Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: CD.03 Perg / College 5a - Szene	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

"Adriano in Siria" is a masterful example of Neapolitan opera seria and a work that deserves the near-perfectly-executed attention that it receives on this Decca recording . . . The quality of the performance on these well-engineered discs is extremely high . . . Tomasz Adamus manifests Pergolesi's genius in ways that cannot be ignored. The conductor implements tempi that invigorate the now archaic formulae of opera seria with bristling vitality . . . and his work is complemented by the stylish, alert playing of Capella Cracoviensis . . . Adamus and his colleagues keep pace with Pergolesi's musical soothsaying from the first note of the Sinfonia to the last bar of the chorus that ends Act Three . . . [Juan Sancho sings incisively] with musical braggadocio . . . Sancho expertly but unpretentiously executes every hairpin emotional turn of the accompagnato "E pure, ad onta del mio furor" . . . Sancho is an exceptionally intelligent singer who unflinchingly meets every challenge of the parts that he sings . . . Fagioli's wide-awake, intrepid singing clears the music's hurdles with athleticism to spare. . . . [he possesses a] superb natural instrument . . . The expressivity of which he is capable surges to the surface in the aria with which Farnaspe ends Act One, "Lieto così talvolta" . . . he is at his best in the Act Three duet with Emirena, "L'estremo pegno almeno ricevi" . . . Fagioli blends his tones with Basso's gorgeously. Even among today's ranks of gifted countertenors, Fagioli is "sui generis". His portrayal of Pergolesi's Farnaspe on this recording is singing of an order of which the pioneers of his Fach, world-changing artists like Alfred Deller and Russell Oberlin, can scarcely have dreamed . . . a release worthy of inclusion among the label's classics of previous generations . . .

Record Review / Joseph Newsome, Voix des Arts (Blog) / 17. November 2016