G. Giacomelli - Merope (Marcon, 2022)
MEROPE
Dramma per musica in 3 acts
Composer: 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 Berzhanskaya
Merope: Magdalena Kožená
Argia: Beth Taylor
Anassandro: Rachele Raggiotti
Epitide: Kangmin Justin Kim
Licisco: Carlo Vistoli
Polifonte: Juan Sancho
Conductor: Andrea Marcon
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Live recording from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (5 February 2022)
Libretto available at: www.librettidopera.it/zpdf/mer...
Original 1734 libretto: daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/...
Picture: "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 I
00:00 Sinfonia
04:20 "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 II
1:10:15 "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 III
2:16:49 "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)
Пікірлер: 10
The Best innovative creative colorature rendition of SPOSA aria I had ever heard 😢😢😢🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Extraordinary. Excellently written and excellently performed. Giacomelli "La Merope" (Venezia, 1734.), Vivaldi "Il Tamerlano" ("Il Bajazet") (Verona Carnival 1735.) - Giacomelli "Sposa... non mi conosci" (Aria of Epitide III, 7) Vivaldi put in his "Bajite (Aria of Irene II, 7)" Sposa son disprezzata". Geminiano Giacomelli was appointed chapel master of the Duke of Parma in 1724. After the performance of his opera entitled "Ipermestra", in 1724, he continued his studies with Alessandro Scarlatti in the city of Naples and became one of the most popular composers of his time. Between 1724 and 1740 he composed 19 operas and for many years worked at the Viennese imperial court. His most famous work is "Caesar in Egypt", 1735.
Un regal aquesta òpera...coneixia un parell d' arias, però sencera ni sabia que s' hagués fet al 2022 a Amsterdam. Repartiment i solistes molt bons. Gràcies Òpera Orange👏👏👏👏👌✨️
A joy! - Thanks to Geminiano Giacomelli, the performers and Opera Orange. “He ... had a lively imagination that furnished him with agreeable flights, which, from their novelty, afforded so much pleasure, that they contributed considerably to propagate and establish the taste of subsequent times.” - Charles Burney: A General History of Music (1789).
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Thank you :) Great performance👏💐 Many beautiful, impressive arias💖 _and it should be noted that, besides Farinelli, one more famous castrato, Caffarelli, sang the role of Trasimede there_
2:39:29 That's what you are looking for :) This sublime aria, later adapted by Vivaldi, is now placed back in its context for the first time.
Please add to your description - Argia: Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano)
@opera_orange
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Adding both the info in the description. Thank you, my friend!
@mybaroque3238
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@@opera_orange I am very pleased :)