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Polite pastoral: Handel's Tolomeo from Baroque Encounter
Handel: Tolomeo; Carmen Lasok, Glenn Kesby, Lucy Thomas, John Lofthouse, director: Christopher Tudor, conductor: Asako Ogawa; Baroque Encounter at St John's Smith SquareReviewed 16 September 2023A production given in period style that never quite managed to break out of the decorative pastoral entertainment and demonstrate the underlying drama of Handel's operaPremiered in 1728, Handel's Tolomeo was the last opera he would write for the great triumvirate of singers, castrato Senesino and sopranos Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni. Handel would revive it in the 1730s, but its modern performance history is rather sparse. English Touring Opera did it in 2006 (revived 2009, see my review) and its best claim to fame, rather bizarrely, is that composer Arthur Somervell adapted on of the arias from the opera as the song Silent Worship.The opera made a welcome return to the London stage when Baroque Encounter performed it at St John's Smith Square on Saturday 16 September […]
2020-05-07 06:50:15
Veni, Vidi, Vinci: Franco Fagioli brings bravura brilliance and distinctive style to arias by the early 18th century Neopolitan composer
[…] operas span quite a narrow time-range, as Vinci initially worked in comic opera, only moving to opera seria in 1724, and he died in 1730. He was Neapolitan trained, and one of a group of Italian composers of the period with strong links to the major castrati, many of whom had similar Neapolitan training. These are arias sung the by major singers of the day, and those on the disc include material sung by Faustina Bordoni, Francesca Cuzzoni, Carlo Scalzi and Farinelli amongst others. Il trionfo di Camilla was staged in Parma in 1725, with a cast which had previously premiered Vinci's La Rosmira fedele (see below). Notable amongst the singers was Faustina Bordoni, one of Handel's 'Rival Queens' and future wife of Johan Hasse. We hear two arias, both sung by Camilla, 'Sembro quell’usignolo' and 'Più non so finger sdegni', which was re-used by Handel in […]
2019-08-31 23:00:00
Puccini: MADAMA BUTTERFLY - Caballe, Marti
Giacomo PucciniMADAMA BUTTERFLYMontserrat Caballé, Bernabé Martí, Silvana Mazzieri, Franco Bordoni, Piero de Palma, Juan PonsCoro del Gran Teatro del Liceo Orquestra Sinfónica de Barcelonadir : Armando Gatto Decca D68DR 3 stereo LP setLicensed from Discos Columbia - MadridRecorded June-July, 1976, [P] 19773 FLAC files (one for each act)No booklet scanThis is Caballé's only commercial recording of Madama Butterfly. It appeared briefly on CD on an off-brand label, now impossible to find.
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