Aria: Ombra mai fu - Händel's Serse HWV 40

Aria: ‘Ombra mai fu’
Opera: Serse 40 HWV 40
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759)
Emiliano Géant: Coloratura baritone & harpsichord.
Album name: Händel Insólito.
Recorded in Valencia 4 / 2013
Yanko Tsvetkov: Executive producer, art direction, design, photography and project's description.
Available on:
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Project description:
A bold baroque recital by a coloratura baritone, Händel Insólito re-imagines the legacy of the ancestral operatic arias and revives their essence with refreshing energy and spontaneity.
Emiliano Géant mischievously hijacks the repertoire of the most emblematic voices like castrati, soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, and basses. Departing from the virility that the baritone voice portrays, he introduces new layers of colors, subtleties, nuances, agility, and flexibility that are commonly associated only with female voices and often missed in the male vocal technique and performance.
Inspired with the idea to create a unique recording entirely on his own, which would portray each single musical idea and detail as felt and understood by him, Emiliano Géant uses an ample musical knowledge - not only as a singer and a composer but as a trained classical pianist. He re-writes and plays new transcriptions for harpsichord for most of the arias. The goal and intention is to resemble an orchestra comprised of harpsichords and the intimacy that their sounds evoke.
In some cases each orchestral part was recorded in real time at the Yamaha NU1 keyboard individually and then merged in studio to assure that no notes, rhythm or melodic interaction would be missed as it is often the case with conventional orchestral reductions for piano. Each line was painstakingly assembled along with the cadences which were also recorded separately and individually. These were mixed to create one of the most powerful, accurate and brilliant performances an orchestra consisting of harpsichords could do. The voice was recorded after each aria accompaniment was entirely finished and rehearsed for weeks.
Immerse yourself in this profound atmosphere and embark on a captivating journey through the realm of Händel's genius.
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[@AP-yx1mm]

La pelle d'oca viene, non solo per la bravura, ma anche perché é una delle poche interpretazioni fatte da un baritono! E che baritono! Il tocco di coloratura giusto per rinvigorire i brividi che vengono ascoltando questo pezzo.

[@ColoraturaBaritone]

Aleks Pavlovic Che belle parole Aleks! Sono davvero commosso. Mi fa tanta felicità che ti è piaciuto il brano. Un abbraccio forte.

[@arturwilbertz5663]

Bravo, absolut wunderbar.❤

[@ColoraturaBaritone]

Danke schön! 🙌

[@pawesawicki8360]

Good Interpretation 👍🏻😉 🌳♥️

[@Rosangela161]

Gracias Emiliano. Exquisita performance. Aplausos y reverencias.

[@ColoraturaBaritone]

Rosa Angela Me alegro mucho que la hayas disfrutado.

[@peacedee255]

Brilliant!

[@AntonioSantosGarcia]

Tu canto siempre me inspira cosas buenas. Es una delicia escuchar tu sonido tan relajado pero lleno de tono. ¡Gracias por compartirlo!

[@adriansaenz3687]

Que hermosa interpretación. Quizá el aria más representativa de Händel

[@ColoraturaBaritone]

Adrian Sáenz muchísimas gracias Don Drián! Yo siempre me enamoro de esta aria. Es una maravilla ese Händel!

[@leandrooliveira7330]

So beautiful! I love this aria. Congratulations!