Leo - Cello concertos Anner BylsmaConcerto for violoncello n.2 in D MajorConcerto for violoncello n.5 in F Major 14:15Concerto for violoncello n.4 in A Major. Born in Genoa around 1495, exponent of the Genoese noble family of the Vivaldi, he held various positions for the Genoese State among which procurator of the Republic, member of the college of Governors, mayor of the village of Sestri Levante and supreme syndicator.
Farnace | |
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Opera by Antonio Vivaldi | |
Librettist | Antonio Maria Lucchini |
Language | Italian |
Premiere | 1727 |
Farnace is an opera by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, set to a libretto by Antonio Maria Lucchini initially set by Leonardo Vinci during 1724. Disney digital copy code generator. Vivaldi's setting received its first performance in 1727 at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice. Popular at the time, and revived with great success at the Sporck theater in Prague in 1730, Vivaldi's Farnace (RV 711) slipped into oblivion until the last quarter of the 20th century when it emerged from obscurity.
History of the libretto[edit]
Farnace is the title of several 18th-century operas set to various librettos. The earliest version was written by Lorenzo Morari with music by Antonio Caldara, first performed at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice in 1703. The best known libretto on this subject, however, was written by Antonio Maria Lucchini and set by Vinci and Vivaldi.
Corselli version[edit]
Farnace was recomposed by Francesco Corselli (1705–1778) (an Italian composer with a French father).[1] Corselli's Farnace received its debut in Madrid at the Royal Theater of the Buen Retiro in 1739. Additional settings continued to be composed as late as the 1780s. One later setting is the one composed by Josef Mysliveček for the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples in 1767. It is mainly the Vivaldi setting that continues to attract interest today.
Roles[edit]
Role | Voice type (Vivaldi's first setting) | Premiere cast[2] Venice 10 February 1727 |
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Farnace, King of Pontus | contralto (en travesti) | Maria Maddalena Pieri |
Tamiri, Farnace's wife | contralto | Anna Maddalena Giraud, also named 'la (or Annina) Girò' |
Berenice, Tamiri's mother | contralto | Angela Capuano Romana, also named 'la Capuanina' |
Pompeo, Victorius Roman soldier | tenor | Lorenzo Moretti |
Selinda, Farnace's sister | contralto | Lucrezia Baldini |
Gilade, Berenice's Captain | Filippo Finazzi | |
Aquilio, Roman soldier | contralto castrato | Domenico Giuseppe Galletti |
Synopsis[edit]
The opera tells the story of Pharnaces II; according to the uses of the time there is no historical accuracy since the fate of Pharnaces is quite different from the one in history books.
Farnace, King of Pontus, has been defeated, and to avoid their falling into the hands of the enemy, he commands his wife, Tamiri, to kill their son and then herself. Tamiri's mother, Berenice, hates Farnace and is in cahoots with Pompey, the Roman victor, to kill him. Selinda, Farnace's sister, is taken captive by the Roman Aquilius, who falls in love with her, as does Berenice's Captain, Gilades. Selinda plays them off one another in an attempt to save her brother. Somehow, it ends happily and everyone is spared.
Recordings[edit]
- Farnace – Sara Mingardo, Le Concert des Nations, Coro del Teatro de la Zarzuela Madrid Jordi Savall Alia Vox 2002, combined with a few selections from the Corselli version.[3] reissued Naive with Corselli arias at the beginning of each disc removed.
- Farnace – Max Emanuel Cencic, Ruxandra Donose; I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis, cond. Rec. 2010. Virgin Classics CD
- Il Farnace – Mary-Ellen Nesi, Delphine Galou, Sonia Prina. Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Dario Shikhmiri: Federico Maria Sardelli Dynamic 2CD
References[edit]
Notes
- ^http://www.classicalacarte.net/Textes/Fanfare/AV9822A_fanfare.htm
- ^Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). 'Farnace, 10 February 1727'. L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
- ^http://www.classicalacarte.net/Fiches/9822.htm
Sources
- Talbot, Michael (2001). 'Antonio Maria Lucchini'. In Root, Deane L. (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Oxford University Press.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
Giustino | |
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Opera by Antonio Vivaldi | |
Librettist | Nicolò Beregan |
Language | Italian |
Premiere | 23 January 1723 |
Giustino (also known as Anastasio) RV 717 is a 1724 opera by Vivaldi to a libretto by Nicolò Beregan. Sony vega pro free download for mac. The opera was composed for the 1724 carnival season in Rome and premiered at the Teatro Capranica.[1]
The aria of Anastasio, Vedrò con mio diletto, has become a famous piece sung at concerts and on recordings by countertenors such as Philippe Jaroussky and Jakub Józef Orliński and by contraltos as Sonia Prina.
In July 2018, a concert performance was given at the Festival International d'Opéra Baroque de Beaune — with the Accademia Bizantina conducted by Ottavio Dantone. Epox 8rda3 driver for mac. In August 2018, a full costume version of Il Giustino, directed by Deda Cristina Colonna and conducted by Peter Spissky and the Camerata Øresund, figured as one of the central pieces in the Næstved Early Music Festival.[2]
Recording[edit]
- Vivaldi - Il Giustino. Dominique Labelle, Marina Comparato, Francesca Provvisionato, Geraldine McGreevy. Leonardo De Lisi, Laura Cherici. Il Complesso Barocco dir. Alan CurtisVirgin Classics 2002
- Vivaldi - Il Giustino. Delphine Galou, Emőke Baráth, Verónica Cangemi, Emiliano Gonzales Toro, Arianna Vendittelli, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone Naive 2018
See also[edit]
Leonardo Vivaldi Famous
References[edit]
Leonardo Valdivieso
- ^Bucciarelli, Melania; Joncus, Berta (2007). Music As Social and Cultural Practice. p. 217.
Nicolò Beregan's Giustino, first staged in 1683 and set by Vivaldi for Rome in 1724, has two ..
- ^'Næstved Early Music Festival'. nemf.dk.