2011 Concerts

Discover achingly beautiful baroque arias performed by renowned Australian mezzo-soprano Fiona Campbell and the five-time ARIA award winning Australian Brandenburg Orchestra led by charismatic Artistic Director Paul Dyer. From the breathtaking Lascia ch’io Pianga to the virtuosic Dopo Notte, Fiona Campbell brings to life tragic heroines and passionate lovers from the operas of Handel and Vivaldi.

Learn more about Opera in the 18th Century.

You can listen to an interview and hear Fiona performing Lascia ch’io Pianga on ABC 702 here.

The Players

Mezzo Soprano* Fiona Campbell (Australia)
“Emotionally charged…Campbell had passages of exquisite, almost painful, beauty.” The West Australian
and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

The Music
VIVALDI Sinfonia in C Major from Farnace, RV 711
VIVALDI Aria “Sorge l’irato nembo”from Orlando furioso RV 728
Aria “Sol da te mio dolce amore“ from Orlando furioso RV 728
VIVALDI Concerto for Oboe in C Major RV 450
HANDEL Aria “Where shall I fly” from Hercules HWV 60
HANDEL Overture to Julius Caesar HWV17
HANDEL Aria “Mi lusinga a dolce affetto” from Alcina HWV 34
HANDEL Aria “Se bramate d’amar”from Xerxes

HWV 40
HANDEL Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No 2 HWV 313
HANDEL Aria “Lascia ch’io pianga” from Rinaldo HWV 7*
HANDEL Aria “Dopo notte”from Ariodante HWV 33

ENCORES
HANDEL Recit “Calm thou my soul”
Aria – “Convey me to some peaceful shore” from Alexander Balaus
HELY-HUTCHINSON Old Mother Hubbard

* A Mezzo Soprano is a middle soprano, with a heavier or darker tone
than a soprano. The mezzo soprano was used in place of a countertenor,
and often cast in the role of villain, seductress or man.