Mezzo Bethany Horak-Hallett reached the finals of the 2020 Cesti Competition at the Innsbruck Early Music Festival. Here she sings Medea’s Act II aria from Handel Teseo.
Bethany Horak-Hallett in Cesti final
Bradley Smith returns Innsbruck
Tenor Bradley Smith returns to the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music singing Arsete in Cesti La Dori at the Tyrolean State Theatre on August 24 & 26. The staging is by Stefano Vizioli’s with Ottavio Dantone conducting Accademia Bizantina
Bradley Smith Austrian opera debut
Tenor Bradley Smith sings Lelio in Cesti’s Le Nozze in Sogno at the Innsbruck Festival on August 19, 21 & 22 and in Salzburg on August 25 & 26. The production by Alessio Pizzech is conducted by Enrico Onofri.
Bradley Smith through to Cesti Final
No Cesti International Competition for Baroque Opera final is complete without a CPM tenor. Bradley Smith is the only Brit and only Tenor to make the grade in Innsbruck this year. Watch the live stream on Youtube this evening (19:00 CET, 18:00 BST)
