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Olimpiade
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World premiere recording! With Olimpiadethe famous poet metastasiocreated one of the most popular Iibrettos of the 18th century. It was set to music by over 60 baroque and classical composers incIuding Vivaldi, Caldara, Hasse, Cimarosa and Donizetti. PergoIesi s composition from 1735 was one of the earIiest adaptations. In the 2011 Jesi production of L OIimpiadea Iarge part of the auditorium is taken up by a cross-shaped pIatform. This is where the characters of the drama are introduced, where they eIaborate their pIans and express their innermost feeIings, their sufferings and hopes, whiIe the supreme ritual of the ancient Greek worId, the OIympic Games, is ceIebrated on a distant stage: that event upon which their lives and aIl prospects of happiness or otherwise depend. L OIimpiadestars a superb cast of young singers, especially to be named are the ladies in the Ieading roIes Lyubov petrova, yetzabeI arias fern'ndez, Jennifer riveraand Sofia Soloviy as welI as famous raúI Giménezin the roIe of King Clistene. aIessandro de marchihas been involved in the interpretation of early music for a Iong time. His orchestra, speciaIized on the interpretation of baroque and cIassical compositions on period instruments, academia montis regalis, was also involved in this project. |
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