Jakub Józef Orliński and Il Pomo d’Oro: Beyond

Beijing National Grand Theater (NCPA), Concert Hall, Beijing, China

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Important Info

Type: Classical Concert

City: Beijing, China

Starts at: 19:30

Duration: 1h 30min

Ticket delivery: E-Tickets

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

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Cast

Performers

Orchestra: Il Pomo d'Oro

Countertenor: Jakub Józef Orlinski

Programme

Overview

Programme:

Music: Monteverdi

“E pur io torno qui” from L’incoronazione di Poppea

Music: Monteverdi

Voglio di vita uscir, SV. 337

Music: Marini

“Passacalio” from Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale, Op. 22

Music: Caccini

“Amarilli, mia bella” from Le nuove musiche

Music: Frescobaldi

“Così mi disprezzate” from Arie musicali, Book 1

Music: Kerll

Sonata for Two Violins in F Major

Music: Strozzi

“L’amante consolato” from Cantate, ariette e duetti, Op. 2

Music: Cavalli

“Incomprensibil nume” from Pompeo Magno

Music: Pallavicino

“Sinfonia” from Demetrio

Music: Netti

“Misero core”, “Si, si, si scioglia si”, and “Dolcissime catene” from La Filli

Music: Sartorio

“La certezza di tua fede” from Antonino e Pompeiano

Music: Netti

“Quanto più la donna invecchia”, and “Son vecchia, patienza” from L'Adamiro

Music: Jarzębski

“Tamburetta” from Canzoni e concerti

Music: Moratelli

“Lungi dai nostri cor” from La Faretra smarrita

The above information, including performance times, lineups, programmes and ticket prices, are all subject to change without prior notice and for reference only.

Jakub Józef Orliński

One of the most beloved and celebrated opera stars of this decade, Jakub Józef Orliński has established himself as one of the world’s leading artists, triumphing on stage, in concert, and on recording. His sold-out concerts and recitals throughout Europe and America have attracted new followers to the art form. An exclusive artist on the Warner Classics/Erato label, his most recent recording accompanied by friend and pianist Michal Biel entitled Farwell earned him the prestigious Opus Klassik award for Male Singer of the Year (2023). His new album Beyond has been released in October 2023 and will tour throughout the world this season with Il Pomo d’Oro.

Jakub already has a global fanbase with hundreds of thousands of social media followers. Through his work as a model and influencer, he has collaborated with international brands including Netflix, Louis Vuitton, Levi’s, Nike, BMW, Lacoste and MAC Cosmetics. He is also an accomplished breakdancer – prizes include fourth place fourth place at the Red Bull BC One Poland Cypher competition, and second place at both the Stylish Strike – Top Rock Contest and The Style Control competition.

Highlights of this season have included the hugely successful 27-date European and US tour of the new album Beyond with il pomo d’oro. Jakub Józef Orlinski also returns on the operatic stage at the Theatre des Champs-Elysées, Paris in a new production of L’Olimpiade by Vivaldi. He continues to join his long-time musical partner, pianist Michal Biel for exclusive recitals throughout Europe. Few other opera singers can claim to have conquered the stages of the world’s greatest concert halls and the covers of Polish Vogue, Esquire, and Elle, but this is a testament to Jakub’s unique pop star appeal. His “ravishing” (The Guardian) live performances have sold out concert halls and opera houses all over the world.

As an exclusive recording artist for Warner Classics/Erato, Jakub has earned critical acclaim for his recordings of undiscovered early music gems: his most recent recording, Beyond, was named one of The Times' best classical albums of 2023 and won the Fryderyka Award in Poland. Jakub’s discography continues to expand to new horizons - in Spring, he released a new recording of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, representing his directorial debut. His next album, due in Fall 2024, reimagines baroque music with pop instruments including drums and bass guitar.

Highlights of Jakub’s 2024 season include European tours of his previous albums (Facce d’amore, Stabat mater and Farewells) as well as a US tour of the Beyond programme. In June, he stars as Licida in Jean-Christophe Spinosi’s acclaimed production of L’Olimpiade at the Theatre des Champs-Elysses.

Il Pomo d’Oro

Il Pomo d’Oro was founded in 2012 and is characterized by an authentic, dynamic interpretation of operas and instrumental works from the Baroque and Classical period. The musicians, all well-known specialists, are among the best in the field of historical performance practice.The ensemble has become known for its concert performance and recording of many operas, and has worked with conductors Riccardo Minasi, Maxim Emelyanychev, Stefano Montanari, George Petrou, Enrico Onofri and Francesco Corti. Concert master Zefira Valova leads the orchestra in various projects. Since 2016 Maxim Emelyanychev has been its chief conductor, and since 2019 Francesco Corti is principal guest conductor.

The ensemble has collaborated on performances and recordings with world renowned instrumentalists including Francesco Corti, Giovanni Sollima, Edgar Moreau, Shunske Sato, and Dmitry Sinkovsky, and superstar singers including Joyce DiDonato, Cecilia Bartoli, Jakub Józef Orliński, Michael Spyres, Ann Hallenberg, Sandrine Piau, Mélissa Petit, Franco Fagioli, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Xavier Sabata, Lisette Oropesa, and Fatma Said to name a few.

Il Pomo d’Oro is a regular guest in prestigious concert halls and festivals all over Europe and regularly collaborates with mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato. After the worldwide success of their programmes of "In War and Peace" and "My favorite things", Il Pomo d’Oro and Maxim Emelyanychev rejoined Joyce DiDonato for a worldwide tour of her "EDEN" project that spanned three years, finishing in September 2024. The project won numerous accolades, including a Grammy nomination, a Gramophone award, a "Choc" from Classica, an an "Opus Klassik" award.

In 2022 Il Pomo d’Oro started a long-term recording project of Mozart-Symphonies and selected solo-concerts with Maxim Emelyanychev conducting. The first volume, "The Beginning and the End" was released with Aparté in early 2023, featuring Mozart’s first and last symphony and piano-concerto No. 23 with Maxim Emelyanychev as soloist.

The 2023/24 season saw numerous record releases, including Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder with Joyce DiDonato and Maxim Emelyanychev, "Al-Bunduqiyya - The Lost Concerto" with Giovanni Sollima and Federico Guglielmo, the second volume of the Mozart project with Emelyanychev and Ivan Podyomov, and "Beyond" with Jakub Józef Orliński, which won the prestigious Fryderyk Award for Early Music Album of the Year, the 2023 Caecilia Award, and the BBC Music Magazine Vocal Award.

The same season, Il Pomo d’Oro continued to tour outstanding opera-in-concert with Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Handel’s Berenice, and Monteverdi’s Orfeo together with conductors Maxim Emelyanychev and Francesco Corti. Recital tours included ‘Al-Bunduqiyya’ with Giovanni Sollima, "Contra-Tenor" with Michael Spyres, "EDEN" with Joyce DiDonato to Asia and South America, and a sell-out 21-concert European tour of "Beyond" with Jakub Józef Orliński followed by a North American tour of seven concerts. The tour continues and next stops include further performances across Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States.

In the 2024/25 season, the orchestra continues to collaborate with incredible musicians and soloists and will see opera-in-concert productions of Handel’s Alcina and Jephtha, and staged productions of Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. The Il Pomo d’Oro choir will perform their critically acclaimed programme of Gesualdo’s Sacrae Cantiones, and Monteverdi’s Vespers with conductor Giuseppe Maletto. In recital, the ensemble will join forces with Julie Fuchs, Michael Spyres, Pene Pati, Joyce Didonato, and Jakub Józef Orliński and will continue to work with cellist Giovanni Sollima for performances across Europe. The album of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, recorded following a sell-out European tour with Joyce DiDonato and Maxim Emelyanychev, will be released on Erato/Warner records in 2024, along with releases of new projects with lutist Miguel Rincon, tenor Pene Pati, and soprano Giovanni Sollima in the near future.

Il pomo d’oro is official ambassador of El Sistema Greece, a humanitarian project to provide free musical education to children in Greek refugee camps. Il pomo d’oro plays charity concerts and offers workshops and music lessons according to the El Sistema method on a frequent regular basis in various refugee camps in Greece.

The name of the ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro refers to Antonio Cesti's opera from the year 1666. Composed to the wedding celebrations of Emperor Leopold I and Margarita Teresa of Spain, Il Pomo d'Oro was probably one of the largest, most expensive and most spectacular opera productions in the still young history of the genre. 24 different stage designs, a horse-ballet of 300 horses, a fireworks display of 73,000 rockets, numerous ‚special effects'- superlatives, which should make the Emperor's court the highlight of cultural splendour in Europe.

Venue Info

Beijing National Grand Theater (NCPA) - Beijing
2 W Chang'an Ave

The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) is an arts centre containing an opera house in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The Centre, an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 5,452 people in three halls and is almost 12,000 m² in size. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.

The exterior of the theater is a titanium-accented glass dome that is completely surrounded by a man-made lake. It is said to look like an egg floating on water, or a water drop. It was designed as an iconic feature, something that would be immediately recognizable.

The dome measures 212 meters in east–west direction, 144 meters in north–south direction, and is 46 meters high. The main entrance is at the north side. Guests arrive in the building after walking through a hallway that goes underneath the lake. The titanium shell is broken by a glass curtain in north–south direction that gradually widens from top to bottom.

The location, immediately to the west of Tiananmen Square and the Great Hall of the People, and near the Forbidden City, combined with the theatre's futuristic design, created considerable controversy. Paul Andreu countered that although there is indeed value in ancient traditional Chinese architecture, Beijing must also include modern architecture, as the capital of the country and an international city of great importance. His design, with large open space, water, trees, was specially designed to complement the red walls of ancient buildings and the Great Hall of the People, in order to melt into the surroundings as opposed to standing out against them.

Internally, there are three major performance halls:

The Opera Hall is used for operas, ballet, and dances and seats 2,416 people.
The Music Hall is used for concerts and recitals and seats 2,017 people.
The Theatre Hall is used for plays and the Beijing opera. It has 1,040 seats.
The NCPA also distributes filmed and recorded performances of its concerts, plays and operas through the in-house label NCPA Classics, established in 2016.

The initial planned cost of the theatre was 2.688 billion yuan. When the construction had completed, the total cost rose to more than CNY3.2 billion. The major cause of the cost increase was a delay for reevaluation and subsequent minor changes as a precaution after a Paris airport terminal building collapsed. The cost has been a major source of controversy because many believed that it is nearly impossible to recover the investment. When the cost is averaged out, each seat is worth about half a million CNY. The Chinese government answered that the theater is not a for profit venture.

The government sanctioned study completed in 2004 by the Research Academy of Economic & Social Development of the Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, of the upkeep costs of the building were publicized in domestic Chinese media:

The water and electricity bills and the cleaning cost for the external surface would be at least tens of millions CNY, and with another maintenance cost, the total could easily exceed one billion CNY. Therefore, at least 80 percent of the annual operational costs must be subsidized by the government for at least the first three years after the opening, and for the rest of its operational life, at least 60 percent of the annual operational cost must be subsidized by the government.

The director of the art committee of the National Centre for the Performing Arts and the standing committee member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Mr Wu Zuqiang (吴祖强) and the publicist / deputy director of the National Centre for the Performing Arts Mr Deng (邓一江) have announced that 70 percent of the tickets would be sold at low price for ordinary citizens, while 10% of the tickets would be sold at relatively expensive prices for separate market segments, and the 60% of annual operating cost needed to be subsidized by the government would be divided between the central government and the Beijing municipal government.

Important Info

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City: Beijing, China

Starts at: 19:30

Duration: 1h 30min

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