Music – The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies

A Concert by Mauro Bertoli, at the piano

Noel McFerran — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:30:00 +0000

Mauro Bertoli, Associate Performance Faculty Member, Department of Music, Carleton University.

I. Music by composers of the 18th century: Paradisi,Cimarosa, Scarlatti, Clementi
II Dedicated to children , with music by Rossini; Casella; Rota
III. Lizst
IV The Moderns: Pizzetti; Martucci, Wolf Ferrari.

Mauro Bertoli, pianist, born in Italy, winner of many International Piano Competitions, has established himself on the international stage and has been praised by the press for his formidable technique and his exceptional sensitivity. He has performed as soloist, chamber music and with orchestra for important Festivals and in major concert halls throughout Europe, North America, Israel, Brazil and China. He presently lives in Ottawa where he is Associate Performance Faculty Member, Department of Music, at Carleton University.

Presented in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society.

The Bride Has Come out from the Sea: Sephardic Songs around the Mediterranean

Noel McFerran — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:15:00 +0000

Judith Cohen, York University

The Castrati, Then and Now

Noel McFerran — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:15:00 +0000

Dr. Guillaume Bernardi, York University

The castrati singers were probably the most striking feature of Italian Opera during the Baroque era, and to this day we still remember the names of singers like Farinelli or Senesino. The practice of mutilating boys for the sake of musical virtuosity, however, quickly disappeared with the end of the Ancien Régime. With the revival of Early Music in the middle of the 20th century, many attempts have been made to reinvent the angel voice of the castrati. This lecture will first evoke the extraordinary world of the castrati and then examine how their voice has been recreated for the opera stage of today.