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Armonico Consort is a British company founded in 2001 by conductor (music) and organist Christopher Monks, which specialises in producing performances of Renaissance music and Baroque music. In 2002 the company oversaw the creation of a series of academies designed to provide choral training for schoolchildren.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.armonico.org.uk/about-us/charity )〕 The company’s period musicians and instrumentalists have an international reputation in the field, and its partners and collaborators have included Sir Willard White, Dame Emma Kirkby, and Dame Evelyn Glennie.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hazardchase.co.uk/tours_and_projects/a_c )〕 Armonico Consort is known for its innovative productions, most notably its 2005 production of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy-Queen and its performances of Mozart’s Magic Flute at the Barbican Centre in London in 2007.〔 In 2012 Armonico Consort’s opera, Too Hot To Handel, featuring the music of Baroque composer George Frideric Handel, attracted highly positive reviews from critics. Choirs from Armonico Consort’s academies will perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.armonico.org.uk/ac-academy/royal-albert-hall )〕 ==Operas== Armonico Consort’s operas use choral, orchestral and entertainment groups to re-invent classic Baroque opera pieces.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hazardchase.co.uk/tours_and_projects/a_c )〕 The company is best known for its inventive revisions of Purcell’s Fairy Queen (2005) and Mozart’s Magic Flute (2007),〔 both of which were well received by critics. The Magic Flute was praised by the Independent for “its clever use of space, innovative presentation of the trials by fire and water, and highly entertaining introduction to Papagena.” In recent years Armonico Consort has preferred to devise new operas combining music from the Baroque period with stage puppetry, circus, acrobatics and comedy in productions such as Monteverdi’s Flying Circus (2010) and Baroque Around the Clock (2012). The Guardian’s response to Monteverdi’s Flying Circus was lukewarm but concluded that "anything intended to gain a new audience for this composer's astonishing work must have its heart in the right place." Armonico Consort’s latest opera, Too Hot to Handel, was toured nationally to positive reviews. The opera, featuring the countertenor William Towers (countertenor), collected songs from several of Handel’s operas within the framework of a story about the relationship of two present-day lovers. It was praised by the Independent for its wit and the quality of its performances. Armonico Consort’s operas have been performed at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York, the Buxton Opera Festival, Llandudno Opera Festival, Brighton Festival and Lichfield festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hazardchase.co.uk/tours_and_projects/a_c )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Armonico Consort」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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