Calvin Wells
Schedule
2010
September
Ariodante. Details TBC
2009
November
Vitige in Handel’s “Flavio”. Baroque Encounter
September
Cleopatra in Hasse's "Marc' Antonio e Cleopatra". Cape Town, South Africa.
2008
September
Saturday, 27 September at 19:00
Johann Adolf Hasse - “Siroe, rè di Persia” (Medarse)
Ensemble Serse
St Giles, London, UK
This performance marks the modern day revival of Johann Adolf Hasse’s “Siroe, rè di Persia” in the original 1733 Bologna version which featured the star castrati Farinelli (as Siroe) and Caffarelli (as Medarse). Tickets £15.
Cast:
Cosroe, King of Persia - Julian Forbes; Tenor
Siroe, Cosroe's eldest son - Katherine Marriot; Mezzo-Soprano
Emira, Siroe's fiancée - Sarah Shorter; Alto
Medarse, Cosroe's younger son - Calvin Wells; Male Soprano
Laodice, Cosroe's mistress - Helen Court; Soprano
Arasse, Siroe's confidant and Cosroe's General - Andrew Pickett; Male Alto
Friday, 5 September at 13:00
Solo recital. St Giles, Denmark Street, London
Programme to include arias from Vivaldi's “Griselda”, Leo's “Catone in Utica”, Jomelli's “La Schiava Liberata” and Gluck's “La Clemenza di Tito”
Benjamin Frost, Piano
June
13 June at 13:00
Duet recital with Soprano Kristy Swift and Pianist Steven Baker. St Giles, Denmark Street, London
Programme:
Calvin Wells
Dopo un' orrida procella from Vivaldi's “Griselda”
Deh per questo from Mozart's "La Clemenza"
Jauchzet Gott from Bach's "Jauchzet Gott"
Kristy Swift
Al tuo seno from Haydn's "Orfeo"
Basta vincesti by Mozart (Concert Aria)
Duet
Degl' Elisi from Mozart's "Lucio Silla"
April
4 April at 13:00
Hasse “Siroe” (Act 1). St Giles, Denmark Street, London. Ensemble Serse. Free entry.
March
10 March 2008
Venue:
Goodenough College
Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AB
Time: 19:30
Entry Fee: FREE
Programme:
Ernst von Dohnanyi: Complete Piano Chamber Music
Six Songs, op. 14: William Berger, Baritone
Six Songs, op. 16: Calvin Wells, Countertenor
Second Piano Quintet in E flat minor, op. 26
February
7 February at 18:00
Handel House Museum, London - Arias for Carestini. Tickets £9
Programme
‘Misero pargoletto’ from Hasse’s “Demofoonte”
‘Scherza infida', 'Verdi prati’ & ‘Salda Quercia’ from Handel’s “Ariodante”, “Alcina” & “Arianna in Creta”
Christopher Bucknall – Harpsichord
Please visit Handel House for details
2007
September
14 September at 13:00
Hasse “Siroe” (Act 3), St Giles, Denmark Street, London. Ensemble Serse. Free entry.
May
10 May at 18:00
Farinelli's Suitcase Arias, Handel House Museum, London.
Closest Tube: Oxford Circus/Bond Street. Tickets £9.50. Please see Handel House for details. SOLD OUT.
2006
28 November St Bride's, London. Recital.
24 September, 15:00
Marco Attilio in A Scarlatti “Marco Attilio Regolo”, Ensemble Serse
16 & 17 June
Liscione in D Scarlatti’s “La Dirindina”, Cambridge University Opera Society
9 June, 18:00
Lamento, St Giles, London.
Lute: Jan Cizmar
28 April at 13:00
Handel Opera Arias St Bride's, London
29 January, 14:00
Nerone in Monteverdi “Poppea”, Il Corpo Cantante
