G.F. Händel - La Resurrezione (Dantone, 2017) Opera Orange 2024-04-19 | LA RESURREZIONE (HWV 47)Oratorio in 2 partsComposer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)Libretto: Carlo Sigismondo Capece (1652–1728)First performance: Rome, Ruspoli Palace (8 April 1708)Angelo: Emöke BarathMaria Maddalena: Camille PoulSanta Maria Cleofa: Delphine GalouSan Giovanni Evangelista: Martin VanbergLucifero: Lisandro AbadieConductor: Ottavio DantoneAccademia BizantinaRecorded live at the Ambronay Festival (23 September 2017)Libretto available at: https://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Handel/Handel-Resurrezione47-testo.htmlPicture: "The Resurrection of Christ " by Maerten de Vos (c. 1564).PART I00:00 Overture03:18 Aria "Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno" (Angelo)08:13 Recitative "Qual insolita luce" (Lucifero)09:28 Aria "Caddi, è ver, ma nel cadere" (Lucifero)13:09 Recitative "Ma che veggio? Di spiriti a me nemici" (Lucifero, Angelo)14:46 Aria "D'amor fu consiglio" (Angelo)14:21 Recitative "E ben, questo Nume" (Lucifero, Angelo)18:53 Aria "O voi dell'Erebo" (Lucifero)21:41 Recitative "Notte, notte funesta" (Maddalena)22:18 Aria "Ferma l'ali, e sui miei lumi" (Maddalena)27:10 Recitative "Concedi, o Maddalena" (Maria Cleofe, Maddalena)28:18 Aria "Piangete, sì, piangete" (Maria Cleofe)30:42 Recitative "Ahi dolce mio Signore" (Maddalena, Maria Cleofe)32:49 Duet "Dolci chiodi, amate spine" (Maddalena, Maria Cleofe)35:31 Recitative "O Cleofe, o Maddalena" (San Giovanni, Maddalena)37:30 Aria "Quando è parto dell'affetto" (San Giovanni)42:29 Recitative "Ma dinne, e sarà vero" (Maria Cleofe, San Giovanni, Maddalena)43:38 Aria "Naufragando va per l'onde" (Maria Cleofe)48:21 Recitative "Itene pure, o fide" (San Giovanni, Maddalena)49:52 Aria "Così la tortorella talor piange e si lagna" (San Giovanni)54:00 Recitative "Se Maria dunque spera" (Maddalena)55:04 Aria "Ho un non so che nel cor" (Maddalena)57:39 Recitative "Uscite pur, uscite" (Angelo)59:14 Final "Il Nume vincitor" (Tutti)PART II1:01:12 Overture1:02:30 Recitative "Di quai nuovi portenti" (San Giovanni)1:03:20 Aria "Ecco il sol, ch'esce dal mare" (San Giovanni)1:07:32 Recitative "Ma ove Maria dimora" (San Giovanni)1:07:56 Aria "Risorga il mondo" (Angelo)1:10:22 Recitative "Di rabbia indarno freme" (Angelo)1:11:32 Recitative "Misero! Ho pur udito?" (Lucifero, Angelo)1:12:16 Aria "Per celare il nuovo scorno" (Lucifero)1:13:44 Recitative "Oh come cieco il tuo furor delira!" (Angelo)1:14:24 Duet "Impedirlo saprò" (Lucifero, Angelo)1:14:52 Recitative "Amica, troppo tardo" (Maddalena, Maria Cleofe)1:15:45 Aria "Per me già di morire" (Maddalena)1:20:52 Recitative "Ahi, abborrito nome!" (Lucifero)1:21:38 Aria "Vedo il ciel, che più sereno" (Maria Cleofe)1:25:27 Recitative "Cleofe, siam giunte al luogo" (Maddalena, Maria Cleofe, Angelo)1:27:11 Aria "Se per colpa di donna infelice" (Angelo)1:30:01 Recitative "Mio Gesù, mio Signore" (Maddalena)1:30:56 Aria "Del ciglio dolente" (Maddalena)1:33:04 Recitative "Sì, sì cerchiamo pur" (Maria Cleofe)1:33:28 Aria "Augeletti, ruscelletti" (Maria Cleofe)1:35:15 Recitative "Dove sì frettolosi" (San Giovanni, Maria Cleofe)1:36:39 Aria "Caro Figlio, amato Dio" (San Giovanni)1:40:47 Recitative "Cleofe, Giovanni, udite" (Maddalena, Maria Cleofe, San Giovanni)1:42:31 Aria "Se impassibile, immortale" (Maddalena)1:46:01 Recitative "Sì, sì col Redentore" (Maddalena, Maria Cleofe, San Giovanni)1:46:24 Final "Diasi lode in cielo, in terra" (Tutti)
B. Galuppi - Didone Abbandonata (Illán, 2025) Opera Orange 2025-09-07 | DIDONE ABBANDONATA - version Madrid, 1752Dramma per musica in 3 actsComposer: Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785)Libretto: Metastasio (1698-1782), first set to music by Domenico Sarro in 1724.First performance: Teatro Molza, Modena, 26 December 1740.Second version: 1752 in Madrid, Buen Retiro PalaceThird version: 26 December 1763 in Venice, Teatro San BenedettoFourth version: 3 March 1766 in St. Petersburg, Hermitage TheatreDidone: Natalie PérezEnea: Federico FiorioAraspe: Carlotta ColomboSelene: Alexandra TarniceruOsmida: Filippo MinecciaIarbas, Nettuno: Nicholas ScottConductor: Javier Ulises IllánNereydas OrchestraRecorded live from Nikolaisaal, Potsdam on 28 June 2025.Libretto available at: http://www.librettidopera.it/zpdf/didabb.pdfPerformance review: operawire.com/musikfestspiele-potsdam-sanssouci-2025-review-didone-abbandonataPicture: "Didone abbandonata" by Andrea Sacchi (c. 1630-1635).0:00:00 Overture0:06:55 "Dovrei... ma no..." (Enea)0:09:18 "Dirò che fida sei" (Selene)0:12:58 Sinfonia0:18:20 "Son regina e sono amante" (Didone)0:25:59 "Tu mi scorgi al gran disegno" (Osmida)0:31:14 "Se dalle stelle tu non sei guida" (Araspe)0:39:47 "Quando saprai chi sono" (Enea)0:44:45 "Non ho pace" (Iarba)0:56:01 "Non ha ragione, ingrato" (Didone)1:03:51 "Se resto sul lido" (Enea) 1:08:16 ACT II1:09:34 "Ardi per me fedele" (Selene)1:19:28 "Ah! non lasciarmi no" (Didone)1:26:48 "Fosca nube il sol ricopra" (Iarba)1:30:25 "Tacerò, se tu lo brami" (Araspe)1:35:52 "Tormento il più crudele" (Enea)1:40:42 "Ogni amator suppone" (Selene)1:51:10 "Chiamami pur così" (Iarba)1:53:54 "Va lusingando Amore" (Didone) 1:57:28 ACT III1:59:10 Sinfonia2:01:06 "La caduta d'un regnante" (Iarba)2:04:46 "Quando l'onda che nasce dal monte" (Osmida)2:10:20 "A trionfar mi chiama" (Enea)2:15:39 "Io d'amore, oh dio! mi moro" (Selene)2:20:36 "Va crescendo il mio tormento" (Didone)2:26:57 "Cadrà fra poco in cenere" (Iarba)2:32:03 "Vado... Ma dove?... Oh dio!" (Didone)2:35:20 Sinfonie2:42:53 "Tacete, o mie procelle" (Nettuno)This recording has been provided by the owner of the classicalmusicinconcert blog.
G.F. Händel - Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Rousset, 2019) Opera Orange 2025-03-16 | GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO (HWV 17) - version 1725Dramma per musica in 3 actsComposer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym (1678-1729), after Giacomo Francesco Bussani's libretto for Antonio Sartorio. Sartorio's version can be heard here: youtube.com/watch?v=iNXNdI-usmAFirst performance: King's Theatre, London, 20 February 1724.Cleopatra: Karina GauvinCesare: Christopher LowreyCornelia: Eve-Maud HubeauxSesto: Ann HallenbergTolomeo: Kacper SzelazekAchilla: Ashley RichesConductor: Christophe RoussetLes Talens LyriquesRecorded live from Ateneul Român, Bucharest, during the 2019 International Festival George Enescu (20 September 2019)Libretto available at: http://www.librettidopera.it/zpdf/giulio_ces.pdfPicture: "The Banquet of Cleopatra" by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1744). This painting portrays a later episode in Cleopatra's life—the lavish feast she held for Marc Antony. Though this scene occurs well after the events of Giulio Cesare in Egitto, I chose this painting because of my love for Tiepolo's art.00:00 ACT I02:48 "Viva il nostro Alcide" (Coro I, 1)04:10 "Presti omai l'egizia terra" (Cesare I, 1)09:39 "Empio, dirò, tu sei" (Cesare I, 3)13:24 "Priva son d'ogni conforto" (Cornelia I, 4)20:14 "Svegliatevi nel core" (Sesto I, 4)25:39 "Non disperar; chi sa?" (Cleopatra I, 5)30:49 "L'empio, sleale, indegno" (Tolomeo I, 6)33:53 "Alma del gran Pompeo" (Cesare I, 7)37:39 "Non è sì vago e bello" (Cesare I, 7)39:31 "Tutto può donna vezzosa" (Cleopatra I, 7)43:41 "Nel tuo seno, amico sasso" (Cornelia I, 8)48:47 "Cara speme, questo core" (Sesto I, 8)54:16 "Tu la mia stella sei" (Cleopatra I,8)57:40 "Va tacito e nascosto" (Cesare I, 9)1:06:20 "Tu sei il cor di questo core" (Achilla I, 9)1:11:26 "Son nata a lagrimar" (Cornelia, Sesto I, 9)1:18:22 ACT II1:20:52 "V'adoro pupille" (Cleopatra II, 2)1:33:35 "Sì spietata, il tuo rigore" (Sesto II, 4)1:38:39 "Cessa omai di sospirar" (Cornelia II, 6)1:40:48 "L'angue offeso mai riposa" (Sesto II,6)1:46:25 "Venere bella" (Cleopatra II, 7)1:51:04 "Al lampo dell'armi" (Cesare II, 8)1:54:13 "Se pietà di me non senti" (Cleopatra II, 8)2:03:34 "Belle dee di questo core" (Tolomeo II, 9)2:08:18 "L'aura che spira tiranno e fiero" (Sesto II, 11)2:13:03 ACT III2:13:36 "Dal fulgor di questa spada" (Achille III, 1)2:18:18 "Domerò la tua fierezza" (Tolomeo III, 2)2:23:15 "Piangerò la sorte mia" (Cleopatra III, 3)2:32:10 "Aure, deh, per pietà spirate" (Cesare III, 4)2:38:58 "Quel torrente, che cade dal monte" (Cesare III, 5)2:43:11 "La giustizia ha già sull'arco" (Sesto III, 6)2:49:16 "Da tempeste il legno infranto" (Cleopatra III, 7)2:56:56 "Non ha più che temere quest'alma" (Cornelia III, 9)3:00:37 "Caro! - Bella!" (Cesare, Cleopatra III, 10)3:03:16 "Ritorni omai nel nostro core" (Coro III, 10)
G. Paisiello - Annibale in Torino (Dantone, 2007) Opera Orange 2025-02-17 | ANNIBALE IN TORINODramma per musica in 3 actsComposer: Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)Libretto: Jacopo Durandi (1739-1817)First performance: Teatro Regio, Turin (16 January 1771)Artace: Emanuela GalliAdrane: Roberta InvernizziOscarre: Maria Grazia SchiavoJasarte: Romina BassoEdlige: Sonia PrinaAnnibale: Makoto SakuradaConductor: Ottavio DantoneAccademia BizantinaLive recording from the Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi", Turin (25 February 2007)Libretto available at: https://www.desono.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/desono-annibale-in-torino-min.pdfPicture: "The Victorious Hannibal Seeing Italy from the Alps for the First Time" by Francisco Goya (1770–1771).This recording has been generously provided by the owner of the classicalmusicinconcert blog.ACT I00:00 Overture06:10 "Se mai pietà ti chiede" (Edlige I, 3)10:57 "A consolar tue pene" (Artace I, 5)17:21 "A palpitarmi in petto" (Adrane I, 6)25:59 "La fiamma del suo core" (Jassarte I, 8)29:42 "Cade dal monte appena" (Oscarre I, 9)36:16 "A devellar l'audace" (Annibale I, 10)43:03 "Vado a pugnar da forte" (Artace I, 11)48:57 ACT II55:25 "Minacciando il vento, e l'onda" (Edlige II, 4)1:00:45 "Quella pietà che in seno" (Artace II, 5)1:06:09 "La chiami il tuo foco" (Jassarte II, 6)1:10:24 "Niun amante mai s'avvede" (Annibale II, 7)1:20:54 "Onde amiche, deh scorgete" - " Smaritta... tremante..." (Adrane II, 8)1:27:38 "Se a te sol penso adesso" (Oscarre II, 9)1:36:56 "Fra tante pene, e tante" (Artace, Adrane II, 10)1:42:24 ACT III1:50:04 "S'annera il cielo, e freme" (Annibale III, 6)1:55:58 "La sorte mia funesta" (Edlige III, 7)2:02:11 "Verra tra noi d'Artace" (Coro III, 9)
J. Haydn - LIsola Disabitata (Vashegyi, 2022) Opera Orange 2024-05-31 | L'ISOLA DISABITATA (Hob. 28/9)Azione teatrale in due partiComposer: Josef Haydn (1732-1809)Libretto: Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)First performance: Eszterháza (6 December 1779) Silvia: Ágnes KovácsCostanza: Eszter BaloghGernando: Márton KomáromiEnrico: Szilveszter SzélpálConductor: György VashegyiOrfeo OrchestraLive recording from the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest (2 November 2022)Libretto available at: http://www.librettidopera.it/isodis/rid.htmlPicture: "Off Mount Desert Island" by Fitz Henry Lane (1856).This recording has been generously provided by the owner of the classicalmusicinconcert blog.ACT I00:00 Overture07:01 Recitative "Qual contrasto non vince" (Costanza)09:59 Recitative "Ah germana! Ah Costanza!" (Silvia, Costanza)17:13 Aria "Se non piange un’infelice" (Costanza)21:29 Recitative "Che ostinato dolor!" (Silvia)24:02 Recitative "Ma sarà poi, Gernando" (Enrico, Gernando, Silvia)28:27 Aria "Chi nel cammin d’onore" (Enrico)32:10 Recitative "Che fu mai quel ch’io vidi!" (Silvia)34:09 Aria "Fra un dolce deliro" (Silvia)ACT II37:53 Recitative "Ah presaga fu l’alma" (Gernando, Enrico)45:09 Aria "Non turbar quand’io mi lagno" (Gernando)49:10 Recitative "Non s’irriti fra’ primi" (Enrico, Silvia)55:43 Aria "Come il vapor s’ascende" (Silvia)59:23 Aria "Ah, che in van per me pietoso" (Costanza)1:03:43 Recitative "Giacché da me lontana" (Costanza)1:04:03 Arietta and Recitative "Giacché il pietoso amico" (Gernando, Costanza)1:06:32 Recitative "Ignora il caro amico le sue felicità" (Enrico, Costanza)1:11:10 Recitative "Costanza, Costanza" (Silvia, Costanza, Enrico, Gernando)1:15:30 Quartet "Sono contenta appieno" (Costanza, Gernando, Silvia, Enrico)
G.F. Händel - Belshazzar (Creed, 2005) Opera Orange 2024-04-26 | BELSHAZZAR (HWV 61)Oratorio in 3 actsComposer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)Libretto: Charles Jennens (1700–1773)First performance: King's Theatre, London (27 March 1745)Nitocris: Rosemary JoshuaCyrus: Ann HallenbergDaniel: Michael ChanceBelshazzar: Mark PadmoreGobrias: Andrew Foster-WilliamsConductor: Marcus CreedConcerto KölnNDR VokalensembleRecorded live at the Hauptkirche St. Michelis, Hamburg (21 January 2005)Libretto available at: http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/belshaz.htmPicture: "Belshazzar's Feast" by Rembrandt (c. 1635-1638).ACT I00:00 Overture4:17 "Behold, by Persia's hero mad" (Chorus of Babylonians)7:06 "Well may they laugh, from meagre famine safe" (Recitative)7:47 "Oh, memory!" (Accompagnato of Gobrias)8:34 "Oppress'd with never-ceasing grief" (Air of Gobrias)12:04 "Dry those unavailing tears" (Air of Cyrus)13:54 "Be comforted: safe though the tyrant seem" (Recitative)14:23 "Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates" (Accompagnato of Cyrus)16:45 "Now tell me, Gobrias, does not this Euphrates" (Recitative)18:09 "Behold the monstrous human beast" (Air of Gobrias)21:20 "Can you then think it strange, if drown'd in wine" (Recitative)21:38 "Great God, who, yet but darkly known" (Air of Cyrus)24:56 "My friends, be confident, and boldly enter" (Recitative)25:40 "All empires upon God depend" (Chorus)28:55 "O sacred oracles of truth" (Air of Daniel)33:34 "Rejoice, my countrymen! The time draws near" (Accompagnato of Daniel)34:52 "Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus, his anointed" (Air of Daniel)37:00 "Sing, O ye Heav'ns, for the Lord hath done it!" (Chorus)41:10 "Let festal joy triumphant reign" (Air of Belshazzar)46:08 "For you my friends, the nobles of my court" (Recitative)47:03 "The leafy honours of the field" (Air of Nitocris)50:51 "It is the custom, I may say, the law" (Recitative)52:21 "Recall, O king, thy rash command!" (Chorus of Jews)55:41 "They tell you true; nor can you be to learn" (Recitative)57:09 "O dearer than my life, forbear!" (Duet of Nitocris and Belshazzar)1:02:26 "By slow degress the wrath of God to its meridian height ascends" (Chorus of Jews)ACT II1:06:56 "See, from his post Euphrates flies" (Chorus of Persians and Medes)1:13:39 "You see, my friends, a path into the city" (Recitative)1:14:27 "Amaz'd to find the foe so near" (Air Cyrus)1:18:41 "To arms, to arms, no more delay!" (Chorus of Persians and Medes)1:19:17 "Ye tutelar gods of our empire, look down" (Chorus of Babylonians)1:22:13 "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess" (Air of Belshazzar)1:24:45 "Where is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?" (Accompagnato of Belshazzar)1:27:41 "Call all my Wise Men, Sorcerers, Chaldeans" (Recitative)1:28:03 Symphony1:29:37 "Ye sages, welcome always to your king" (Recitative)1:30:15 "Oh, misery! Oh terror, hopeless grief!" (Chorus of Babylonians)1:32:35 "O king, live for ever!" (Recitative)1:34:15 "No, to thyself thy trifles be" (Air of Daniel)1:35:54 "Yet, to obey His dread command" (Accompagnato of Daniel)1:39:00 "Oh, sentence too severe, and yet too sure" (Recitative)1:39:17 "Regard, O son, my flowing tears" (Air of Nitocris)1:42:24 "O God of truth, O faithful guide" (Air of Cyrus)1:46:22 "You, Gobrias, lead directly to the palace" (Recitative)1:47:29 "O glorious prince, thrice happy they" (Chorus)ACT III1:52:35 "Alternate hopes and fears distract my mind" (Air of Nitocris)1:57:21 "Fain would I hope. It cannot surely be" (Recitative)1:57:47 "Can the black AEthiop change his skin" (Air of Daniel)2:00:30 "My hopes revive, here Arioch comes!" (Recitative)2:01:23 "I thank thee, Sesach! Thy sweet pow'r" (Air of Belshazzar)2:02:54 A Martial Symphony2:03:31 "To pow'r immortal my first thanks are due" (Air of Gobias)2:06:22 "Be it thy care, good Gobrias, to find out" (Recitative)2:06:44 "Destructive war, thy limits know" (Air of Cyrus)2:09:03 "Say, venerable prophet, is there aught" (Recitative)2:09:52 "Tell it out among the heathen" (Soli and Chorus)2:11:45 "Yes, I will rebuild thy city, God of Israel!" (Accompagnato of Cyrus)2:14:50 "I will magnify Thee, O God my king!" (Soli and Chorus)
C. Graupner - Dido, Königin von Carthago (Marcon, 2024) Opera Orange 2024-03-22 | DIDO, KÖNIGIN VON CARTHAGOSingspiel in 3 actsComposer: Christoph Graupner (1683-1760)Libretto: Heinrich Hinsch (1650-1712), based on Virgil's Aeneid.First performance: Oper am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg (1707)Anna, Juno: Alicia AmoDido: Robin JohannsenMenalippe: Chelsea ZurflühAeneas: Emiliano Gonzalez ToroAchates, Disalces: Raphael HöhnJuba: José Antonio LópezElgabal, Hiarbas: Andreas WolfConductor: Andrea MarconLa Cetra Barockorchester BaselLive recording from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (24 February 2024)Original 1707 libretto available at: loc.gov/resource/music.musschatz-19277/?st=galleryPicture: "La mort de Didon" by Joseph Stallaert (c. 1872).This recording has been generously provided by the owner of the classicalmusicinconcert blog.ACT I00:00 Overture04:09 Aria "Die wütende Rache" (Juno I, 1)05:39 Aria "Auf Dido, auf! Dich ruft" (Juno I, 1)09:26 Aria "Wann ins Kerckers banger Brust" (Dido I, 3)12:54 Aria "Süßeste freiheit"(Anna I, 5)15:09 Aria "Holde Nahrung reger hertzen" (Anna I, 5)19:15 Aria "Nume alato" (Anna I, 5)20:43 Sextuor "Piu crudo Tiranno" (Aenas, Menalippe, Juba, Hiarbas, Achates, Iras I, 6)23:54 Aria "Pur vi baccio, pur vi miro" (Juba I, 9)30:48 Aria "Costante il mio cuore" (Juba I, 9)33:27 Aria "Spunta il Sole, e airai nascenti" (Hiarbas I, 10)34:51 Aria "E la rosa in su'l matino" (Hiarbas I, 10)36:33 Aria "Holdestes lispeln der spielenden fluten" (Menalippe I, 11)41:41 Aria "Bück dich du Reich der Sternen" (Aeneas I, 12)46:50 Aria "Agitato del tempeste" (Dido I, 13)49:57 Duet "Nichts kan diese Brust bewegen" (Aeneas, Dido I, 13)ACT II52:10 Quartet "Wie lange soll ich noch der liebe gaukel spiel" - "Cessate d'agitarmi" (Hiarbas, Menalippe, Juba, Anna II, 1)58:15 Aria "Sonn und licht, folgt nacht und schatten" (Hiarbas II, 3)1:02:54 Aria "Nichts ist, was dieses mein Hertze bewegt (Aeneas II, 8)1:06:30 Aria "Mein Herz entweicht" (Juba II, 10)1:10:08 Aria "Auf schlaffrige Sinnen" (Anna II, 11)1:13:51 Aria "Holde Augen, meine lust" (Hiarbas, II, 13)1:17:22 Aria "Io non bramo altro ristoro" (Hiarbas, II, 15)1:19:53 Aria "Wozu wollt ihr euch nun entschließen" (Menalippe II, 15)1:22:43 Duet "Auff Auff! zur flucht: auff! auff!" (Achates, Aeneas II, 16)1:23:52 Sinfonia1:24:12 Chorus "Großer Mithra, Byrsens Schutz" (II, 18)1:33:07 Aria "In fido Cupido" (Dido II, 19)ACT III1:37:01 Chorus "Dido lebe!" (III, 1)1:39:58 Duet "Lebe, Dido, lebe wohl!" (Achates, Aeneas III, 2)1:43:04 Aria "Suonate o timpani" (Dido III, 3)1:46:39 Duet "Ha piu tema che Speranza" (Hiarbas, Menalippe III, 4)1:49:03 Aria "Cosi libero, e fugace" - "Cosi rapido, e veloce" (Juba III, 5)1:53:11 Aria "Alma tradita" (Dido III, 8)1:57:25 Aria "Apprestatemi, o Furie, de l'Erebo" (Dido III, 9)1:59:47 Duet "Krantze mit Rosen!... Krohne mit Freuden!" (Anna, Juba III, 10)2:02:53 Aria "Komm dann, komm gewünschter Todt!" (Dido III, 12)2:10:49 Chorus "Friede, friede! Lust und Ruh!" (III, 17)
F. L. Gassmann - L’Opera Seria (Jacobs, 2003) Opera Orange 2024-03-15 | L'OPERA SERIAComedia per musica in 3 actsComposer: Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729-1774)Libretto: Ranieri de’ Calzabigi (1714-1795)First performance: Burgtheater, Vienna (1769)Fallito (Impresario): Pietro SpagnoliDelirio (Poeta): Klaus HägerSospiro (Maestro di Cappella): Jeremy OvendenRitornello (Primo Musico) / Nascerano (Generalissimo dell'Armi Mogole): Mario ZeffiriStonatrilla (Prima Donna nell'Opera Seria) / Rossanara (Principessa del Mogol): Alexandrina PendatschanskaSmorfiosa (Seconda Donna nell'Opera Seria) / Saebe (Regina Indiana): Miah PerssonPorporina (Secondo Uomo nell'Opera Seria) / Rana (Uffiziale dell'armate Mogole): Janet WilliamsPassagallo (Compositore de' Balli): Riccardo NovaroBragherona (Madre di Porporina): Curtis RayamBefana (Madfre di Smorfiosa): Dominique VisseCaverna (Madre di Stonatrilla): Stephen WallaceConductor: René JacobsConcerto Köln Live recording from the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris (30 March 2003)Libretto available at: archive.org/details/loperaseriacomed00gass/mode/2upPicture: Roman mosaic with scenic masks, 2nd century AD. Capitoline Museums.ACT I00:00 Overture02:43 Scene 1 - Duo "Oh che bell'Opera!" (Sospiro, Delirio)07:19 Aria "Signor Delirio tante sentenze" (Fallito)10:18 Scene 2 - Duo "Hò di fuoco nel petto un Vesuvio..." (Sospiro, Delirio)11:43 Scene 3 - Aria "Camerieri, Staffieri, Lacchè!" (Stonatrilla)16:02 Scene 4 - "Madama, il mio rispetto a lei tributo"17:17 Aria "Ragazzuccia mettete giudizio" (Stonatrilla)19:42 Scene 5 - "Quanta boria hà colei"21:24 Aria "Cari quegli occhi amabili" (Sospiro)24:28 Scene 6 - "Questo è un di que' tanti"27:31 Scene 7 - Aria "Benchè da te lontano" (Ritornello)31:59 Aria "Più non si trovano frà noi le mutrie" (Porporina)34:27 Scene 8 - "Sentite come morde"35:16 Aria "Mio dolce amorino" (Smorfiosa)38:12 Scene 9 - "Cosi è, Signor mio"39:06 Aria "Vederete che salti, che slanciano" (Passagallo)41:49 Scene 10 - "Maledetta l'impresa"45:02 Aria "State attento a quest'Oracolo" (Delirio)48:55 Scene 11 - "Dunque in lei mi confido"50:09 Ensemble "Io vi giuro mie Dive adorabili"ACT II56:32 Scene 1 - "Viva lei"58:07 Trio "Asinaccio! Ignorantacci!" (Delirio, Sospiro, Fallito)59:25 Scene 2 - "E' meglio rimediare"1:00:41 Aria "Se di fare l’impresario" (Fallito)1:03:07 Scene 3 - "Lodo il consiglio"1:03:44 Duo "Quel Cocchier – Nò, nò: Nocchiero" (Ritornello, Delirio)1:07:36 Scene 4 - "Che fà così soletto"1:08:21 Aria "Col tuo dolce amico oblio" (Ritornello)1:09:57 Scene 5 - "Cosi l'ho rappezzata"1:10:57 Aria "Barbara! E non rammenti" (Sospiro)1:16:50 Scene 6 - "Cosi la voglio"1:18:17 Accompagnato "Abbastanza finora" (Ritornello)1:19:41 Accompagnato "Va: sul tuo cap, ingrato" (Smorfiosa)1:20:55 Aria "No crudel d’amor capace" (Smorfiosa)1:27:50 Duo "Ah non mi dir così" (Stonatrilla, Ritornello)1:31:57 Accompagnato "Già propizio à miei voti" (Porporina)1:34:00 Aria "Delfin che al laccio infido" (Porporina)1:40:39 Accompagnato "Dove son! Che m’arriva!" (Stonatrilla)1:46:00 Aria "Pallid’ ombra del misero amante" (Stonatrilla)1:53:08 Aria "Quel Nocchier, che scioglie a’ venti" (Ritornello)1:56:01 Aria "Ei ben scorge il rio periglio" (Ritornello)1:59:41 Aria "I miei Balli fon tanti miracoli" (Passagallo)2:02:30 Ensemble "Conoscete eh Porporina?"ACT III 2:10:19 "Signore e signori, buonasera"2:11:24 Sinfonia2:16:25 Scena 1 - "Valorosi Guerrieri"2:17:58 Aria "Se con voi dò in braccio al vento" (Nasercano)2:26:00 Aria "Saprei costante, e ardita" (Saebe)2:30:24 Scene 2 - "Presenta a Nasercano"2:31:43 Scene 3 - "Duce tornasti alfin"2:34:31 Aria "Nò; se a te non toglie il Fato" (Rossanara)2:39:59 Scene 4 - "Riveriti Signori"2:40:23 Ballo2:43:27 Scene 5 - "Ritornello!"2:53:08 Coro degli Attori "Noi giuriamo per que' Numi"
G. Giacomelli - Merope (Marcon, 2022) Opera Orange 2024-03-08 | MEROPEDramma per musica in 3 actsComposer: Geminiano Giacomelli (1692-1740)Libretto: Apotolo Zeno (1668-1750), revised by Domenico Lalli (1679-1741)First performance: Teatro Grimani di San Giovanni Grisostomo, Venice (20 February 1734). The famous castrati Farinelli and Cafarelli were signing the role of Epitide and Trasimede.Trasimede: Vasilisa BerzhanskayaMerope: Magdalena KoženáArgia: Beth TaylorAnassandro: Rachele RaggiottiEpitide: Kangmin Justin KimLicisco: Carlo VistoliPolifonte: Juan SanchoConductor: Andrea MarconLa Cetra Barockorchester BaselLive recording from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (5 February 2022)Libretto available at: http://www.librettidopera.it/zpdf/merope.pdfOriginal 1734 libretto: https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0004/bsb00049446/images/indexPicture: "Côte vue avec Apollon et la Sibylle de Cumes" by Claude Lorrain (between 1645 and 1649).This recording has been generously provided by the owner of the classicalmusicinconcert blog.ACT I00:00 Sinfonia04:20 "Su su, messeni" (Chorus and Trasimede I, 2)09:08 "Dono d'amica sorte" (Aria of Epitide I, 3)14:30 "Del tuo sovran volere" (Aria of Trasimede I, 4)24:42 "Tutti i pensieri impegno" (Aria of Polifonte I, 5)29:51 "Sin che il tiranno scendere" (Aria of Licisco I, 6)38:23 "Io già sento nel mio petto" (Aria of Trasimede I, 8)43:58 "A questa face, e a quella" (Aria of Argia I, 10)52:57 "Barbaro traditor" (Aria of Merope I, 11)57:42 "Con inganno fortunato" (Aria of Anassandro I, 12)1:02:51 "Che gran pena! Che tormento" (Aria of Epitide I, 14)ACT II1:10:15 "Piaggie amiche a voi ritorno" (Aria of Epitide II, 1)1:16:36 "Tu crudel tu vuoi ch'io si" (Aria of Merope II, 1)1:20:26 "Se vaga sia, se sia vezzosa" (Aria of Polifonte II, 2)1:25:26 "Dimmi d'amar la madre" (Aria of Licisco II, 3)1:28:58 "Quell'usignolo" (Aria of Epitide II, 4)1:40:10 "Taci mio core amante" (Aria of Trasimede II, 7)1:48:57 "Tu mi lusinghi" (Aria of Argia II, 8)1:57:01 "Un labbro, un cor non v'è" (Aria of Merope II, 10)2:01:10 "Chi condanna il regio sangue" (Aria of Epitide II, 11)2:05:49 "Dal tuo comando" (Aria of Trasimede II, 12)2:11:48 "Fiamma vorace" (Aria of Anassandro II, 14)2:14:59 ACT III2:16:49 "A chi dar morte? A chi?" (Aria of Argia III, 1)2:21:19 "De' vostri dardi sia stabil segno" (Aria of Polifonte III, 2)2:25:49 "Torbido nembo freme" (Aria of Licisco III, 4)2:31:23 "Occhi amati, io partirò" (Aria of Trasimede III, 5)2:39:29 "Sposa... non mi conosci" (Aria of Epitide III, 7)2:51:03 "Sei dolor, sei furor ciò che m'ingombri?" (Accompagnato of Merope III, 11)2:55:21 "Là sul torbido Acheronte" (Aria of Merope III, 11)3:04:11 "Dopo l'orribile fiero timor" (Chorus III, 14)
G.F. Händel - LAllegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Christie, 2005) Opera Orange 2024-03-01 | L'ALLEGRO, IL PENSEROSO ED IL MODERATO (HWV 55)Pastoral Ode in 3 partsComposer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)Libretto: Charles Jennens (1700–1773)First performance: Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London (27 February 1740)Sophie DanemanTristan HambletonPaul AgnewAndrew Foster-WilliamsConductor: William ChristieLes Arts FlorissantsRecorded live at the Theatre des Champs Élysées, Paris (30 April 2005)Libretto available at: http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/allegro.htmPicture: Detail from "La Primavera" by Sandro Botticelli (late 1470s or early 1480s).PART I00:00 Overture - Allegro (from Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 6, No. 10, HWV 328)03:43 "Hence loathed Melancholy" (Accompagnato of L'Allegro)06:07 "Hence vain deluding joys" (Accompagnato of Il Penseroso)07:02 "Come, thou goddess fair and free" (Air of L'Allegro)08:29 "Come rather, goddess sage and holy" (Air of Il Penseroso)11:30 "Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee" (Air for L'Allegro and Chorus)13:57 "Come, and trip it as you go" (Air for L'Allegro and Chorus)16:34 "Come, pensive nun, devout and pure" (Accompagnato for Il Penseroso)17:39 "Come, but keep thy wonted state" (Arioso for Il Penseroso)20:05 "Hence, loathed Melancholy" (Recitative)20:32 "Mirth, admit me of thy crew" (Air for L'Allegro)24:12 "First, and chief, on golden wing" (Accompagnato for Il Penseroso)24:58 "Sweet bird, that shun'st the noise of folly" (Air for Il Penseroso)32:46 "If I give thee honour due" (Recitative)32:54 "Mirth, admit me of thy crew!" (Air for L'Allegro)35:23 "Oft on a plat of rising ground" (Air for Il Penseroso)39:00 "If I give thee honour due" (Recitative)39:13 "Let me wander, not unseen" (Air for L'Allegro)41:19 "Or let the merry bells ring round" (Air for L'Allegro and Chorus)PART II45:37 "But oh, sad virgin, that thy pow'r" (Air for Il Penseroso)52:00 "Hence, vain deluding joys" (Accompagnato for Il Penseroso)53:09 "Thus night oft see me in thy pale career" (Recitative)53:25 "Populous cities please me then" (Il Penseroso and Chorus)56:35 "There let Hymen oft appear" (Air for L'Allegro)58:45 "Me, when the sun begins to fling" (Accompagnato for Il Penseroso)59:26 "Hide me from day's garish eye" (Air for Il Penseroso)1:02:22 "I'll to the well-trod stage anon" (Air for L'Allegro)1:04:16 "And ever against eating cares" (Air for L'Allegro)1:07:10 "These delights if thou canst give" (Air for L'Allegro and Chorus)1:10:23 "But let my due feet never fail" (Recitative)1:11:04 "There let the pealing organ blow" (Chorus and Il Penseroso)1:16:34 "These pleasures, Melancholy, give" (Il Penseroso and Chorus)PART III1:21:42 "Hence, boast not, ye profane" (Accompagnato for Il Moderato)1:22:09 "Come, with native lustre shine" (Air for Il Moderato)1:24:57 "Sweet temp'rance in thy right hand bear" (Accompagnato for Il Moderato and Chorus)1:27:19 "Come, with gentle hand restrain" (Air for Il Moderato)1:29:04 "No more short life they then will spend" (Recitative)1:29:52 "Each action will derive new grace" (Air for Il Moderato)1:32:01 "As steals the morn upon the night" (Il Moderato - Duet)1:37:59 "Thy pleasures, Moderation, give" (Chorus)
J. Mysliveček - LOlimpiade (Luks, 2013) Opera Orange 2024-02-23 | L'OLIMPIADEDramma per musica in 3 actsComposer: Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781)Libretto: Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)First performance: Teatro San Carlo, Naples (4 November 1778)Licida: Tehila Nini GoldsteinAristea: Simona Houda-ŠaturováAlcandro: Helena KaupováMegacle: Raffaela MilanesiArgene: Sophie HarmsenAminta: Krystian AdamClistene: Johannes ChumConductor: Václav LuksCollegium 1704Live recording from the National Theatre, Prague (2 May 2013)Picture: "Le Printemps" by François Boucher (1755).This recording has been generously provided by the owner of the classicalmusicinconcert blog.00:00 ACT I (Overture from Myslivecek's La Passione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo, in replacement of the lost original overture)10:15 "Superbo di me stesso" (Aria of Megacle I, 2)17:14 "O care selve" (Chorus with Argene and Aristea I, 4)25:08 "Del destin non vi lagnate" (Aria of Clistene I, 5)31:13 "Tu di saper procura" (Aria of Aristea I, 6)38:49 "Più non si trovano" (Aria of Argene I, 7)48:39 "Mentre dormi, amor fomenti" (Aria of Licida I, 8)53:02 "Che intesi, eterni Dei?" (Accompanied recitative for Megacle I, 9)55:54 "Cara non dubitar" (Cavatina of Megacle I, 9)1:02:52 "E tu mi lasci così?" (Accompanied recitative for Aristea and Megacle I, 10)1:04:58 "Ne' giorni tuoi felici" (Duet of Aristea and Megacle I, 10)1:10:39 ACT II1:12:55 "Dimmi qual è l'affanno" (Aria of Alcandro II, 1)1:18:59 "Che non mi disse" (Aria of Argene II, 3)1:23:05 "Siam navi all'onde algenti" (Aria of Aminta II, 4)1:28:40 "Del forte Licida" (Chorus II, 4)1:39:56 "Misero me, che veggo" (Accompanied recitative for Megacle II, 8)1:45:02 "Se cerca, se dice" (Aria of Megacle II, 9)1:53:02 "Tu me da me dividi" (Aria of Aristea II, 10)2:00:59 "Con questo ferro, indegno" (Accompanied recitative for Licida II, 13)2:02:49 "Gemo in un punto e fremo" (Aria of Licida II, 13)2:07:03 ACT III2:11:34 "Lo seguitai felice" (Aria of Megacle III, 4)2:14:01 "Caro, son tua così" (Aria of Aristea III, 3)2:20:21 "Son qual per mare ignoto" (Aria of Aminta III, 6)2:24:04 "I tuoi strali terror de' mortali" (Chorus III, 6)2:28:23 "Non so donde viene" (Aria of Clistene III, 7)2:38:01 "Misera, dove son!" (Accompanied recitative for Licia. Borrowed from Gluck's opera Ezio, in replacement of the lost final Chorus)2:40:38 "Ah! non son io che parlo" (Aria of Licida. Borrowed from Gluck's opera Ezio, in replacement of the lost final Chorus)
G.F. Händel - Belshazzar (Luks, 2022) Opera Orange 2024-02-16 | BELSHAZZAR (HWV 61)Oratorio in 3 actsComposer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)Libretto: Charles Jennens (1700–1773)First performance: King's Theatre, London (27 March 1745)Nitocris: Jeanine De BiqueCyrus: Mary-Ellen NesiDaniel: Raffaele PeBelshazzar: Juan SanchoGobrias: Stephan MacLeodConductor: Václav LuksConcerto KölnNDR VokalensembleRecorded live at the St.-Johanniskirche, Göttingen (14 May 2022)Libretto available at: http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/belshaz.htmPicture: "Belshazzar's Feast" by John Martin (c. 1821).This recording has been generously provided by the owner of the classicalmusicinconcert blog.ACT I00:00 Overture03:49 "Vain, fluctuating state of human empire!" (Accompagnato of Nitocris)08:23 "Thou, God most high, and Thou alone" (Air of Nitocris)12:36 "Behold, by Persia's hero mad" (Chorus of Babylonians)14:51 "Well may they laugh, from meagre famine safe" (Recitative)15:39 "Oh, memory!" (Accompagnato of Gobrias)16:37 "Oppress'd with never-ceasing grief" (Air of Gobrias)19:08 "Dry those unavailing tears" (Air of Cyrus)21:10 "Be comforted: safe though the tyrant seem" (Recitative)21:40 "Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates" (Accompagnato of Cyrus)23:50 "Now tell me, Gobrias, does not this Euphrates" (Recitative)25:15 "Behold the monstrous human beast" (Air of Gobrias)28:18 "Can you then think it strange, if drown'd in wine" (Recitative)29:16 "All empires upon God depend" (Chorus)32:18 "O sacred oracles of truth" (Air of Daniel)37:42 "Rejoice, my countrymen! The time draws near" (Accompagnato of Daniel)39:01 "Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus, his anointed" (Air of Daniel)40:37 "Sing, O ye Heav'ns, for the Lord hath done it!" (Chorus)44:18 "Let festal joy triumphant reign" (Air of Belshazzar)48:50 "For you my friends, the nobles of my court" (Recitative)49:49 "The leafy honours of the field" (Air of Nitocris)57:10 "It is the custom, I may say, the law" (Recitative)58:50 "Recall, O king, thy rash command!" (Chorus of Jews)1:02:35 "They tell you true; nor can you be to learn" (Recitative)1:04:11 "O dearer than my life, forbear!" (Duet of Nitocris and Belshazzar)1:09:31 "By slow degress the wrath of God to its meridian height ascends" (Chorus of Jews)ACT II1:13:58 "See, from his post Euphrates flies" (Chorus of Persians and Medes)1:20:00 "You see, my friends, a path into the city" (Recitative)1:20:48 "Amaz'd to find the foe so near" (Air Cyrus)1:25:28 "To arms, to arms, no more delay!" (Chorus of Persians and Medes)1:25:59 "Ye tutelar gods of our empire, look down" (Chorus of Babylonians)1:28:43 "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess" (Air of Belshazzar)1:31:09 "Where is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?" (Accompagnato of Belshazzar)1:34:21 "Call all my Wise Men, Sorcerers, Chaldeans" (Recitative)1:34:48 Symphony1:36:27 "Ye sages, welcome always to your king" (Recitative)1:37:38 "Oh, misery! Oh terror, hopeless grief!" (Chorus of Babylonians)1:39:55 "O king, live for ever!" (Recitative)1:41:37 "No, to thyself thy trifles be" (Air of Daniel)1:43:21 "Yet, to obey His dread command" (Accompagnato of Daniel)1:46:02 "Oh, sentence too severe, and yet too sure" (Recitative)1:46:28 "Regard, O son, my flowing tears" (Air of Nitocris)1:53:29 "O God of truth, O faithful guide" (Air of Cyrus)1:57:26 "You, Gobrias, lead directly to the palace" (Recitative)1:58:31 "O glorious prince, thrice happy they" (Chorus)ACT III2:03:03 "Alternate hopes and fears distract my mind" (Air of Nitocris)2:07:11 "Fain would I hope. It cannot surely be" (Recitative)2:07:41 "Can the black AEthiop change his skin" (Air of Daniel)2:10:36 "My hopes revive, here Arioch comes! By this" (Recitative)2:11:38 "Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth!" (Chorus of Jews)2:13:04 "I thank thee, Sesach! Thy sweet pow'r" (Air of Belshazzar)2:14:32 A Martial Symphony2:15:08 "To pow'r immortal my first thanks are due" (Air of Gobias)2:17:08 "Be it thy care, good Gobrias, to find out" (Recitative)2:17:30 "Destructive war, thy limits know" (Air of Cyrus)2:19:55 "Great victor, at your feet I bow" (Duet of Nitocris and Cyrus)2:24:15 "Say, venerable prophet, is there aught" (Recitative)2:25:10 "Tell it out among the heathen" (Soli and Chorus)2:26:58 "Yes, I will rebuild thy city, God of Israel!" (Accompagnato of Cyrus)2:28:30 "I will magnify Thee, O God my king!" (Soli and Chorus)
A. Vivaldi - Il Giustino (Marcon, 2023) Opera Orange 2024-02-04 | IL GIUSTINO (RV 717)Dramma per musica in 3 actsComposer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)Libretto: Nicolò Beregan (1627-1713), originally used for the 1683 opera of the same name by Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690).First performance: Teatro Capranica, Rome (23 January 1724)Fortuna: Martina LicariLeocasta: Marie LysArianna: Shira PatchornikAndronico, Polidarte: Alessandro GiangrandeAmanzio: Kangmin Justin KimAnastasio: Valer SabadusGiustino: Carlo VistoliVitaliano: Emiliano Gonzalez ToroConductor: Andrea MarconLa Cetra Barockorchester BaselLive recording from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (4 February 2023)Picture: Emperor Justinian and his retinue. Detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale. Ravena, Italy.This recording has been generously provided by the owner of the classicalmusicinconcert blog.00:00 ACT I7:05 "Viva Augusto eterno impero" (Arianna)10:44 "Un vostro sguardo" (Anastasio)12:36 "Da’ tuoi begl’occhi impara" (Arianna)18:32 "Bel riposo de’ mortali" (Giustino)21:35 Sinfonia23:36 "Della tua sorte" (Fortuna)27:31 "Nacque al bosco e nacque al prato" (Leocasta)31:12 "La gloria del mio sangue" (Amanzio)34:14 "Vedrò con mio diletto" (Anastasio)40:51 "Allor che mi vedrò" (Giustino)45:21 "È pur dolce ad un’anima amante" (Andronico)47:50 "All armi, o guerrieri!" (Vitaliano)51:21 "Vanne sì, superba, va" (Vitaliano)55:52 "Mio dolce amato sposo" (Arianna)1:03:04 ACT II1:04:03 "Sento in seno ch’in pioggia di lagrime" (Anastasio)1:10:32 "Ritrosa bellezza" (Polidarte)1:15:57 "Mio bel tesoro, mia dolce speme" (Arianna, Anastasio)1:17:33 "Per noi soave e bella" (Arianna)1:22:43 "Quel torrente che s’innalza" (Vitaliano)1:25:57 "Senti l’aura che leggiera" (Leocasta)1:32:24 "Augelletti garruletti" (Arianna)1:35:11 "Verdi lauri, cingetemi il crine" (Anastasio)1:37:55 "Su l’altar di questo Nume" (Giustino)1:42:31 "Candida fedeltà" (Amanzio)1:45:25 "Taci per poco ancora" (Anastasio)1:48:00 "Quando serve alla ragione" (Vitaliano)1:52:13 "Se all’amor, ch’io porto al trono" (Anastasio)1:56:27 "Sventurata navicella" (Leocasta)1:59:22 "Ho nel petto un cor sì forte" (Giustino)2:07:51 ACT III2:08:24 "Il piacer della vendetta" (Vitaliano)2:13:33 "Quell’ amoroso ardor" (Arianna)2:21:34 "Il mio cor già più non sa" (Giustino)2:26:14 "Senza l’amato ben" (Leocasta)2:30:35 "Or che cinto ho il crin d’alloro" (Amanzio)2:37:54 "In braccio a te la calma" (Arianna, Anastasio)2:42:14 "Lo splendor ch'a sperare m’invita" (Leocasta)2:47:07 "Doppo i nembi e le procelle" (Coro)
G.F. Händel - Jephtha (Jacobs, 2002) Opera Orange 2024-01-26 | JEPHTHA (HWV 70)Musical Drama in 3 actsComposer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)Libretto: Thomas Morell (1703–1784), based on the story of Jephtha in Judges (Chapter 11) and Jephthes, sive Votum (1554) by George Buchanan.First performance: Royal Theatre, Covent Garden, London, 26 February 1752Iphis: Rosemary JoshuaStorgé: Patricia BardonHamor: William PurefoyJephtha: Kobie van RensburgZebul: D'Arcy BleikerConductor: René JacobsThe Orchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentThe Clare College Choir, CambridgeRecorded live at the Congress Saal Tirol, Innsbruck (20 August 2002)Libretto available at: http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/jephtha.htmPicture: "Jephthah’s Vow" by Edwin Long (1885-1886).00:00 ACT I6:15 "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs" (Zebul I, 1)9:15 "No more to Ammon's god and king" (Chorus I, 1)12:54 "Virtue my soul shall still embrace" (Jephtha I, 2)17:11 "In gentle murmurs will I mourn" (Storgè I, 2)22:41 "Dull delay, in piercing anguish" (Hamor I, 3)26:08 "Take the heart you fondly gave" (Iphis I, 3)29:30 "These labours past, how happy we!" (Iphise, Hamor I, 3)37:20 "O God, behold our sore distress" (Chorus I, 4)41:39 "Scenes of horror, scenes of woe" (Storgè I, 5)47:08 "The smiling dawn of happy days" (Iphis I, 6)50:41 "When His loud voice in thunder spoke" (Chorus I, 7)55:03 ACT II56:28 "Cherub and seraphim, unbodied forms" (Chorus II, 1)59:35 "Up the dreadful steep ascending" (Harmor II, 1)1:04:39 "Tune the soft melodious lute" (Iphis II, 1)1:09:26 "His mighty arm, with sudden blow" (Jephtha II, 2)1:14:39 "In glory high, in might serene" (Chorus II, 2)1:16:58 Symphony (II, 3)1:18:30 "Welcome as the cheerful light" (Iphis II, 3)1:20:39 "Welcome thou, whose deeds conspire" (Chorus II, 3)1:22:11 "Open thy marble jaws, O tomb" (Jephtha II, 3)1:29:03 "Let other creatures die?" (Storgè II, 3)1:31:08 "On me let blind mistaken zeal" (Hamor II, 3)1:33:00 "Oh, spare your daughter" (Zebul, Storgè, Hamor, Jehptha II, 3)1:37:12 "Happy they! This vital breath" (Iphis II, 4)1:44:34 "How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees" (Chorus II, 4)1:51:18 ACT III1:53:47 "Waft her, angels, through the skies" (Jephtha III, 1)1:58:26 "Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods" (Iphis III, 1)2:03:15 "Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe" (Chorus III, 1)2:06:16 Symphony (III, 1)2:09:07 "Happy, Iphis shalt thou live" (Angel III, 1)2:13:02 "For ever blessed be Thy holy name" (Jephtha III, 1)2:14:22 "Theme sublime of endless praise" (Chorus III, 1)2:18:48 "All that is in Hamor mine" (Iphis III, 2)2:22:21 "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice" (Chorus III, 2)
F. Cavalli - La Didone (Garrido, 2004) Opera Orange 2024-01-20 | LA DIDONE"Opera rappresentata in musica" in a prologue and three actsComposer: Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)Libretto: Giovanni Francesco Busenello (1598-1659), based on Virgil's Aeneid (Book 4 in particular).First performance: Teatro San Cassiano, Venice, 1640.Didone: Emanuela GalliFortuna, Iride, cortigiana: Betsabée HaasVenere: Elisabeth HolmertzCassandra, Giunone, cortigiana: Rebecca OvendenHecuba, cortigiana: Alicia BerriAnna, Creusa: Blandine StaskiewiczAmore, Ascanio: Philippe Jarousskycacciatore: Joseph SchlesingerMercurio: Fabián SchofrinAcate, Pirro, cacciatore: Mario CecchettiCorebo, Eolo, cacciatore: Stephan Van DyckIarbas: François-Nicolas GeslotEnea: Furio ZanasiNettuno, cacciatore: Ivan GarciaAnchise, Giove: Stephan ImbodenConductor: Gabriel GarridoEnsemble ElymaLive recording from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (8 May 2004)Libretto available at: http://www.librettidopera.it/zpdf/didone.pdfPicture: "Death of Dido" by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (between 1757 and 1770).This recording has been generously provided by the owner of the classicalmusicinconcert blog.00:00 Prologue - "Caduta è Troia, e nelle sue ruine"04:01 Act I - Scene 1 - "Armi Enea, diamo all'armi"14:04 Act I - Scene 3 - "Non perdonate al tempio?"23:12 Act I - Scene 4 - "L'alma fiacca svanì"26:58 Act I - Scene 5 - "Omai pon freno all'impeto dell'ira"31:49 Act I - Scene 6 - "Andianne, o genitor, figlio, consorte"37:32 Act I - Scene 7 - "Alle ruine del mio regno adunque"46:17 Act I - Scene 9 - "Deh chi m'insegna omai, deh chi m'addita"53:32 Act I - Scene 10 - "Diva anzi più che diva"58:54 Act II - Scene 1 - "Per eccesso d'affetto"1:03:25 Act II - Scene 2 - "Re de' Getuli altero"1:11:25 Act II - Scene 3 - "Sta mane, mentre l'alba"1:15:52 Act II - Scene 4 - "Le ceneri troiane"1:20:09 Act II - Scene 5 - "Smoderati insolenti "1:22:50 Act II - Scene 6 -"Già del lido africano"1:26:38 Act II - Scene 7 - "Non fu natural vento al creder mio"1:29:09 Act II - Scene 8 - "A chi possiamo dimandar, o Acate"1:34:37 Act II - Scene 9 - "Giunge un ambasciator d'Enea troiano"1:46:07 Act II - Scene 10 - "Bellissima regina"1:50:53 Act II - Scene 11 - "Udiste, o mie dilette"1:55:43 Act II - Scene 12 - "O castità bugiarda"2:00:02 Act II - Scene 13 - "O bella oltre ogni stima"2:02:10 Act III - Scene 1 - "Qual violenza interna"2:11:18 Act III - Scene 2 - "Pur t'ho colta, assassina"2:16:04 Act III - Scene 3 - "Tu tu tu al cingiale, al cingiale"2:20:54 Act III - Scene 4 - "Mercurio vedi tu, come caduto"2:24:35 Act III - Scene 5 - "Enea, che fai, che pensi? Enea tu dormi? "2:29:08 Act III - Scene 6 - "Acate, Ilionèo, compagni, amici"2:35:15 Act III - Scene 7 - "Perfido, misleale"2:48:55 Act III - Scene 10 - "O che vita consolata"2:53:22 Act III - Scene 11 - "Porgetemi la spada"2:58:10 Act III - Scene 12 - "O dèi, che veggio? o dèi, questi non sono"
M.-A. Charpentier - Actéon (Rousset, 2016) Opera Orange 2024-01-05 | ACTÉON (H.481)Opéra de chasse en six scènesComposer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)Libretto: Unknown. Based on Ovid's MetamorphosesFirst performance: ? 1683-1685.Actéon: Cyril AuvityDiane: Daniela SkorkaJunon: Vivica GenauxHyale: Valérie GabailDaphné/Aréthuze: Anat EdriConductor: Christophe RoussetLes Talens LyriquesRecorded live from the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1 October 2016)Libretto available at: http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/acteon.htmlPicture: "Landscape with Diana and Acteon" by Hendrik de Clerck and Denis van Alsloot (ca. 1608).00:00 Scene I06:48 Scene II15:43 Scene III22:54 Scene IV28:27 Scene V29:49 Scene VI
G.F. Händel - Hercules (Moulds, 2007) Opera Orange 2023-12-22 | HERCULES (HWV 60)Musical Drama in 3 actsComposer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)Libretto: Reverend Thomas Broughton (1704–1774)First performance: King's Theatre, London, 5 January 1745 Hercules: Nathan BergDejanira: Ann HallenbergIole: Ingela BohlinHyllus: Ed LyonLichas: Charlotte HellekantPriest of Jupiter: Simon KirkbrideConductor: Christopher MouldsSt. James's BaroqueChorus of the Netherlands OperaRecorded live at the Muziektheater, Amsterdam (10 May 2007)Libretto available at: http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/hercules.htmPicture: "The Apotheosis of Hercules" by François Lemoyne (1731-1736).00:00 ACT I07:23 "No longer, fate, relentless frown" (Lichas I, 1)13:14 "The world, when day's career is run" (Dejanira I, 1)18:13 "I feel, I feel the god, he swells my breast" (Hyllus I, 2)20:38 "There, in myrtle shades reclin'd" (Dejanira I, 2)24:18 "Where congeal'd the northern streams" (Hyllus I, 2)26:41 "O filial piety, O gen'rous love!" (Chorus I, 2)32:47 "Begone, my fears, fly hence, away" (Dejanira I, 3)37:35 "The smiling hours of joyful train" (Lichas I, 3)39:34 "Let none despair; relief may come though late" (Chorus I, 3)42:11 March (I, 5)45:17 "My father! Ah, methinks I see" (Iole I, 5)51:38 "The God of battle quits the bloody field" (Hercules I, 6)53:57 "Crown with festal pomp the day" (Chorus I, 6)56:47 ACT II59:29 "How blest the maid ordained to dwell" (Iole II, 1)1:05:48 "When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears" (Dejanira II, 2)1:09:58 "Ah, think what ills the jealous prove!" (Iole II, 2)1:16:18 "As stars, that rise and disappear" (Lichas II, 3)1:21:47 "Jealousy! Infernal pest" (Chorus II, 3)1:29:23 "Banish love from thy breast" (Iole II, 4)1:35:00 "From celestial seats descending" (Hyllus II, 4)1:40:40 "Wanton god of amorous fires" (Chorus II, 4)1:43:11 "Alcides' name in latest story" (Hercules II, 5)1:48:06 "Resign thy club and lion's spoils" (Dejanira II, 5)1:54:19 "Cease, ruler of the day, to rise" (Dejanira II, 6)2:00:34 "Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r" (Dejanira, Iole II, 8)2:03:40 "Love and Hymen, hand in hand" (Chorus II, 8)2:08:00 ACT III2:13:10 "O scene of unexampled woe" (Lichas III, 1)2:16:21 "Tyrants now no more shall dread" (Chorus III, 1)2:20:17 "O Jove, what land is this, what clime accurst" (Hercules III, 2)2:24:29 "Let not fame the tidings spread" (Hyllus III, 2)2:29:57 "Where shall I fly" (Dejanira III, 3)2:37:40 "My breast with tender pity swells" (Iole III, 4)2:48:15 "Oh prince, whose virtues all admire" (Iole, Hyllus III, 5)2:52:07 "To him your grateful notes of praise belong" (Chorus III, 5)
J.P. Rameau - Les Boréades (Vashegyi, 2023) Opera Orange 2023-12-15 | LES BORÉADESTragédie lyrique en cinq actesComposer: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)Libretto: attributed to Louis de Cahusac (1706-1759)Composition date: c. 1763. The work remained unperformed in Rameau's lifetime. The first known staged performance happened on 21 July 1982 at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner.Alphise: Sabine DevieilheAbaris: Reinoud Van MechelenCalisis: Benedikt KristjánssonBorilée: Philippe EstèpheBorée: Thomas DoliéAdamas, Apollon: Tassis ChristoyannisL'Amour, Polymnie, Sémire, Une Nymphe: Gwendoline BlondeelConductor: György VashegyiPurcell ChoirOrfeo OrchestraLive recording from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (30 September 2023).Libretto available at: booklets.idagio.com/3770011431328.pdfPicture: Detail from "The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli (c. 1484–1486).This recording has been generously provided by the owner of the classicalmusicinconcert blog.00:00 Act I28:24 Act II1:02:07 Act III1:30:26 Act IV1:57:11 Act V
G.F. Händel - Solomon (Labadie, 2014) Opera Orange 2023-12-08 | SOLOMON (HWV 67)Oratorio in 3 actsComposer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)Libretto: Unknown (attributed to Newburgh Hamilton)First performance: Covent Garden Theatre, London , 17 March 1749Solomon: Marie-Nicole LemieuxSolomon’s Queen: Shannon MercerFirst Harlot, Queen of Saba: Karina GauvinSecond Harlot: Krisztina SzabóZadok: James GilchristLevite: Philippe SlyConductor: Bernard LabadieLa Chapelle de QuébecLes Violons du RoyRecorded live at the Palais Montcalm, Québec City (21 March 2014)Libretto available at: http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/solomon.htmPicture: "The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon" by Sir Edward John Poynter (1890).ACT I00:00 1. Overture07:09 2. Your harps and cymbals (chorus)10:23 3. Praise ye the Lord (Levite – air)15:22 4. With pious heart (chorus)19:54 5. Almighty Power (Solomon – accompagnato)22:40 6. Imperial Solomon (Zadok – recitative)23:30 7. Sacred raptures (Zadok – air)27:45 8. Throughout the land (chorus)31:46 9. Bless’d be the Lord (Solomon – recitative)32:12 10. What though I trace (Solomon – air)38:24 11. And see my Queen (Solomon – recitative)39:07 12. Bless’d the day (Queen – air)44:16 13. Thou fair inhabitant of Nile (Solomon, Queen – recitative)44:58 14. Welcome as the dawn of day (Queen Solomon – duet)48:03 15. Vain are the transient beauties (Zadok – recitative)48:50 16. Indulge thy faith (Zadok – air)52:04 17. My blooming fair (Solomon – recitative)52:16 18. Haste to the cedar grove (Solomon – air)55:32 19. When thou art absent (Queen – recitative)55:51 20. With thee th’unshelter’d moor (Queen – air)58:44 21. May no rash intruder ("Nightingale Chorus") (chorus)ACT II1:02:19 22. From the censer curling rise (chorus)1:07:13 23. Prais’d be the Lord (Solomon – recitative)1:08:21 24. When the sun o’er yonder hills (Solomon – air)1:12:50 25. Great prince (Levite – recitative)1:13:16 26. Thrice bless’d that wise discerning king (Levite – air)1:16:34 27. My sovereign liege (Attendant, Solomon – recitative)1:17:21 28. Thou son of David (First harlot – recitative)1:18:38 29. Words are weak (First and second harlot, Solomon – trio)1:24:38 30. What says the other (Solomon, second harlot – recitative)1:25:56 31. Thy sentence, great king (Second harlot – air)1:27:56 32. Withhold, withhold the executing hand (First harlot – recitative)1:28:09 33. Can I see my infant gor’d (First harlot – air)1:33:08 34. Israel attend (Solomon – accompagnato)1:34:52 35. Thrice bless’d be the king (First harlot, Solomon – duet)1:38:25 36. From the east unto the west (chorus)1:40:57 37. From morn to eve (Zadok – recitative)1:41:25 38. See the tall palm (Zadok – air).1:46:47 39. No more shall armed bands (First harlot – recitative)1:47:08 40. Beneath the vine (First harlot – air)1:52:25 41. Swell, swell the full chorus (chorus)ACT III1:55:11 42. Sinfonia ("Arrival of the Queen of Sheba")1:58:03 43. From Arabia’s spicy shores (Queen of Sheba, Solomon – recitative)1:59:16 44. Ev’ry sight these eyes behold (Queen of Sheba – air)2:03:44 45. Sweep, sweep the string (Solomon – recitative)2:04:00 46. Music spread thy voice around (Solomon and chorus)2:07:27 47. Now a different measure (Solomon and chorus)2:09:07 48. Then at once from rage remove (Solomon – recitative)2:09:48 49. Draw the tear from hopeless love (chorus)2:12:29 50. Next the tortur’d soul release (Solomon – recitative)2:12:44 51. Thus rolling surges rise (Solomon and chorus)2:15:54 52. Thy harmony’s divine (Queen of Sheba – recitative)2:17:02 53. Pious king (Levite – air)2:20:13 54. Thrice happy king (Zadok – recitative)2:21:07 55. Golden columns (Zadok – air)2:25:03 56. The name of the wicked (chorus)2:27:17 57. Gold now is common (Solomon – recitative)2:27:45 58. How green our fertile pastures look (Solomon – air)2:30:27 59. May peace in Salem (Queen of Sheba – recitative)2:31:16 60. Will the sun forget to streak (Queen of Sheba – air)2:36:56 61. Adieu, fair queen (Solomon – recitative)2:37:15 62. Ev’ry joy that wisdom knows (Queen of Sheba, Solomon – duet)2:40:03 63. Praise the Lord (chorus)
G. Spontini - La Vestale (De Marchi, 2015) Opera Orange 2023-12-01 | LA VESTALETragédie lyrique in 3 actsComposer: Gaspare Spontini (1774-1851)Libretto: Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy (1764-1846), after Johann Joachim Winckelmann's "Monumenti antichi inediti" (1767).First performance: Salle Montansier, Paris, 15 December 1807.Julia: Alexandra DeshortiesLa Grande Vestale: Sylvie Brunet-GrupposoLicinius: Yann BeuronCinna: Julien DranLe Souverain Pontife: Jean TeitgenConductor: Alessandro De MarchiChœur et Académie de chœur de la MonnaieOrchestre symphonique de la MonnaieRecorded live at the Cirque Royal, Brussels (October 2015)Libretto available at: http://www.operalib.eu/zpdf/vestale.pdf00:00 Act I44:34 Act II1:23:43 Act IIIPicture: Set design for La Vestale by Antonio Basoli.
G.F. Händel - Israel in Egypt (Jacobs, 2022) Opera Orange 2023-11-24 | ISRAEL IN EGYPT (HWV 54)Biblical oratorio in 3 actsComposer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)Libretto: Charles Jennens (1700 – 1773)First performance: King's Theatre, London, 4 April 1739Soprano: Robin JohannsenSoprano: Emmanuelle de NegriContertenor: Alberto Miguélez RoucoTenor: Jeremy OvendenBass: Neal DaviesBass: Yannick DebusConductor: René JacobsZürcher Sing-AkademieFreiburger BarockorchesterRecorded live from the Konzerthaus, Freiburg (18 June 2022)Notes: https://deneb.philharmoniedeparis.fr/uploads/documents/NPGS-16-06-20h30-Israel-en-Egypte.pdf?_ga=2.176983404.894126667.1698057929-1061005061.1698057928Libretto (part II and III only) available at: http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/israel.htmPicture: "Departure of the Israelites" by (David Roberts, 1829)PART I – The Lamentation of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph00:00 I. Symphony02:25 II. Chorus “The sons of Israel do mourn”07:27 III. Chorus “How is the mighty fall’n”10:42 IV. Chorus “He put on righteousness”12:30 V. Chorus “When the ear heard him”15:13 VI. Chorus “How is the mighty fall’n”15:53 VII. Chorus “He deliver’d the poor”20:57 VIII. Chorus “How is the mighty fall’n”21:36 IX. Chorus “The righteous shall be”24:53 X. Chorus “Their bodies are buried in peace”28:51 XI. Chorus “The people will tell of their wisdom”30:21 XII. Chorus “They shall receive a glorious kingdom”33:39 XIII. Chorus “The merciful goodness of the Lord"37:27 Funeral March, excerpt from the oratorio Saül (HWV 53)PART II – Exodus39:43 Recitative “Now there arose a new king”40:08 XIV. Solo and Chorus “And the children of Israel sigh’d” –43:20 Recitative “Then sent he Moses”43:48 XV. Chorus “They loathed to drink”45:31 XVI. Aria “Their land brought forth frogs”47:55 XVII. Chorus “He spake the word”49:54 XVIII. Chorus “He gave them hailstones”51:46 XIX. Chorus “He sent a thick darkness”54:09 XX. Chorus “He smote all the firstborn”56:19 XXI. Chorus “But as for his people”1:00:20 XXII. Chorus “Egypt was glad”1:02:13 XXIII. Chorus “He rebuked the Red Sea”1:04:53 XXIV. Chorus “And Israel saw the great work”PART III – Moses’ Song1:07:25 XXV. Chorus/Introitus “Moses and the children of Israel”1:11:24 XXVI. Duet “The Lord is my strength”1:15:10 XXVII. Chorus “He is my God”1:17:37 XXVIII. Duet “The Land is a man of war”1:23:26 XXIX. Chorus “The depths have cover’d them”1:24:50 XXX. Chorus “Thy right hand”1:28:03 XXXI. Chorus “And with the blast”1:30:54 XXXII. Aria “The enemy said”1:33:06 XXXIII. Aria “Thou dids’t blow”1:35:02 XXXIV. Chorus “Who is like unto thee”1:36:34 XXXV. Duet “Thou in thy mercy”1:40:26 XXXVI. Chorus “The people shall hear”1:45:21 XXXVII. Aria “Thou shalt bring them in”1:48:07 XXXVIII. Chorus “The Lord shall reign” – Recitative “For the horse of the Pharaoh” – Chorus (da capo) “The Lord shall reign” – Recitative “And Miriam the prophetess"1:49:57 XXXIX. Solo and Chorus “Sing ye to the Lord”
C.W. Gluck - Armide (Bolton, 2013) Opera Orange 2023-09-05 | ARMIDEDrame héroïque en 5 actesComposer: Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)Libretto: Philippe Quinault (1635-1688)First performance: Académie Royale de Musique, Paris, 23 September 1777.Armide: Karina GauvinRenaud: Frédéric AntounPhénice: Karin StrobosSidonie: Ana QuintansLa Haine: Diana MontagueHidraot: Andrew Foster-WilliamsLe chevalier Danois: Sébastien DroyUbalde: Henk NevenConductor: Ivor BoltonChor der Nederlandse OperaNiederländisches KammerorchesterLive recording from Netherlands Opera (14 October 2013)Quinault's full libretto (including the Prologue cut by Gluck) is available at: http://www.operalib.eu/zpdf/armide_lully.pdf00:00 Act I24:56 Act II52:32 Act III1:17:59 Act IV1:30:22 Act VPicture: "Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo" by Giambattista Tiepolo (1742/45).
G.F. Händel - Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Jacobs, 2008) Opera Orange 2023-09-01 | GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO (HWV 17)Dramma per musica in 3 actsComposer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym (1678-1729), after Giacomo Francesco Bussani's libretto for Antonio Sartorio. Sartorio's version can be heard here: youtube.com/watch?v=iNXNdI-usmAFirst performance: King's Theatre, London, 20 February 1724.Cleopatra: Sandrine PiauCesare: Lawrence ZazzoCornelia: Kristina HämmarströmSesto: Malena ErnmanTolomeo: Christophe DumauxAchilla: Nicolas RivenqNireno: Andrew RadleyCurio: Andrew DavisConductor: René JacobsFreiburger BarockorchesterRecorded live from Salle Pleyel, Paris (14 June 2008)Libretto available at: http://www.librettidopera.it/zpdf/giulio_ces.pdfPicture: "Cleopatra" by Wilhelm Kotarbiński.00:00 ACT I2:45 "Viva il nostro Alcide" (Coro I, 1)4:10 "Presti omai l'egizia terra" (Cesare I, 1)9:56 "Empio, dirò, tu sei" (Cesare I, 3)14:57 "Priva son d'ogni conforto" (Cornelia I, 4)21:02 "Svegliatevi nel core" (Sesto I, 4)27:41 "Non disperar; chi sa?" (Cleopatra I, 5)33:16 "L'empio, sleale, indegno" (Tolomeo I, 6)41:27 "Non è sì vago e bello" (Cesare I, 7)45:19 "Tutto può donna vezzosa" (Cleopatra I, 7)50:29 "Nel tuo seno, amico sasso" (Cornelia I, 8)56:19 "Cara speme, questo core" (Sesto I, 8)1:02:30 "Va tacito e nascosto" (Cesare I, 9)1:11:12 "Tu sei il cor di questo core" (Achilla I, 9)1:16:20 "Son nata a lagrimar" (Cornelia, Sesto I, 9)1:23:39 ACT II1:26:59 "V'adoro pupille" (Cleopatra II, 2)1:33:34 "Se in fiorito ameno prato" (Cesare II, 2)1:41:50 "Deh piangete, oh mesti lumi" (Cornelia II, 3)1:44:31 "Se a me non sei crudele" (Achilla II, 4)1:50:57 "Cessa omai di sospirar" (Cornelia II, 6)1:55:10 "L'angue offeso mai riposa" (Sesto II,6)2:00:53 "Venere bella" (Cleopatra II, 7)2:06:57 "Al lampo dell'armi" (Cesare II, 8)2:11:42 "Se pietà di me non senti" (Cleopatra II, 8)2:20:58 "Belle dee di questo core" (Tolomeo II, 9)2:26:41 "L'aura che spira tiranno e fiero" (Sesto II, 11)2:31:16 ACT III2:33:07 "Domerò la tua fierezza" (Tolomeo III, 2)2:38:24 "Piangerò la sorte mia" (Cleopatra III, 3)2:46:43 "Aure, deh, per pietà spirate" (Cesare III, 4)2:58:25 "Da tempeste il legno infranto" (Cleopatra III, 7)3:09:17 "Caro! - Bella!" (Cesare, Cleopatra III, 10)3:13:37 "Ritorni omai nel nostro core" (Coro III, 10)
C.W. Gluck - Iphigénie en Aulide (Bolton, 2002) Opera Orange 2023-08-28 | IPHIGÉNIE EN AULIDETragédie en 3 actesComposer: Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)Libretto: François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet (1716-1786)First performance: Académie royale de musique, Paris, 19 April 1774.Iphigénie: Veronica CangemiClytemnestre: Katerina KarnéusDiane: Marie ArnetAchille: Jonas DegerfeldtAgamemnon: Gerald FinleyCalchas: Clive BayleyArcas: Charbel MattarPatrocle: Riccardo SimonettiConductor: Ivor BoltonOrchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentLive recording from Glyndebourne Festival (8 June 2002)Libretto available at: http://www.operalib.eu/zpdf/iphiau_1774.pdf00:00 Act I46:45 Act II1:36:28 Act IIIPicture: "The Sacrifice of Iphigenia" by Giambattista Tiepolo (1747/1750).
A. Campra - LEurope Galante (Christie, 2005) Opera Orange 2023-08-17 | L'EUROPE GALANTEOpéra-ballet en 1 Prologue et 4 Entrées.Composer: André Campra (1660-1744)Libretto: Antoine Houdar de La Motte (1672-1731)First performance: Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris, 24 October 1697.Vénus: Violaine KieferLa Discorde: Clémentine MargaineLes 2 grâces: Elizabeth DobbinCéphise: Stefanie TrueDoris: Lina MarkebyPhilène, un espagnol: Mark SpyropoulosSylvandre: Guillaume OlryUne bergère, Olimpia: Clara CoutoulyUne autre bergère, Une espagnole, Vénitienne: Anna SanchezUn berger: Frédéric BurdetDom Pedro: Anthony Lo PapaDom Carlos: Aidan SmithOctavio: Lisandro NesisFemme du bal, Zaïde: Isabelle DruetVénitien: Ludovic ProvostRoxanne: Sarah BretonZuliman: Sydney FierroBostangi: Jérémie LesageConductor: William ChristieAcadémie baroque européenne d’AmbronayLive recording from October 2005.This performance uses the 17th century French pronunciation. A recording of "L'Europe Galante" with modern French pronunciation is available at: youtube.com/watch?v=ko58YD0-Pt0Libretto available at: https://static1.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr/files/2/16/72/@/23912122-l-europe-galante-002-livret-121x118mm-interactif.pdf00:00 Prologue21:09 Entrée I - La France42:11 Entrée II - L'Espagne1:04:20 Entrée III - L'Italie1:28:50 Entrée IV - La TurquiePicture: "L'Escarpolette" by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1767-68).
W.A. Mozart - La Betulia Liberata (Rousset, 2003) Opera Orange 2023-08-17 | LA BETULIA LIBERATA (K. 118/74c)Azione sacra in 2 partsComposer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)Libretto: Pietro Metastasio (1698-1792)Composition: 1771Giuditta: Ann HallenbergAmital: Jaël AzzarettiCabri/Carmi: Ingela BohlinOzia: John MacVeighAchior: João FernandesConductor: Christophe RoussetLes Talens LyriquesLive recording from the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (20 November 2003)Libretto available at: https://dme.mozarteum.at/libretti-edition/pdf/LV_250.pdf00:00 PART I04:40 "D’ogni colpa la colpa maggiore" (Ozia)13:03 "Ma qual virtù non cede" (Cabri)19:05 "Non hai cor" (Amital)25:02 "Pietà, se irato sei" (Ozia, Coro)31:37 "Del pari infeconda" (Giuditta)40:28 "Pietà, se irato sei" (Ozia, Coro)46:31 "Terribile d’aspetto" (Achior)51:53 "Parto inerme, e non pavento" (Giuditta)58:37 "Oh prodigio! Oh stupor!" (Coro)1:00:58 PART II1:03:23 "Se Dio veder tu vuoi" (Ozia)1:13:47 "Quel nocchier che in gran procella" (Amital)1:28:01 "Prigionier che fa ritorno" (Giuditta)1:37:48 "Te solo adoro" (Achior)1:42:13 "Con troppa rea viltà" (Amital)1:49:01 "Quei moti che senti" (Carmi)1:52:00 "Lodi al gran Dio" (Giuditta, Coro)Picture: "Judith Beheading Holofernes" by Caravaggio (c. 1598–1599 or 1602).
A. Sartorio - Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Cremonesi, 2004) Opera Orange 2023-08-12 | GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTODramma per musica in 3 actsComposer: Antonio Sartorio (1630-1680)Libretto: Giacomo Francesco Bussani. The libretto was later adapted by Nicola Francesco Haym for Georg Friedrich Händel's Giulio Cesare. Handel's version can be heard here: youtube.com/watch?v=p4XJVbR7c-MFirst performance: Teatro San Salvador, Venice, 17 December 1676.Cleopatra: Laura AlonsoCornelia: Claire BruaGiulio Cesare: Alexandrina PendatchanskaSesto: Amel Brahim-DjelloulNireno: Maria Cristina KiehrTolemeo: Dominique VisseAchilla: Federico SacchiCurio: Andries CloeteRodisbe: Steven ColeConductor: Attilio CremonesiLa Cetra Barockorchester BaselLive recording from Innsbruck Festival (25 August 2004)Libretto available at: operalibretto.com/libretto-giulio-cesare-in-egitto-sartorio00:00 Act I1:06:32 Act II1:58:39 Act IIIPicture: "Caesar giving Cleopatra the Throne of Egypt" by Pietro da Cortona (circa 1637).
J.-M. Leclair - Scylla et Glaucus (Rousset, 2005) Opera Orange 2023-08-07 | SCYLLA ET GLAUCUSTragédie lyrique en un prologue et cinq actesComposer: Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764)Libretto: d'AlbaretFirst performance: Académie royale de musique, Paris, 4 October 1746.Scylla: Gaëlle Le RoiCircé: Karina GauvinVenus, Dorine, une Sicilienne: Salomé HallerL’Amour, Témire: Céline ScheenGlaucus: Robert GetchellLe chef des peuples, Licas, Hécate: Nicholas AchtenUn Sylvain: Didier ChevalierUne Bergère: Cécile Dibon-LafargeUne Dryade: Solange Añorga1er Propétide: Jean-Christophe Henry2ème Propétide: Marc ManodrittaConductor: Christophe RoussetLes Talens LyriquesChœur Les ÉlémensLive recording from the Opéra Royal, Versailles (27 September 2005)Libretto available at: chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/AJ0960.pdfApologies for the the 20 seconds technical glitch that unfortunately affects the recording around 1 hours 54 min.00:00 Prologue27:50 Act I53:09 Act II1:15:25 Act III1:45:29 Act IV2:15:38 Act VPicture: "Glauco e Scilla" by Jacopo Chimenti (1551-1640).
G.P. Telemann - Der Geduldige Sokrates (Jacobs, 2007) Opera Orange 2023-08-02 | DER GEDULDIGE SOKRATES ("The patient Socrates") (TVWV 21:9)Musikalisches Lustspiel in 3 actsComposer: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)Libretto: Johann Ulrich König (1688-1744), after Nicolò Minato's "La patienza di Socrate con due moglie"First performance: Theater am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg, 28 January 1721.Rodisette, Cupido: Sunhae ImEdronica: Birgitte ChristensenXantippe: Inga KalnaAmitta: Kristine HanssonMelito: Donat HavarAntippo: Matthias RexrothSokrates: Marcos FinkNicia: Marteen KoningsbergerPitho: Daniel JenzAristophanes: Alexey KudryaPlato: Michael KranebitterAlcibiades: Sun-Hwan AhnXenophon: Richard KleinConductor: René JacobsAkademie für Alte Musik BerlinInnsbruck Festival ChorusLive recording from Cité de la Musique, Paris (13 October 2007)Libretto & info: docplayer.org/39704032-Georg-philipp-telemann-der-geduldige-sokrates-1721.html00:00 ACT I03:15 "Vergnüge dich, mein stiller Mut!" (Sokrates I, 1)10:07 "Lieta son io" (Amitta, Xantippe I, 2)12:49 "Weg, weg, Müßiggang" (Alcibiades, Xenophon, Plato, Pitho, Sokrates I, 3)17:19 "L’huom che posto nel mondo fù" (Melito, Coro I, 4)20:37 "Corpus meus exaltabo" (Pitho I,4)23:02 "Che far si può" (Rodisette I, 5)26:34 "O ihr Sonnen, mehr als Sterne" (Edronica I, 5)31:17 "Die Sonne brennet dem verliebt entgegen" (Antippo I, 6)33:25 "Da me non lo sperar" (Rodiseta, Edronica I, 6)38:48 "Core, core, senza amore" (Melito I, 9)43:32 "Küsse, wähl" (Nicia I, 10)47:50 "Ja, ja, ich hoffe noch" (Rodisette, Edronica I, 10)52:16 ACT II52:49 "Verjaget die Missgunst, verbannet das Zanken!" (Sokrates II, 1)58:20 "Io no, io non cederò, no, no!" (Xantippe, Amitta II, 1)1:03:00 "Das Glas zur Hand! Sa! Sa!" (Pitho II, 3)1:05:32 "Ein Mann, der sich zwo Frauen angetrau" (Sokrates II, 3)1:10:33 "Mich tröstet die Hoffnung mit schmeichelnden Scherzen" (Rodisette II, 4)1:16:53 "In sembianza di lieta donzella" (Edronica II, 4)1:21:27 "Blitzet, strahlet holde Blicke" (Antippo II, 5)1:25:44 "Entschließe dich für mich" (Rodisette, Edonica II, 6)1:26:52 "Es fesseln mich zwo allzu schöne Ketten" (Melito II, 6)1:31:52 "Hoffet nur, getreue Seelen" (Aristophanes, Nicia II, 7)1:37:29 "Zum Streit, zum Streit! Die Feder her" (Aristophanes II, 8)1:42:08 "Oh mio caro il mio cor" (Xantippe, Amitta II, 9)1:46:37 "Son pur bella, son pur vaga" (Xantippe II, 10)1:51:07 "Ein Mädchen und ein Gläschen Wein" (Pitho II, 12)1:54:18 ACT III1:54:18 "Ach, Adon" (Coro III, 1)1:57:33 "Weg Kummer, weg Sorgen!" (Cupido, Coro II, 1)2:01:50 "Schauet diese sanften Quellen" (Sokrates, Xantippe, Amitta III, 2)2:04:38 "Nimm mich hin, mein wertes Leben" (Amitta III, 2)2:09:03 "Voi, sfiorandovi ci mostrate" (Sokrates, Xenophon, Alcibiades, Pitho, Plato III, 3)2:13:31 "Die Sehnsucht stürmt auf mein Gemüte" (Melito III, 4)2:16:46 "Contenti o pene" (Edronica III, 5)2:20:39 "Il mio core" (Rodisette III, 5)2:21:51 "Willst du dich ihr ergeben" (Edronica, Melito, Rodisette III, 5)2:23:47 "S’io ami, o non ami" (Antippo III, 6)2:29:42 "Pastorello tutto bello" (Xantippe III, 7)2:34:52 "Mores, Mores, Mores!" (Pitho III, 7)2:35:55 "Contrastar con l’impossibile" (Nicia III, 8)2:39:32 "Auf! Erscheinet, ihr fröhliche Stunden" (Melito III, 8)2:43:31 "Mir schmeichelt die Hoffnung, mich tröstet das Glücke" (Edronica III, 9)2:47:11 "No, non si può soffrir" (Rodisette III, 10)2:52:38 "Che volete? Non l’intendo" (Rodisette, Melito III, 10)2:54:22 "Quest’io sò, che nulla sò" (Sokrates III, 11)2:58:46 "Ist Lieben ein Verlangen?" (Sokrates III, 11)3:00:54 "Hegt dein Herze kein Erbarmen" (Antippo III, 12)3:05:10 "Liebe, deine Schmeicheleien" (Coro III, 13)Picture: "The School of Athens" by Raphael (1509–1511).
M.-A. Charpentier - David et Jonathas (Haïm, 2004) Opera Orange 2023-07-28 | DAVID ET JONATHAS (H. 490)Tragédie en musique en un prologue et cinq actesComposer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)Libretto: François de Paule Bretonneau (1660-1741)First performance: Collège Louis-le-Grand, Paris, 28 February 1688.David: Mark PadmoreJonathas: Jaël AzzarettiSaül: Laurent NaouriAchis: Andrew Foster-WilliamsL'Ombre de Samuel: Richard SavageLa Pythonisse: Daniel AuchinclossJoabel: Richard BurkhardConductor: Emmanuelle HaïmChoir and Orchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentRecorded live from the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris (20 March 2004)Libretto available at: web.archive.org/web/20090930110358/http://www.pinchgutopera.com.au/cms/uploads/productions/d%20and%20j%20libretto.pdf00:00 Prologue17:45 Act I43:50 Act II1:01:13 Act III1:17:12 Act IV1:38:06 Act VPicture: "David et Jonathas" by Gustave Doré.
G.F. Händel - Teseo (Cohën-Akenine, 2011) Opera Orange 2023-07-24 | TESEO (HWV 9)Opera seria in 5 ActsComposer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym, after Philippe Quinault's Thésée.First performance: Queen's Theatre, London, 10 January 1713.Agilea: Emmanuelle de NegriMedea: Mary-Ellen NesiClizia: Ana QuintansTeseo: Max Emanuel CencicEgeo: Xavier SabataArcane: Damien GuillonConductor: Patrick Cohën-AkenineLes Folies FrançoisesRecorded live from the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris (12 February 2011)Libretto available at: archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haendel.it%2Fcomposizioni%2Flibretti%2Fpdf%2Fteseo.pdf%2Findex.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url00:00 ACT I05:48 "E’pur bello in’nobil core" (Agilea I, 2)12:12 "Ti credo sì ben mio" (Clizia I, 4)15:22 "Ah cruda Gelosia" (Arcane I, 4)20:38 "Addio, mio caro bene" (Arcane, Clizia I, 4)25:23 "Ricordati o bella" (Egeo I, 5)30:01 "M’adora l’idol mio" (Agilea I, 6)34:51 ACT II34:51 "Dolce riposo, ed innocente pace." (Medea II, 1)38:49 "Quell’Amor ch’è nato a forza" (Medea II, 1)42:47 "Sì, ti lascio" (Medea, Egeo II, 2)48:20 "Quanto che a me sian care" (Teseo II, 5)52:40 "Non so più che bramar" (Teseo II, 5)55:05 "Ira, sdegno, e furore" (Medea II, 6)55:46 "O stringerò nel sen" (Medea II, 6)59:23 ACT III1:00:05 "Risplendete amiche stelle" (Clizia III, 1)1:03:43 "Più non cerca libertà" (Arcane III, 1)1:06:38 "Vieni, torna idolo mio" (Agilea III, 2)1:11:52 "S’armi il fato, s’armi Amor" (Teseo III, 2)1:19:52 "Sibilando, ululando" (Medea III, 4)1:23:21 ACT IV1:24:39 "Voglio Stragi, e Voglio morte" (Egeo IV, 1)1:28:06 "Benchè tuoni, e L’etra avvampi" (Arcane IV, 1)1:31:53 "Deh v’aprite, o Luci belle" (Agilea IV, 3)1:35:51 "Dal cupo Baratro, Venite o Furie" (Medea IV, 3)1:39:12 "Chi ritorna alla mia mente" (Teseo IV, 4)1:43:12 "Qual Tigre o qual Megera" (Teseo IV, 5)1:46:11 "Amarti io sì vorrei" (Agilea IV, 5)1:52:38 "Cara, caro, ti dono in pegno il cor" (Teseo, Agilea IV, 7)1:57:58 ACT V1:59:08 "Morirò, ma vendicata" (Medea V, 1)2:04:40 "Non è da Re quel Cor" (Egeo V, 2)2:07:22 "Ho per mano il mio tesor" (Teseo V, 4)2:11:53 "Si t'amo, oh caro, quanto un dì t'amai" (Agilea V, 4)2:15:27 "Unito ad un puro affetto" (Clizia, Arcane V, 4)2:22:28 "Goda ogn’or Alma in sì bel giorno" (Coro V, 6)Picture: "Thésée retrouve l'épée de son père" by Nicolas Poussin and Jean Le Maire (around 1638).
M.-A. Charpentier - Médée (Alarcón, 2019) Opera Orange 2023-07-19 | MÉDÉE (H.491)Tragédie lyrique en un prologue et cinq actesComposer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)Libretto: Thomas Corneille (1625-1709)First performance: Théâtre du Palais Royal, Paris, 4 December 1693.Note: This performance (unfortunately) omits the Prologue.Médée: Anna Caterina AntonacciJason: Cyril AuvityCréuse, 1er fantôme: Keri FugeNérine: Alexandra Dobos-RodriguezCléone, Amour, 1ère captive: Magali LégerOronte: Charles RiceCréon: Willard WhiteArcas, Argien, Vengeance: Alban LegosUn corinthien, Jalousie, 3ème captive, 2ème corinthien: Jérémie SchützUne femme italienne, 2ème fantôme: Mi-Young Kim1er corinthien, argien: José PazosConductor: Leonardo García AlarcónCappella MediterraneaChœur du Grand Théâtre de GenèveRecorded live from the Grand Théâtre de Genève (11 May 2019)Libretto available at: arts-florissants.org/media/livrets-cds-pdfs/livret_hmc-901139-41.pdf00:00 Act I38:27 Act II1:18:53 Act III1:53:38 Act IV2:27:40 Act VPicture: "Medea an der Urne” by Anselm Feuerbach (1873).
J.A. Hasse - MarcAntonio e Cleopatra (Dantone, 2018) Opera Orange 2023-07-13 | MARC'ANTONIO E CLEOPATRASerenata in 2 partsComposer: Johann Adolf Hasse (1699–1783)Libretto: Francesco RicciardiFirst performance: Carlo Carmignano's house, Naples, September 1725. The famous castrato Farinelli was singing Cleopatra and the contralto Vittoria Tesi was singing Marc'Antonio.Cleopatra: Valer SabadusMarc’Antonio: Delphine GalouConductor: Ottavio DantoneAccademia BizantinaRecorded live from Laeiszhalle, Hamburg (9 November 2018)Libretto: tfront.com/images/product/pdfs/218634.pdf00:00 PART I06:00 "Pur ch’io possa a te, ben mio" (Marc'Antonio)11:20 "Morte col fiero aspetto" (Cleopatra)16:20 "Fra le pompe peregrine" (Marc'Antonio)23:31 "Un sol tuo sospiro" (Cleopatra)30:31 "Attendi ad amarmi" (Cleopatra, Marc'Antonio)34:35 PART II37:10 "A Dio trono, impero a Dio" (Cleopatra)41:31 "Come veder potrei" (Marc'Antonio)47:40 "Quel candido armellino" (Cleopatra)55:24 "Là tra i mirti degli Elisi" (Marc'Antonio)1:05:18 "Bella etade avventurosa" (Cleopatra, Marc'Antonio)Picture: "The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra" by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (ca. 1745–47).
A. Stradella - San Giovanni Battista (Luks, 2018) Opera Orange 2023-07-07 | SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTAOratorio in 2 partsComposer: Alessandro Stradella (1643-1682)Libretto: Ansaldo Ansaldi (1651-1719)First performance: Basilica di San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini, Rome (31 March 1675). Revived in 1688 (Modena), 1693 (Florence) and 1698 (Rome).San Giovanni Battista: Christophe DumauxErodiade la Figlia: Giulia SemenzatoErodiade la Madre: Lucile RichardotConsigliere: Krystian AdamErode: Kresimir StrazanacConductor: Vaclav LuksCollegium 1704Live recording from Salzburg Festival (26 July 2018)Libretto: chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/AJ0579.pdf00:00 Part I38:31 Part IIPicture: "The Head of Saint John the Baptist Presented to Salome" by Peter Paul Rubens (1609).
L. Lully & M. Marais - Alcide (Corréas, 2006) Opera Orange 2023-07-02 | ALCIDE ou LE TRIOMPHE D’HERCULETragédie lyrique en un prologue et cinq actesComposers: Louis Lully (1664-1734) and Marin Marais (1656-1728)Libretto: Jean Galbert de Campistron (1656-1723)First performance: Académie Royale de Musique, 3 February 1693Alcide: Paul AgnewDéjanire: Aurélia LegayIole: Salomé HallerPhiloctète: Nicolas CavallierThestilis: Brigitte BalleysAeglé: Stéphanie RévidatL’Amour: Sophie LandyUne Bergère: Béatrice GobinConductor: Jérôme CorréasLes PaladinsLes Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de VersaillesStage Director: Olivier SimonnetFilmed at the Théâtre Royal, Versailles (7 October 2006)Libretto: web.archive.org/web/20131101082607/http://livretsbaroques.fr/Operas/alcide_Lully_Marais.htm00:00 Prologue21:18 Act I40:23 Act II1:05:26 Act III1:29:14 Act IV1:48:45 Act V
M. Marais - Alcione (Christie, 1991) Opera Orange 2023-06-30 | ALCIONETragédie lyrique en un prologue et cinq actesComposer: Marin Marais (1656-1728)Libretto: Antoine Houdar de la Motte (1672-1731)First performance: Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris, 18 February 1706Alcione: Agnès MellonIsmene, Magicienne: Françoise SemellazUne Matelote, Une Bergère: Donatienne Michel-DansacCéphise, 2eme Matelote: Caroline PelonUne Eolienne: Béatrice MalleretDoris, La Prêtresse de Junon: Isabelle SchoenheitCéix, Morphée: Gerd TürkPelée: Jérôme CorréasPhorbas, Magicien: Nicolas CavallierSuivant de Ceix, Le Sommeil, Phosphore: Charles DanielsTimole: Jean-Claude SaragossePan, Le Grand Prêtre de l’Hymen, Neptune: Nicholas IsherwoodApollon: Bernard LoonenConductor: William ChristieLes Arts FlorissantsLive recording from Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (30 May 1991)Libretto and info about the performers: arts-florissants.org/media/programmes-pdfs/l-pro-1991-18.pdf00:00 Prologue23:18 Act I47:03 Act II1:05:50 Act III1:24:35 Act IV1:45:09 Act VPicture: "Ceyx and Alcyone" by Richard Wilson (1768). Engraved by William Woollett.
A. Scarlatti - Mitridate Eupatore (Noally, 2017) Opera Orange 2023-06-22 | IL MITRIDATE EUPATOREOpera seria in 5 actsComposer: Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)Libretto: Gerolamo Frigimelica Roberti (1653-1732)First performance: Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo, Venice (5 January 1707)Laodice: Blandine StaskiewiczStratonica: Mary Ellen NesiPelopida: Sacha HatalaMitridate Eupatore: Anthéa PichanickAntigono: Lucile RichardotNicomede: Anna KasyanFarnace: Victor SicardConductor: Thibault NoallyLes AccentsLive recording from Beaune Festival (21 July 2017)Libretto: http://www.librettidopera.it/mitrieup/mitrieup.html00:00 ACT I05:21 "Sì un adultero è nel soglio" (Laodice I, 1)09:56 "Tra i perigli, i timori, e le morti" (Laodice, I, 2)17:07 "O mai se n' vada il piè" (Antigono I, 4)19:59 "Se il trono dimando" (Eupatore I, 5)25:53 "Quante furie ha il crudo Averno" (Stratonica I, 6)28:59 "L'allegrezza, chi ben l'intende" (Farnace I, 7)33:30 "Bella gloria d'un gran re" (Nicomede I, 8)37:09 ACT II38:05 "Patrii numi, amici dèi" (Eupatore II, 1)44:17 "Il mondo mal sospetta" (Stratonica II, 2)49:43 "Ottenga la paura" (Farnace II, 5)52:04 "Ingiusta fortuna" (Nicomede II, 7)57:07 "Dolce stimolo al tuo bel cor" (Laodice II, 8)1:02:42 "Sì, sì spera, o caro sposo" (Antigono, Eupatore II, 9)1:05:14 ACT III1:09:31 "Ciò che al regno è beneficio" (Farnace III, 1)1:13:48 "Voi vedete o dèi d'Egitto" (Eupatore III, 2)1:18:35 "Esci ommai, che più non v'hai loco" (Stratonica III, 3)1:24:23 "Vado sì con pronto piè" (Nicomede III, 5)1:34:02 "Chi ben opra ben confida" (Laodice, Nicomede III, 8)1:36:39 ACT IV1:39:52 "Stelle, se il vostro lume" (Eupatore IV, I)1:47:20 "Cara tomba del mio diletto" (Laodice IV, 2)1:55:12 "Sì per sempre ancor ti abbraccio" (Laodice, Eupatore IV, 3)1:59:59 "Tu caro in questo dì" (Laodice IV, 4)2:03:32 "All'armi, a battaglia" (Nicomede IV, 5)2:09:09 "Odiata, disprezzata" (Stratonica IV, 6)2:11:04 ACT V2:13:58 "Uccidete, distruggete" (Eupatore V, 2)2:17:08 "Tu sei l'anima del mio core" (Antigono V, 4)2:21:14 "Come dolce un sicuro diletto" (Stratonica V, 5)2:29:40 "Del pien diletto" (Laodice V, 7)2:37:10 "Primo oggetto, e primo onore" (Eupatore V, 8)2:38:55 "Viva pur sempre beato" (Tutti V, 8)Picture: "Capriccio with figures among classical ruins and ships beyond" by Gennaro Greco (between 1683 and 1714).
J.-B. Lully - Thésée (Haïm, 2008) Opera Orange 2023-06-19 | THÉSÉETragédie lyrique en un prologue et cinq actesComposer: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)Libretto: Philippe Quinault (1635-1688)First performance: Académie Royale de Musique, 15 January 1675Médée: Anne Sofie von OtterAeglé: Sophie KarthaüserCérès, Cléone, Une Bergère: Jaël AzzarettiVénus, Dorine: Aurélia LegayLa Prêtresse: Salomé HallerThésée: Paul AgnewEgée: Jean-Philippe LafontMars, Arcas: Nathan BergBacchus, Un Plaisir, Un Berger: Cyril AuvityConductor: Emmanuelle HaïmLe concert d’AstréeLive recording from the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris (22 February 2008)Libretto available at: http://www.theatre-classique.fr/pages/pdf/QUINAULT_THESEE.pdf00:00 Prologue26:55 Act I1:02:54 Act II1:29:10 Act III1:52:48 Act IV2:21:11 Act VPictures: Illustations accompagnant l'édition de 1711 de la partition.
A. Salieri - Prima la musica e poi le parole (Bareza, 1973) Opera Orange 2023-06-16 | PRIMA LA MUSICA E POI LE PAROLE ("First the music and then the words")Divertimento teatrale in 1 actComposer: Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)Libretto: Giovanni Battista Casti (1824-1903) First performance: Orangery of Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna (7 February 1786)Eleonora: Durdevka CakarevicThe Composer: Enrico FissoreThe Poet: Vladimir DruzdakTonina: Nada Linda SiriscevicConductor: Nicza BarezaFestival Opera EnsembleCity of Dubrovnik Symphony OrchestraLive recording from Rector's Palace Atrium, Dubrovník (6 August 1973)Libretto available at: http://www.librettidopera.it/zpdf/primamus_bn.pdfPicture: "Schönbrunn Palace viewed from the gardens" by Bernardo Bellotto (1759/1760).
A. Salieri - Falstaff (Jacobs, 2016) Opera Orange 2023-06-16 | FALSTAFFDramma giocoso in 2 actsComposer: Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)Libretto: Carlo Prospero Defranceschi after William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. First performance: Kärntnertortheater, Vienna (3 January 1799)Sir John Falstaff: Christoph PohlMr. Ford: Maxim MironovMrs. Alice Ford: Annett FritschMr. Slender: Arttu KatajaMrs. Slender: Alex PendaBardolf: Robert GleadowBetty: Mirella HagenConductor: René JacobsAkademie für Alte MusikLive recording from Theater an der Wien (October 2016)Libretto available at: http://www.librettidopera.it/zpdf/falstaffs.pdf00:00 Act I1:24:44 Act IIPicture: "Falstaff" by Eduard von Grützner.
A. Campra - LEurope Galante (Minkowski, 1993) Opera Orange 2023-06-14 | L'EUROPE GALANTEOpéra-ballet en 1 Prologue et 4 Entrées.Composer: André Campra (1660-1744)Libretto: Antoine Houdar de La Motte (1672-1731)First performance: Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris (24 October 1697)Restitution by Jérôme de La Gorce from the 1724 score.Vénus, Fleur Rose, Doris, Musicien: Jennifer SmithCéphise, L’Espagnol: Sally BradshawGrace: Julie HasslerBerger: Sophie JolicePhilene, Don Pedro: Jean-Paul FouchécourtSilvandre, Don Carlos: Laurent NaouriDiscorde: Philippe HuttenlocherConductor: Marc MinkowskiEnsemble Vocal SagittariusLes Musiciens du LouvreLive recording from Royal Opera, Versailles (13 June 1993)This performance uses the modern French pronunciation. A recording of "L'Europe Galante" with the 17th century French pronunciation is available at: youtube.com/watch?v=fW90Ez_dCN8Livret: https://static1.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr/files/2/16/72/@/23912122-l-europe-galante-002-livret-121x118mm-interactif.pdf00:00 Prologue25:16 Entrée I - La France45:28 Entrée II - L'Espagne1:08:25 Entrée III - L'Italie1:39:02 Entrée IV - La TurquiePicture: "Embarquement pour Cythère" by Jean Antoine Watteau (1718).
J.-P. Rameau - Les Indes Galantes (Reyne, 2013) Opera Orange 2023-06-12 | LES INDES GALANTESBallet héroïque en 1 Prologue et 4 Entrées.Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)Libretto: Louis Fuzelier (1674-1752)First performance: Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris (23 August 1735)Full and original version based on the sources of the library of the Opéra de Paris.Amour, Phani, Fatime, Zima: Valérie GabailHébé, Émilie, Zaïre: Stéphanie RévidatCarlos, Damon: Reinoud Van MechelenValère, Tacmas: François-Nicolas GeslotBellone, Osman, Huascar, Ali, Adario: Aimery LefèvreAlvar: Sydney FierroConductor: Hugo ReyneLe Chœur du MaraisLa Simphonie du MaraisRecorded in concert and final rehearsal in Vienna Konzerthaus at the Resonanzen Festival in January 2013.Libretto available at: https://static1.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr/files/6/17/06/@/23912122-indes-galantes-031-livret-cd-121x118mm.pdf0:00:00 Prologue0:41:31 Première Entrée « Le Turc Généreux »1:17:21 Deuxième Entrée « Les Incas Du Pérou »1:55:07 Troisième Entrée « Les Fleurs, Fête Persane »2:41:08 Quatrième Entrée « Les Sauvages »Full timestamps in the pinned comment.Picture: "Les Indes Galantes, 1re entrée : Le turc généreux" by Bernardo Bellotto (1758).
J.-B. Lully - Atys (Reyne, 2009) Opera Orange 2023-06-07 | ATYSTragédie lyrique en un prologue et cinq actesComposer: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)Libretto: Philippe Quinault (1635-1688), after Ovid's FastiFirst performance: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 10 January 1676Atys: Romain Champion Flore, Sangaride: Bénédicte Tauran Melpomène, Cybèle: Amaya Dominguez Iris, Doris: Maud Ryaux Idas: Mattieu Heim Mélisse: Maïlys de Villoutreys Célénus, Phantase: Aimery LefèvreConductor: Hugo ReyneLa Simphonie du MaraisRecording: August 2009Libretto available at: https://www.theatre-classique.fr/pages/pdf/QUINAULT_ATYS.pdf00:00 Prologue18:47 Act I55:53 Act II1:16:51 Act III1:53:00 Act IV2:16:29 Act VFull timestamps in the pinned comment.Pictures: Illustrations accompagnant l'édition de 1720 de la partition.
A. Sacchini - Œdipe à Colone (Latham-Koenig, 1992) Opera Orange 2023-06-07 | ŒDIPE À COLONEOpera in 3 actsComposer: Antonio Sacchini (1730-1786)Libretto: Nicolas-François Guillard after SophoclesFirst performance: Versailles, 4 January 1786Œdipe: Marcel VanaudAntigone: Valérie MillotPolynice: Jean-Luc VialaEriphile: Mireille DelunschThésée: Daniel Galvez-VallejoUne athénienne: Valérie LecoqLe grand prêtre: Laurent NaouriConductor: Jan Latham-KoenigEnsemble Orchestral de ParisEnsemble Vocal Audite Nova de ParisLive recording from Festival de Montpellier (17 July 1992)Libretto available at: naxos.com/sungtext/PDF/660196-97oedipe_text.pdf00:00 Act I31:41 Act II56:00 Act IIIPicture: "Œdipe à Colone" by Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust (1788).
J.-B. Lully - Persée (Rousset, 2001) Opera Orange 2023-05-30 | PERSÉETragédie lyrique en un prologue et cinq actesComposer: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)Libretto: Philippe Quinault (1635-1688), after Ovid’s MetamorphosesFirst performance: Académie Royale de Musique, 17 April 1682Persée: Paul AgnewAndromède: Anna-Maria PanzarellaMérope, la Fortune: Salomé HallerPhinée: Jérôme CorréasCéphée: Vincent BillierCassiope, Imène: Monique SimonMercure, Megathyme: Robert GetchellLa Vertu, Vénus: Béatrice Mayo FelipMéduse, Phronime: Laurent SlaarsEuryale, Corite: Cyril AuvitySténone: Bruno RostandConductor: Christophe RoussetLes Talens LyriquesLes Chantres de la ChapelleRecording: Cité de la Musique, Paris, 16 September 2001Libretto available at: http://www.theatre-classique.fr/pages/pdf/QUINAULT_PERSEE.pdf00:00 Prologue22:47 Act I52:22 Act II1:29:15 Act III1:48:24 Act IV2:19:34 Act VFull timestamps on the pinned comment.Pictures: Illustrations accompagnant l'édition de 1710 de la partition.
J.-B. Lully - Isis (Reyne, 2005) Opera Orange 2023-05-30 | ISISTragédie lyrique en un prologue et cinq actesComposer: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)Libretto: Philippe Quinault (1635-1688), after Ovid's MetamorphosesFirst performance: Académie Royale de Musique, 5 January 1677Io (Isis): Françoise MassetLa Renommée, Iris, Hébé, Première Parque: Isabelle DesrochersCalliope, Mycène, Syrinx: Valérie GabailJunon, Seconde Parque: Guillemette LaurensMercure, Second Berger, Premier conducteur des Chalybes: Howard CrookHierax, Pan: Bertrand ChuberreJupiter: Bernard DeletréNeptune, Argus, Second conducteur des Chalybes: Renaud DelaigueApollon, Pirante, Premier Berger, Erinnis: Robert GetchellConductor: Hugo ReyneLa Simphonie du MaraisChoeur du MaraisRecording: 6 July 2005Libretto available at: http://www.theatre-classique.fr/pages/pdf/QUINAULT_ISIS.pdf00:00 Prologue26:24 Act I52:37 Act II1:19:44 Act III1:52:36 Act IV2:10:16 Act VFull timestamps in the pinned comment.Picture: "Juno Discovering Jupiter with Io" by Pieter Lastman (1618).
J.-B. Lully - Amadis (Reyne, 2006) Opera Orange 2023-05-29 | AMADISTragédie lyrique en un prologue et cinq actesComposer: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)Libretto: Philippe Quinault (1635-1688)First performance: Académie Royale de Musique, 18 January 1684Arcabonne: Céline RicciOriane: Guillemette LaurensAmadis: François-Nicolas GeslotFlorestan: Bertrand ChuberreArcalaüs: Florian WestphalUrgande: Camille PoulAlquif, un Geôlier, l’Ombre d’Ardan: Matthieu HeimSuivante d’Urgande, une Bergère: Agathe BoudetSuivante d’Urgande, une Bergère, une Captive: Hélène RicherUne Captive: Maïlys de VilloutreysUn Captif: Benoît PorcherotUn Berger: Daniel LalandreUn Berger, un Captif: Thomas Van EssenConductor: Hugo ReyneLa Simphonie du MaraisChoeur du MaraisRecording: 11 July 2006Libretto available at: http://www.theatre-classique.fr/pages/pdf/QUINAULT_AMADIS.pdf00:00 Prologue21:31 Act I47:47 Act II1:26:32 Act III1:57:13 Act IV2:21:58 Act VFull timestamps in the pinned comment.Pictures: Illustrations accompagnant la seconde édition de la partition (1711).
N. Jommelli - Armida Abbandonata (Rousset, 1994) Opera Orange 2023-05-27 | ARMIDA ABBANDONATADramma per musica in 3 actsComposer: Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774)Libretto: Francesco Saverio De RogatisFirst performance: Teatro San Carlo, Naples (30 May 1770).Armida: Ewa Malas-GodlewskaRinaldo: Claire BruaTancredi: Gilles RagonRambaldo: Laura PolverelliErminia: Véronique GensUbaldo: Patricia PetibonDano: Cécile PerrinConductor: Christophe RoussetLes Talens LyriquesRecording: 24 July - 2 August 199400:00 ACT I07:16 "Non è viltà" (Tancredi I, 2)18:09 "Da quel primiero istante" (Erminia I, 4)23:44 "Ma lasciatemi alfin" (Rinaldo I, 6)30:16 "Resta, ingrata; io parto" (Rinaldo I, 6)39:11 "Non ti sdegnar" (Rambaldo I, 7)47:45 "Se la pietà" (Armida I, 8)58:01 "Odo che un zefiro" (Dano I, 9)1:14:48 "Ah! tornate" (Rinaldo, Armida I, 11)1:23:41 ACT II1:27:09 "Cercar fra i perigli" (Ermina II, 2)1:34:49 "Caro mio ben" (Rinaldo II, 3)1:44:25 "Troppo da me pretendi" (Rambaldo II, 4)1:52:13 "Ah! ti sento" (Armida II, 5)2:01:24 "L'arte e l'ingegno" (Ubaldo II, 6)2:08:23 "Fra l'orror" (Tancredi II, 8)2:22:21 "Guarda chi lascio" (Rinaldo II, 10)2:29:24 "Odio, furor, dispetto" (Armida II, 12)2:37:05 ACT III2:39:50 "Vieni ove onor ti chiama" (Tancredi III, 2)2:43:52 "L'onor tradito" (Rambaldo III, 4)2:48:22 "Giusto cielo" (Rinaldo III, 5)2:53:52 "Ah! non ferir!" (Armida III, 6)Picture: "Renaud dans les jardins d'Armide" by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1763).
J.-F. Rebel - Ulysse (Reyne, 2007) Opera Orange 2023-05-26 | ULYSSETragédie lyrique en un prologue et cinq actesComposer: Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747)Libretto: Henry GuichardFirst performance: Académie Royale de Musique, 21 January 1703Circé: Guillemette LaurensPénélope: Stéphanie RévidatUlysse: Bertrand ChuberreOrphée, un Génie, Euriloque, Mercure, Télémaque: Vincent Lièvre-PicardCéphalie, Pallas: Céline RicciUrilas: Bernard DeletréEuphrosine, Junon: Eugénie WarnierUn Sauvage: Thomas van EssenConductor: Hugo ReyneLa Simphonie du MaraisLe Chœur du MaraisRecording: 9-10 July 200700:00 Prologue11:35 Act I36:24 Act II58:28 Act III1:22:51 Act IV1:43:22 Act VFull timestamps in the pinned comment.Picture: "Pénélope et Ulysse sortant de Sparte pour retourner à Ithaque ou La Pudeur" from Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (1789). Engraving by Jean-Jacques Avril.
T. Traetta - Ippolito ed Aricia (Rousset, 2001) Opera Orange 2023-05-25 | IPPOLITO ED ARICIAOpera in 5 actsComposer: Tommaso Traetta (1727-1779)Libretto: Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni (1692 – 1768), after the libretto, Hippolyte et Aricie, by Simon-Joseph PellegrinFirst performance: Teatro Ducale, Parma, 9 May 1759Ippolito: Madeline BenderAricia: Patrizia CioffiFedra: Laura ClaycombTeseo: John McVeighCacciatrice, Enone, Mercurio: Gaële Le RoiDiana: Anne-Lise SolliedPlutone: Daniel Salas Caccatrice, Sacerdotessa, Marinaia: Helene le Corry Conductor: Christophe RoussetLes Talens LyriquesChoeurs des Opéras de MontpellierLive recording from Montpellier (23 February 2001)00:00 ACT I12:35 "Se ai vaghi lumi tuoi cara m'accese cara m'accese amore" (Ippolito I, 2)22:18 "Fuggi amor, perfido amore: che fan qui che fan qui le tue saette?" (La Gran Sacerdotessa I, 3)34:50 "Se vede rapace girare l'artiglio" (Diana I, 5)41:07 "Furie del cor geloso" (Fedra I, 6)47:40 ACT II51:05 "Per onor dell'offeso mio regno" (Plutone II, 3)1:00:39 "Vi lascio, v'abbandono squallide ingrate arene" (Teseo II, 6)1:12:22 ACT III1:16:39 "Povero core che ardendo stai" (Fedra III, 2)1:23:54 "Va' dove Amor ti chiama" (Aricia III, 3)1:34:54 "Deh! Questo cor lasciate" (Ippolito III, 6)1:41:30 "A funestarmi il ciglio tutto tutto diventa orrore (Teseo III, 9)"1:48:02 "Nettun sull'onde sol puo regnare" (Una Marinaia III, 9)1:55:35 ACT IV1:56:37 "Intendimi: pavento gli die con me tiranni" (Fedra IV, 1)2:01:06 "Padre ascolta: reo non sono" (Ippolito IV, 2)2:10:02 "Parli al mio cor lo sdegno" (Teseo IV, 3)2:15:21 "In questo estremo addio, caro, mancar mi sento" (Aricia IV, 3)2:27:16 "Che bel piacere, in lieta caccia" (Una Cacciatrice IV, 5)2:32:54 ACT V2:35:02 "Dove son io? Che tardo, e come ancora sopravvivo al mio ben?" (Aricia V, 2)2:40:09 "Volate, o zefiri, l'ali agitate" (Diana V, 3)2:44:40 "Torna la pace all'alma" (Aricia, Ippolito V, 4)Picture: "Phèdre et Hippolyte" by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1802). Engraving by Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers.
