Handel - Acis and Galatea (HWV 49) | Best Perfromance

G. F. Handel - Acis and Galatea (HWV 49)
Baroque Theatre in Valtice - Festival Concentus Moraviae (2017)
Conductor: Jana Semeradova;
Orchestra: Collegium Marianum.
A very cute, semi-puppet, even childish, but the best, in my humble opinion, performance of this opera.

[@euledj79]

Once I've seen Patricia with her wonderful performance the first time I fell in love with her voice. What a characteristic but natural timbre. It's hard to accept that she lost her life that young. It's so so sad😢

[@astrablaster]

We are mourning the death of Patricia Janečková, the excellent Slovak soprano who died of cancer at the age of 25 on October 1st, 2023 (the same day Karel Gott died in 2019). We love you!

[@jean-pierredjukic4082]

😢

[@bluemonstrosity259]

I found out about her through this very performance of Acis and Galatea. What a shame she has passed away. I hope she is in a better place now singing carefree

[@leopoldomarianobuderackygr9803]

My God

[@Alexagrigorieff]

Rest in peace, Patricia.

[@alfredwiener9136]

Frau Suzy Bannion sei Lob und Dank, dass diese zauberhafte Version der Händel-Oper mit der unvergleichlichen Patricia Janecková hier wieder in voller Länge zu sehen und hören ist! ❤

[@mk0800]

Suzy Bannion ist NICHT der richtige Name dieser Person, die sich weigert, den schweren Rechtschreibfehler im Video-Titel zu korrigieren. Suzy Bannion ist eine Figur in einem Horrorfilm.

[@kolozsboronkay9783]

My God, what an extraordinary performance, with the puppeteers conversing with the performers in moments of extreme sweetness! A special bravo to Patricia Janečková and to Jana Semerádová, invaluable as both conductor and flute performer!

[@michael46]

Tragically, Patricia Janečková succumbed to cancer on October 1, 2023.

[@kolozsboronkay9783]

Oh my God!! So sad to hear that!😥

[@b.marsickova1945]

The most charming performance of this opera I have ever seen. The idea with the puppets is original, it evokes a real theater, while preserving the Baroque style. The freshness of young, yet excellent artists, accompanied by a great musical enesemble, makes the performance a truly unique gem. Suzy Bannion, many thanks for posting it!

[@seahat1]

Thanks for re-uploading this gem of a performance.

[@fgordonie]

Just saw this in Sligo, Ireland yesterday. The most creative use of music and marionettes I've ever seen.

[@dan_mer]

Hard to believe we are never going to see Patricia Janečková perform again.

[@MaikeVogtLueerssen]

Großartig!!! Magnificent!!!👏👏👏👏👏

[@muratsar6179]

We will be waiting for you Patricia, as an angel 😢

[@ptatmsu]

Hallelujah! We can see it again! Thank you so much!

[@emmanuelcornil2956]

Comme vous, j'avais constaté avec rage que cette vidéo avait disparu de KZbin. Je ne peux exprimer mieux que vous ma joie de la revoir, car c'est pour moi la meilleure version d'Acis et Galatée que j'ai jamais vue et entendue. Quel bonheur d'encore partager le bonheur de Jana Semeradova !

[@ptatmsu]

@@emmanuelcornil2956 Of Maestra Semeradova, her joy is intoxicating!

[@samueljaramillo4221]

Very different. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was wonderful.👏👏

[@axelm8467]

It's a wonderful performance!Enjoyment of playing can be watched each moment. And it's immeasurably sad that Patricia Janečkova died on 1 October this year. She was only 25 years old..

[@billellson2472]

Indeed 'Dutch Video Productions' has put up a very good 'In memory of Patricia Janečková' video. From winning Talentmania (CZ/SK eqivalent of BGT) in 2010 to her funeral in Ostrava yesterday (Saturday) pm. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5Sle6J4oNuabZIsi=fyDaCHWOO-3kf1eL , but seems to have missed this.

[@leopoldomarianobuderackygr9803]

I can't stop crying watching and listening this Haendel's work. Too much Beauty to me and for all. Thank you very much from Argentina.

[@rusnakm]

OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!! FABULOUS!

[@lallementbernardecrivain7387]

fabuleuse découverte ! quelle féérie ! le sens du mythe encore présent

[@jakzatchin4269]

in my opinion the best performance ever to date ! I love it...

[@jean-pierredjukic4082]

I downloaded it to listen it flawlessly in my office... How lovely...❤

[@mija3625]

ano, krásné , a Patricie...😢😢😢😢😢

[@MinniSota4]

I am SO GRATEFUL this is back on YT!

[@ronbywater7003]

Just one word - superb! I'm so glad I found this. Congratulations to players, singers and puppeteers.

[@eduardodanel]

Dear Suzy Bannion !!!!!! many many thanks for sharing, the video wasn´t available on ytube anymore . I guess some lovers of Haendel´s music cherish very much having this back. As someone else here puts it , this amazing version is absolutely a beauty , OUT OF THIS WORLD . MANY MANY MANY THANKSSSSSSS😂😂😂😂😂

[@revelgirl1742]

I am so honored to see this amazing performance by Patricia and her colleagues..stunning and bittersweet.🥰🙏🪽

[@user-qo1fj1jt3o]

Hermoso video, Patricia vive por siempre !!!!

[@erikaskolovin-erven8136]

Patricia Janeckova lebt Morgen schon 10 Monate. nicht mehr. Mit nur 25 Jahren musste sie uns verlassen.

[@maciejszpalerski3351]

Thank you for bringing it back to the YT! We were all missing!

[@Sunnanandi]

Thanks to the cruel vagaries of fate, all those who love Patricia Janeskova and her beautiful soprano voice now know what it means to feel bereft. What a painful tragedy for one so gifted and full of promise to die at 25. It is also a valuable lesson for us all, to refrain from the expectation that we are going to live into ruinous old age. A wise saying has been uppermost in my mind since 1st October 2023: 'It's always later than you think'. To take that to heart leads to making the most of the day, focussing on the present moment and totally appreciating those we love. 🙏Omnipotentis quoque Dei amore et pace cognoscamus eternam🙏

[@alexherring7076]

This is so brilliant! I started watching it as I prepared for our own choir’s performance and keep watching as it is so compelling.

[@ptatmsu]

Eighteen year old Patricia as a nymph was the most natural casting decision in history. "Patricia, do you think you can portray gentle and lovely?"

[@peterburdge4138]

Agreed. Patricia will always be associated with perfection.

[@fenh7463]

木偶和人共演版本，十分特別，歌手、樂團表現十分到位。

[@leoickovic9788]

Thank you Ms. Bannion. What a gift you have brought to alll of us.

[@focarecord]

Thank you very much for posting it again. The execution and interpretation are incredible. They are all great professionals. I feel infected by the enjoyment and joy of the teacher Jana Semerádová

[@juttastepanik5480]

Einfach zauberhaft! So viele schöne Ideen! 💐

[@normanzwane1985]

Next to Joan Sutherland Patricia Janeckova is the soprano I've heard for this role opera. A special mention to Jana Semeradova, the musical director.

[@ZirkJansen123]

Wonderful - an awesome performance..

[@anthonybalistreri5226]

This is Patricia Janeckova, right? She is fabulous.

[@kerbicz]

Yes, it's her. She was 18 at the time. Performance at the castle theatre in Valtice, June 6, 2017; artistic director Jana Semerádová.

[@jankucera8180]

Yes, this was Patricia Janečová. Se was like an angel from another world, too good for this vale of tears. She passed away on 1st October.

[@kerbicz]

@@jankucera8180 Hard to believe and hard to accept. It looked like She had won the struggle.... Her art will remain with us forever!

[@anthonybalistreri5226]

@@jankucera8180 what terrible news. I thought she was recovering as she had just gotten married. This is so sad. She was brilliant and had an incredible career in front of her.

[@christianwouters6764]

So Sad that Patricia has passed away 2 weeks ago...

[@leopoldomarianobuderackygr9803]

Highly. Superior. Deeply. Beautifil. Thank you very much from Argentina.

[@muratsar6179]

Thanks for this beautiful uploading

[@danielafuentes5433]

Thak you so much for sharing 💕

[@istancorrected]

This is a wonderful production, lovely and so very enjoyable. Thank you so much for uploading.

[@edwardtsang7348]

The music, the singing and the props are all great! Thank you for sharing your performance!

[@Daniel.1995]

Gracias por subirla 🎴✨la obra completa es una maravilla.

[@billellson2472]

Suzy, thank you for putting this up. Patricia Janečková sadly died 1 Oct 2023, but only those who remember her singing in this production will find it. Is is possible to add her to your description above?

[@jakzatchin4269]

She was 20 when she sang this wonderful version of Acis and Galatea...why taking her and not this witch of Miss Nuland who has spread havoc in Ukraine since 2014 ??? Has Satan taken over Zeus's job ?

[@ptatmsu]

@@jakzatchin4269 She was only 18, and unable to tour with this troupe because she needed to finish he education at conservatory.

[@dianeposselius]

Glorious…..and very sweet!

[@BelMazetto]

Patricia Janečková (18. června 1998 Münchberg - 1. října 2023)

[@jean-pierredjukic4082]

😭

[@jftsang]

39:14 - so cute! 😍

[@kulturelleraneignerin358]

Danke!!!

[@stefanstamenic3640]

Full of magic, great performance; thank you "Suzy Bannion" for this post. Jean-Baptiste Lully, Acis et Galatée, pastorale héroïque en trois actes, 1686; Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Les Amours d'Acis et de Galatée H.499, opéra en 3 actes, livret de Jean de La Fontaine. Incomplet, 2 actes rédigés, 1682; Antonio de Literes, Acis y Galatea, zarzuela, 1708; Georg Friedrich Haendel, Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, sérénade sur un texte italien (deux versions : 1708 et 1718) et Acis and Galatea, masque sur un texte anglais, 1732. Acis and Galatea (HWV 49) with an English text by John Gay.

[@peterburdge4138]

The libretto can be found online if you look for: Handel Acis and Galatea - Libretto - Stanford University. I hesitate to provide a link, as that might cause my comment to be removed.

[@wordscapes5690]

Perfect!

[@jakebull2496]

Best 👍🏼

[@latexcancionesargentinas85]

Espectacular!! Una hermosura de interpretación y puesta en escena, los instrumentos de época le dan la sonoridad genial que Handel imaginó, y la edición de imagen un lujo. Es perfecto!!!

[@johnbruce2868]

Dreadful Gods! What would you do? The bitter irony... Hush, ye pretty warbling quire! Your thrilling strains Awake my pains, And kindle fierce desire... Consider, fond shepherd, How fleeting's the pleasure, That flatters our hopes In pursuit of the fair!

[@jenoorosz670]

Legalább olyan jó, ha nem jobb mint Bergman: Varázsfuvola filmje! Köszönöm!

[@vioara_nyc]

37:10 is my favorite part!

[@classiccandle27]

It‘s such a beautiful part! 🎶

[@arsinlupin5628]

❤❤❤❤

[@xdranzer0004]

0:25:04 Love in her eyes sits playing

[@theomnisthour6400]

I agree

[@fiorellanoemibaez353]

1:15:46 muses all

[@philippeboisson2048]

Bravo, bravo Triste pensée pour Patricia , et vive les cheffes.

[@mk0800]

What is "Perfromance"?

[@peterburdge4138]

It combines the best of performance and romance.

[@mk0800]

@@peterburdge4138 ;-)

[@jakzatchin4269]

The same set is staged in Luxembourg in February 2024...just in case one would be interested in attending ...of course some singers will be different and everyone will recall the passing of Patricia...😰

[@StuartSimon]

I wonder who Galatea will be. Of course, nobody can really replace Patricia, but it seems that the opera world is in a contest to see who will carry her legacy into the places she had the dreams of being but never made it and actually know that they are doing so. I say "know that they are doing so" because sopranos generally don't like being compared to one another, even being compared to dead predecessors unless said predecessor is being openly commemorated.

[@jakzatchin4269]

@@StuartSimonWent to Mersch (LU) on Feb. 18th, and the set was really good, and the whole spectacle was just great ! Only 2 of the initial singers were singing in this new performance in Luxemburg. The orchestra was a bit shrunk to fit essentially the size of a chamber orchestra, but overall it was still OK. The acoustics were a bit moist, absorbing, although pleasant...and the marionettes !!! very impressive. Identical to this youtube version...

[@martacorral1307]

Es muy largo. Sólo es Acis y Galatea V'adoro

[@junzhao2221]

Rest in peace, Patricia.

[@normankennith7919]

patricia's name must not be allowed to be forgotten! a book, documentary, stage musical or film cannot be hard to write &/or produce! a best of cd/dvd of her best songs would very easy to be put together!!