Press Archive
2017-01-04, Plays To See, by Irina Antesberger
But this is no “one-(wo)man-show“: all roles are cast well, starting with Philippe Jaroussky as Ruggiero. After a short “warm-up“, his impact grows throughout the evening. His timbre is rightly well-known for being profound and yet angelic, with a sound that is never shrill, always melodious. The countertenor shows himself to be a humorous actor as well. […]
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2016-12-04, The Idle Woman
The hall was stuffed to the gunwales; the atmosphere was palpable; and yet there were times you could have heard the smallest of pins drop. Refined, elegiac and utterly professional, Jaroussky showed us all once again why he remains the hottest countertenor ticket of all.
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2016-12-02, Planet Hugill, by Robert Hugill
Cantatas by Bach and Telemann; Philippe Jaroussky, Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin; Wigmore Hall
Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Dec 1 2016
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2016-10-23, Música, arte y cultura, by Alicia Perris
“No está equivocado el programa de este concierto, aunque lo parezca. Nathalie Stutzmann dirige, aunque podría cantar «Les Nuits d’Ete». Y Philippe Jaroussky canta el ciclo de canciones de Berlioz aunque el compositor francés no las hubiera concebido para un contratenor. Surge de esta aparente confusión y promiscuidad un acontecimiento tan atractivo como coherente. Por la evidencia idiomática -Lalo, Berlioz, Bizet- y porque Stutzmann y Jaroussky han sobrepasado todas las convenciones de la carrera musical, incluso se han despojado de la especialidad del Barroco. […]
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2016-07-13, Hundert11
Im Konzertgänger erwacht dabei wieder mal der Wunsch, dass in Konzerten öfter unbekannte Stücke zwei- oder dreimal gespielt würden, es ist immer ein Gewinn für Herz und Kopf. Gerne hätte man auch Steffanis andere Stücke da capo gehört: etwa den herzzerreißenden Schmachtfetzen Dal mio petto oder Sorge Anteo, das mit mysteriös pfeifenden Winden beginnt. Oder Luigis Rossis M’uccidete begl’occhi – wenn diese Augen von so kristalliner Schönheit sind wie Jarousskys Gesang, dürfte ihr Anblick tatsächlich kaum zu überleben sein: überirdisch Jarousskys unendlicher Atem, betörend seine verhauchenden Schlusstöne. […]
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2016-07-06, Formalhaut, Rédigé par David
Pour qui n’est pas un suiveur inconditionnel de Philippe Jaroussky, ce récital est l’occasion de redécouvrir ce chanteur atypique, authentique et doué d’une présence fascinante. […]
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2016-07-30, Dolores Delargo Towers on Blogspot
“Laura Mvula was effervescent and sassy on Girl Loves Me, and even more so her jolly version of Fame. Counter-tenor Philippe Jaroussky, however, brilliant though he may be on Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Bach and Saint-Saëns, would never in a million years have been my choice for Always Crashing In The Same Car. It just made a sinister, deep and dark song sound like a parody. “
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2016-03-22, OperaJournal.blogspot.de, by Keris Nine
Here alone the desired sound is fully realised with Davone Tines integrating with the earthier sounds of the physical world and Philippe Jaroussky’s countertenor soaring to reach that otherworldly level. […]
If they leave any trace behind in the world, only the sound that remains and, when expressed like this in music, in poetry and dance, it’s the closest thing we have to heaven on earth.
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2015-10-11, We Left At The Interval
The evening gave evidence, once more, that it’s no use judging voices from recordings. I’d never been seduced by what I heard of Jaroussky so far, but discovered that, live, he has a very engaging, seductive timbre as well as an engaged and engaging presence on stage.
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