the organiser of the performance.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

Ticket prices

Add to calendar

Add this event to your Google Calendar.

We've become accustomed to the great tenors and sopranos being genuine megastars, personalities whose every move is watched by their armies of fans. A couple of decades ago, the world's renowned countertenors closed the gap on them, their ranks now containing idols to match Caruso, Callas and their ilk. The young Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński is one such star - and this is hardly surprising, given that he is not only a wonderful singer, but has the looks of an Apollo (and, let us mention incidentally, is sought after as a fashion model). What is more, besides singing he is also a breakdancing virtuoso.

A star singer, a star ensemble, and a programme that primarily contains exciting rarities: this is what lies in store this evening. Jakub Józef Orliński was born in Warsaw in 1990. The Polish opera singer and countertenor is also a breakdancing champion and advertising model for international fashion houses. He performs before packed houses, whether the venue is New York's Carnegie Hall or the Aix-en-Provence Festival, and whether the programme features Handel's Messiah or Erismena, a rarely heard opera by Cavalli. "I realised that with a countertenor voice I can really express what I feel and want to say. It was an awesome feeling to discover that I only want to sing like this. I would never be a bass-baritone, for example, because for me there is no joy in performing classical music at this pitch. I'm very happy to sing pop hits in a bass-baritone voice, but not opera,” Orliński said of himself in one interview. At Müpa he will present his album Facce d'amore (Faces of Love), released on the Erato label. The collaborating orchestra, Il Pomo d'Oro, was formed in 2012, and quickly joined the international vanguard of historically informed early music ensembles. The two most frequently occurring names in its discography are Handel and Vivaldi, and it has been led since 2016 by Maxim Emelyanychev.

Presented by: Müpa Budapest

Sections

Cavalli: La Calisto - Sinfonia
Cavalli: La Calisto - "Erme e solinghe cime... Lucidissima face” (Endimione's recitative and aria, Act II)
Boretti: Eliogabalo - "Chi scherza con Amor” (Eliogabalo's aria, Act III)
Boretti: Claudio Cesare - Sinfonia (Act II)
Boretti: Claudio Cesare - "Crudo amor, non hai pietà” (Claudio's aria, Act II)
Bononcini: La costanza non gradita nel doppio amore d'Aminta (serenata) - "Infelice mia costanza” (Aminta's aria)
Bononcini: La Nemica d'Amore fatta amante - Sinfonia
Conti: Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena - "Odio, vendetta, amor” (Fernando's aria, Act IV)
Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 - „Pena tiranna” (Dardano's aria, Act II)
Handel: Agrippina, HWV 6 - "Otton, qual portentoso fulmine... Voi che udite” (Ottone's recitative and aria, Act II)
Handel: Muzio Scevola, HWV 13 - "Spera che tra le care gioie” (Muzio's aria, Act III)
Predieri: Scipione il giovane - "Finche salvo è l'amor suo” (Scipione's aria, Act I)
Matteis: Ballo dei Bagatellieri
Predieri: Scipione il giovane - "Dovrian quest'occhi piangere” (Scipione's aria, Act III)
Orlandini-Mattheson: Nerone - "Che m'ami ti prega” (Nerone's aria, Act I)

Parking information

We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.

Safe ticket purchase

Dear Visitors, please note that only tickets purchased from the Müpa website and official ticket offices are guaranteed to be valid. To avoid possible inconvenience, we suggest buying tickets to our performances and concerts via the mupa.hu website, the Interticket national network (jegy.hu) or at our official ticket offices.