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CRESCENDO MAGAZINE (BE) | 20/02/2025 – Victoria Okada
‘At the height of her powers, the singer's singing is highly expressive, with clear high notes and a slightly shadowy mid-range. [...] Franck-Emmanuel Comte's direction from the harpsichord highlights the diversity of each piece, to which the musicians respond in perfect harmony'.
STRETTO (BE) | 27/02/2025 – Michel Dutrieue
« Naast het plezier van het ontdekken van deze compleet nieuwe muzikale pareltjes, zal dit project u meenemen naar de opwindende, dubbelzinnige en fascinerende wereld van Hamlet, wiens geesten deze mooie wandeling door een herontdekt barok Italië zullen verlevendigen. »
‘As well as the pleasure of discovering these truly original musical gems, this project will plunge you into the bewitching, ambiguous and fascinating world of Hamlet, whose ghosts will enliven this beautiful walk through a rediscovered Baroque Italy'.
PREMIERE LOGE (FR) | 28/02/2025 – Marc Dumont
‘In the end, it's quite rare that once you've finished listening to a record, you feel the urge to listen to it again straight away. With this one, it's even more serious, Doctor: it's with each tune that the need arises'.
FORUM OPERA (FR) | 28/02/2025 – Yvan Beuvard
‘The joy is constant, and we never tire of listening to this captivating recording, with its splendid colours, phrasing and articulation. The exceptional qualities of the performers, the variety of affects, the instrumental pages, all delight us'.
MUSICOLOGIE.ORG (FR) | 01/03/2025 – Alfred Caron
‘Although three of these arias are world premieres, the whole of this disc is a real discovery, even beyond the rarity of the repertoire, thanks to the qualities of the performers who defend it’.
LA SCENA MUSICALE (CA) | 11/03/2025 – Heather Weinreb
'[Roberta Mameli] possesses a honey-like tone and superb vocal control which resulted in many lively Baroque ornamentations speckled throughout her performance'.
« [Roberta Mameli] possède un timbre de miel et une superbe maîtrise vocale, ce qui lui a permis d’exécuter de nombreuses ornementations baroques vives tout au long de sa prestation. »
CULTUURPAKT (BE) | 19/03/2025 – Knopskaya
« Het geluk is constant, en we worden nooit moe van het luisteren naar deze boeiende opname, met prachtige kleuren, frasering en articulaties. De uitzonderlijke kwaliteiten van de uitvoerders, de verscheidenheid aan affecten, de instrumentale pagina’s, alles verrukt ons. »
‘The joy is constant, and we never tire of listening to this captivating recording, with its splendid colours, phrasing and articulation. The exceptional qualities of the performers, the variety of affects, the instrumental pages, all delight us'.
IL GIORNALE DELLA MUSICA (IT) | 28/03/2025 – Alma Torretta
« L’album combina il piacere della scoperta con quello dell’alta qualità dell’esecuzione con l’ensemble che risponde alla sapiente direzione di Franck-Emmanuel Comte con sensibilità, compattezza ed eleganza, ben esprimendo sia i colori più vividi che le sfumature più delicate. »
'The album combines the pleasure of discovery with that of high quality performance, with the ensemble responding to Franck-Emmanuel Comte's skilful direction with sensitivity, compactness and elegance, well expressing both the most vivid colours and the most delicate nuances'.
OPUS KLASSIEK (NL) | 07/04/2025 – Aart van der Wal
« Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu onder leiding van de klavecinist Franck-Emmanuel Comte geeft de sopraan de zo essentiële ademruimte, maar zorgt tevens voor fraai uitgewerkte contrasten in de al even sprankelende dialogen. »
'The Concert de l'Hostel Dieu, conducted by harpsichordist Franck-Emmanuel Comte, gives the soprano the essential breathing space, but also offers magnificently crafted contrasts in equally sparkling dialogue'.
OPERA TEATRO (IT) | 19/04/2025 – Elide Bergamaschi
« È fiamma, pietra inondata di luce, quintessenza di purissimo teatro, la voce di Roberta Mameli. »
'It is the flame, stone bathed in light, quintessence of pure theatre, the voice of Roberta Mameli.'
ÔLYRIX (FR) | 04/05/2025 – Patrick Delacour
‘In the ten arias she performs, Roberta Mameli shows herself to be well-versed in the Baroque singing technique of the eighteenth-century castrati, and laughs at the difficulty of the lines and vocalisations of the ornate arias’.
Parterre Box (US) | 13/05/2025 – Christopher Corwin
« And as pleasing as this new recording is, her live performance of many of the same arias at Bohemian Hall was unfailingly vivid, her darkly smoky soprano in prime estate as she seamlessly moved throughout the extended range of the arias. »
« Et aussi agréable que soit ce nouvel enregistrement, son interprétation en direct de plusieurs des mêmes arias au Bohemian Hall était d’une vivacité sans faille, son soprano sombre et enfumé étant au premier plan alors qu’elle se déplaçait avec fluidité sur toute la gamme étendue des arias. »
GRAMOPHONE (UK) | 01/06/2025 – David Vickers
« Mameli and Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu display a harmonious kinship of intriguing repertoire and felicitous musical expressivity. »
« Mameli et Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu présentent une parenté harmonieuse entre un répertoire fascinant et une expressivité musicale heureuse. »
Print media
LE DEVOIR (CA) | 10/03/2025 – Christophe Huss
« Convincing and impressive on record, the project is even more so on stage, with the radiant presence of soprano Roberta Mameli. »
TRIBUNE DE LYON (FR) | 01/2025 – Luc Hernandez
‘Echoing Shakespeare's myth, Franck-Emmanuel Comte has rediscovered previously unpublished sinfonias, arias and fragments of operas inspired by the same libretto by the Venetian poet Apostolo Zeno. The result is the very best of eighteenth-century Italian vocal music'.
SEVEN DAYS (US) | 19/03/2025 – Amy Lilly
« People are in for a world-class opera singer, beautiful Baroque music and a different take on the Hamlet story. »
“Le public a le droit à une chanteuse d’opéra de classe mondiale, à une belle musique baroque et à une interprétation différente de l’histoire d’Hamlet. »
IL CITTADINO DI LODI (IT) | 19/03/2025 – Fabio Francione
« A dar voce a una selezione di queste « arie perdute », alcune registrate per la prima volta al mondo, è la soprano Roberta Mameli, sottile e raffinatissima interprete del repertorio barocco. »
‘Soprano Roberta Mameli, a subtle and refined interpreter of the Baroque repertoire, gives voice to a selection of these ’lost arias', some of which are being recorded for the first time anywhere in the world.'
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE (UK) | 20/03/2025 – Berta Joncus
« Stonking performances and brilliant programming unite in this solo album. […] Comte and Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu are pure joy. Their exchange of ideas gives this performance its febrile energy. »
« Des performances époustouflantes et une programmation brillante s’unissent dans cet album solo. […] Comte et Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu sont un pur bonheur. Leurs échanges d’idées donnent à ce spectacle son énergie fébrile. »
SCHERZO (ES) | 31/03/2025 – Stefano Russomanno
« Mameli cautiva con su derroche de elegancia y una fuerza llena de la belleza de su timbre que dota de matices el carácter de cada pieza con una deslumbrante ornamentación. »
'Mameli captivates with her elegance and strength, full of the beauty of her timbre that gives nuance to the character of each piece with dazzling ornamentation.'
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG (DE) | 31/03/2025
« Das Album verknüpft Perlen der italienischen Barockoper zu einem Pasticcio verschiedener Kom- positionen, auch von Händel; nur einzelne, attraktive Arien Gasparinis sind überliefert. »
The album combines pearls of Italian baroque opera in a pasticcio of various compositions, including those by Handel; only individual, attractive arias by Gasparini have survived.
OPERA MAGAZINE (FR) | 01/04/2025 – Thierry Guyenne
'Franck-Emmanuel Comte's Concert de l'Hostel Dieu makes a brilliant contribution, both in terms of instrumental beauty and dramatic sense, to the lively interest of this disc'.
DIAPASON (FR) | 01/05/2025 – Adrien Cauchie
‘Among the bravura arias are Carcani's ‘ Son sdegnato ’ and ‘ Tromba in campo e spada in guerra ’, in which Mameli imposes herself, supported by a wonderfully lively orchestra.
AMADEUS (IT) | 01/05/2025 – Piero Mioli
« Il gruppo diretto da Franck-Emmanuel Comte vi concerta con la voce bella e morbida, brillante e talora “ombrosa” di Roberta Mameli, brava tanto in cantabilità quanto in coloratura (e registro acutissimo). »
‘The ensemble, conducted by Franck-Emmanuel Comte, performs them with the beautiful, sweet, brilliant and sometimes “shady” voice of Roberta Mameli, as good in the cantabile as in the coloratura (and the very high register)’.
GUTENBERG (IT) | 09/05/2025 – Andrea Milanesi
« Il soprano romano si conferma un’interprete raffinata e sensibile, perfettamente allineata con lo spirito di questo repertorio […] affiancata in questo dalla complicità di Comte e dei suoi strumentisti. »
‘The Roman soprano proves herself to be a refined and sensitive interpreter, perfectly in tune with the spirit of this repertoire [...] supported by the complicity of Comte and his instrumentalists’.
FONO FORUM (DE) | 01/07/2025 – Reinmar Emans
« Das kleine französische Ensemble Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu begleitet punktgenau und verleiht auch den Sinfonien einen recht vorwärtsdrängenden, glänzenden Charakter. »
« Le petit ensemble français Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu accompagne avec une grande précision et confère aux symphonies un caractère propulsif et brillant. »
MUSICA (IT) | 01/07/2025 – Lorenzo Tozzi
« La variegata galleria di sentimenti e di personaggi qui interpretati la conferma soprano barocco d’eccellenza, cui non poco contribuisce il sostegno sonoro del Concert de l’Hostel Dieu, che brilla anche nelle pagine strumentali di Hasse, Scarlatti e Gasparini. »
« La galerie variée des sentiments et des caractères interprétés ici la confirme comme une soprano baroque d’excellence, ce à quoi contribue largement le soutien sonore du Concert de l’Hostel Dieu, qui brille également dans les pages instrumentales de Hasse, Scarlatti et Gasparini. »
Radio
RCF – Tous mélomanes (FR) | 13/02/2025 – Jacques Nouvier
RADIO PLURIEL (FR) | 16/02/2025 – Hervé Laurent
FRANCE MUSIQUE (FR) | 18/02/2025 – Emilie Munera
‘The arias that remain from these lost operas are brought to life by the Concert de l'Hostel Dieu and the charismatic soprano Roberta Mameli, who lends her supple voice to the eponymous Danish prince and the strong women who surround him [...]’.