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The quality of the vocal performances in this live recording of Alcina can be strongly correlated to the singers' prior experience in the Baroque repertoire. Contralto Sonia Prina, with a solid background in Baroque opera, is absolutely stellar in the role of Bradamante, a woman impersonating a man in her quest to release her lover from the spells of the sorceress Alcina. Her technique is completely secure, her tone is clear and bright, her coloratura is dazzling, and her characterization is impassioned. Soprano Veronica Cangemi, as Alcina's sister Morgana, infatuated with the man she takes Bradamante to be, is equally remarkable, singing with lightness, fluidity, and florid brilliance. Likewise, tenor John Mark Ainsley as Oronte, Alcina's general, is a veteran of early opera performance, and he sings with extraordinary grace and power. As the leads, Alcina and her bewitched lover, Ruggiero, soprano Anja Harteros and mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova are very fine, but they don't have the idiomatic security to bring the music and drama fully and easily alive. The role of Alcina seems to fall a little high for Harteros (whose recording of Violetta revealed her as a star of the first magnitude), and she doesn't bring the luster and authority to the part that Renée Fleming does on the Erato recording. The timbre of Vesselina Kasarova's dark mezzo is well suited to the trousers role or Ruggiero, and while she doesn't have the effortless fluency with the idiom as some of the other soloists, her singing is often gorgeous, as in "Mi lusinga il dolce affetto." The live recording captures the urgency of the recitatives, which nicely move the action along. Ivor Bolton leads the Bayerischen Staatsorchester, obviously operating with reduced forces, in a nuanced and expressive reading of the score. For a recording of this caliber, there is a surprisingly high level of stage noise, which the listener may be willing to accept as a tradeoff for the energy of the live performance.
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Alcina, Act 1 - Overture (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Musette, Menuet (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Oh Dei! Quivi non scorgo alcun sentiero! (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Christopher Purves, Artist, MainArtist - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - O s'apre al riso (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Questo è il cielo de' contenti (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Christopher Purves, Artist, MainArtist - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist - John Mark Ainsley, Artist, MainArtist - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist - Deborah York, Artist, MainArtist - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Gavotte, Sarabande, Gavotte (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Christopher Purves, Artist, MainArtist - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist - John Mark Ainsley, Artist, MainArtist - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist - Deborah York, Artist, MainArtist - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Ecco L'infido (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Christopher Purves, Artist, MainArtist - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Di', cor mio, quanto t'amai (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Generosi guerrier, deh! (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Christopher Purves, Artist, MainArtist - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist - Deborah York, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Chi m'insegna il caro padre? (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Deborah York, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Mi ravvisi, Ruggier, dimmi? (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Christopher Purves, Artist, MainArtist - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Di te mi rido, semplice stolto (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Qua dunque ne veniste / ... Lo sono tua difesa (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist - John Mark Ainsley, Artist, MainArtist - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - È gelosia (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Lo dunque (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - John Mark Ainsley, Artist, MainArtist - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Semplicetto! A donna credi? (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - John Mark Ainsley, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Ah, infedele, infedel / ... Regina, il tuo soggiorno (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Si son quella (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Se nemico mi fossi / ... Bradamante favella? (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Christopher Purves, Artist, MainArtist - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - A quai strani perigli / Fuggi, cor mio, ti affretta! (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Christopher Purves, Artist, MainArtist - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 1 - Tornami a vagheggiar (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
DISC 2
Alcina, Act 2 - Col celarvi a chi v'ama un momento (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Taci, taci, codardo (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Christopher Purves, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Qual portento mi richiama (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Atlante, dove sei? (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Christopher Purves, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Pensa a chi geme (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Christopher Purves, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Qual odio ingiusto contro me? (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Vorrei vendicarmi (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Chi scopre al mio pensiero (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Mi lusinga il dolce affetto (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - S'acquieti il rio sospetto / ... E la tua pace (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Ama, sospira (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Non scorgo nel tuo viso (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Mio bel tesoro (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Regina; io cerco in vano (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Deborah York, Artist, MainArtist - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Tra speme e timore (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Deborah York, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Regina, sei tradita (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - John Mark Ainsley, Artist, MainArtist - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Ah! Mio cor! (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Or, che dici, Morgana? / ... All' offesa, il disprezzo giunge L'ingrata? (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - John Mark Ainsley, Artist, MainArtist - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - È un folle, è un vile affetto (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - John Mark Ainsley, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Ed è ver che mi narri? / ... Eccomi a' piedi tuoi (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist - Deborah York, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Verdi prati, selve amene (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
DISC 3
Alcina, Act 2 - Ah! Ruggiero crudel (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Ombre pallide, lo so, mi udite (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 2 - Il Ballo (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Vesselina Kasarova, Artist, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Christopher Purves, Artist, MainArtist - Sonia Prina, Artist, MainArtist - John Mark Ainsley, Artist, MainArtist - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist - Deborah York, Artist, MainArtist - Anja Harteros, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 3 - Sinfonia (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 3 - Voglio amar e disamar (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - John Mark Ainsley, Artist, MainArtist - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 3 - Credete al mio dolore (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Veronica Cangemi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 3 - M'inganna, me n'avveggo (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - John Mark Ainsley, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Alcina, Act 3 - Un momento di contento (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Ivor Bolton, Conductor, MainArtist - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - John Mark Ainsley, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
Albumbeschreibung
The quality of the vocal performances in this live recording of Alcina can be strongly correlated to the singers' prior experience in the Baroque repertoire. Contralto Sonia Prina, with a solid background in Baroque opera, is absolutely stellar in the role of Bradamante, a woman impersonating a man in her quest to release her lover from the spells of the sorceress Alcina. Her technique is completely secure, her tone is clear and bright, her coloratura is dazzling, and her characterization is impassioned. Soprano Veronica Cangemi, as Alcina's sister Morgana, infatuated with the man she takes Bradamante to be, is equally remarkable, singing with lightness, fluidity, and florid brilliance. Likewise, tenor John Mark Ainsley as Oronte, Alcina's general, is a veteran of early opera performance, and he sings with extraordinary grace and power. As the leads, Alcina and her bewitched lover, Ruggiero, soprano Anja Harteros and mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova are very fine, but they don't have the idiomatic security to bring the music and drama fully and easily alive. The role of Alcina seems to fall a little high for Harteros (whose recording of Violetta revealed her as a star of the first magnitude), and she doesn't bring the luster and authority to the part that Renée Fleming does on the Erato recording. The timbre of Vesselina Kasarova's dark mezzo is well suited to the trousers role or Ruggiero, and while she doesn't have the effortless fluency with the idiom as some of the other soloists, her singing is often gorgeous, as in "Mi lusinga il dolce affetto." The live recording captures the urgency of the recitatives, which nicely move the action along. Ivor Bolton leads the Bayerischen Staatsorchester, obviously operating with reduced forces, in a nuanced and expressive reading of the score. For a recording of this caliber, there is a surprisingly high level of stage noise, which the listener may be willing to accept as a tradeoff for the energy of the live performance.
© TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 67 track(s)
- Total length: 03:13:32
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Anja Harteros
- Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
- Label: Farao Classics
- Genre: Klassiek Opera
(C) 2007 Farao Classics (P) 2007 Farao Classics
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