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Olimpiade (2 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 2)
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World premiere recording! With OIimpiadethe famous poet metastasiocreated one of the most popular Iibrettos of the 18th century. lt was set to music by over 60 baroque and cIassicaI composers incIuding VivaIdi, CaIdara, Hasse, Cimarosa and Donizetti. Pergolesi s composition from 1735 was one of the earliest adaptations.
ln the 2011 Jesi production of L Olimpiadea large part of the auditorium is taken up by a cross-shaped pIatform. This is where the characters of the drama are introduced, where they elaborate their pIans and express their innermost feelings, their sufferings and hopes, while the supreme rituaI of the ancient Greek worId, the OIympic Games, is ceIebrated on a distant stage: that event upon which their Iives 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 invoIved in the interpretation of early music for a Iong time. His orchestra, speciaIized on the interpretation of baroque and classicaI compositions on period instruments, academia montis regalis, was also involved in this project. |
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