Jobe 2025

JOBE 2025

Los Elementos

Antonio Literes

LOS ELEMENTOS

For the fourth edition of the Young European Baroque Orchestra, Margaux Blanchard explores the Zarzuela, the earliest operatic form in Spain.

Against the backdrop of the War of Succession, choirmaster Antonio de Literes—born in Majorca and flourishing in Madrid—composed his most notable stage works, including the opera Los Elementos (“The Elements”).

Originally described by its author as a “harmonic opera in the Italian style,” this piece, scored for five soprano soloists, gracefully depicts a metaphorical day featuring Dawn, Fire, Earth, Water, and Time.

The climatic themes resonate profoundly in this elemental joust, culminating in the rich harmonies of a mysterious composer whose agile musical expression yields a symbolic work infused with Spanish character—a prelude to Italian virtuosity.

PROMOTION 2025

Chanteurs /

Noëlle DROST (soprano) / Venus • Hochschule für Musik Berlin
Félix MERLE (baryton) / Adonis • CNSM Paris
Arnaud GLUCK (alto) / Cupidon • Schola cantorum Basiliensis
Adèle HUBER (soprano) / Une bergère, chœurs • CNSM Lyon
Alexandre JAMAR (ténor) / Un berger, chœurs • CRR de Paris
Brice CLAVIEZ-HOMBERG (alto) / Un chasseur, un berger, chœurs • CNSM Lyon
Lorenzo TOSI (basse) / Un berger, chœurs • Conservatorio B.Maderna di Cesen

Violons /
Weronika ZIMNOCH • Koninklijk Conservatorium La Haye
Julia HERNÁNDEZ SÁNCHEZ • Koninklijk Conservatorium La Haye

Alto /
Marguerite DEHORS • CNSM Lyon

Flûte à bec /
Felix GUTSCHI • CNSM Lyon
Bérénice Bréjon de Lavergnée • CNSM Lyon

Viole de gambe /
Aleksandra MAGLEVANAIA • Hochschule für Künste Bremen

Violone /
Iris TOCABENS • CNSM Lyon

Clavecin & orgue /
Baptiste GUITTET • CNSM Paris

Archiluth /
Jasper BÄRTLING-LIPPINA • Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles

RECRUITMENT 2025

The Young baroque european orchestra 2025 is recruiting instrumentalists (on ancient or modern instruments) and singers (see conditions of registration here).
Auditions will be held in Barcelona (Spain), Paris (France), Lyon (France), Brussels (Belgium), Den Haag (Netherlands) and Basel (Switzerland).

Voices involved (5 singers) /
Soprano – Aire, La Aurora
Soprano – El Agua
Mezzo-soprano /OR/ countertenor – La Tierra
Mezzo-soprano /OR/ countertenor – El Fuego
Baritone (high) – El Tiempo

Instruments involved (11 instrumentalists) /
2 violins
1 oboe (mandatory) playing the recorder (optional)
1 bassoon (mandatory) playing the recorder (optional)
1 viola da gamba
1 cello
1 double bass (if modern instrument, with gut strings)
1 baroque harp with continuo skills
1 theorbo or archluth that also plays the baroque guitar
1 harpsichord that also plays the positive organ
1 percussion (if modern, interested in early music)

Pitch / 415 Hz

Auditions dates /
CRR de Paris (France) : 20/01/2025
Opéra de Lyon (France) : 21/01/2025
Esmuc, Barcelona (Spain) : 23/01/2025
Fondation Singer Polignac, Paris (France) : 23/01/2025
Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag (Netherlands) : 24/01/2025
Conservatoire Royal, Brussels (Belgium) : 25/01/2025
Schola Cantorum, Basel (Switzerland) : 25/01/2025

See the registrations rules on Registration page

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