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Until now, Porpora’s Germanico in Germania has, with the exception of one or two virtuoso arias, remained firmly hidden on library shelves. However, during his lifetime Porpora was as famous for teaching singing (one of his pupils was Farinelli) as for his compositions, so it’s no wonder that his score is a veritable feast of vocal delights ripe for resurrection. As a composer, Porpora’s reputation spread throughout Italy, especially to Venice, where he was “maestro delle figlie at the Ospedale degli Incurabili” (one of the city’s famous music schools for orphans) from 1726 to 1733, and Rome, where the Teatro Capranica saw the premiere of Germanico in Germania in February 1732. In Rome, by Papal edict, operas were “all-male”, and this cast was seriously “all-star”. Clearly Porpora enjoyed stretching the singers to their utmost potential, employing every vocal trick at his command. Germanico was played by the experienced alto castrato Domenico Annibali. The en travesti female roles were taken, as was often the case, by young singers at the start of their careers. For this recording boasting another “all-star” cast led by countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic, female roles are of course held by female singers. The excellent Capella Cracoviensis, playing on period instruments, is led by Jan Tomasz Adamus. © SM/Qobuz
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Germanico in Germania / Act 1 (Nicola Porpora)
Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano (Arminio) - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano (Rosmonda) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano (Arminio) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano (Rosmonda) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor (Germanico) - Juan Sancho, Tenor (Segeste) - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano (Rosmonda) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano (Rosmonda) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Juan Sancho, Tenor (Segeste) - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor (Germanico) - Hasnaa Bennani, Soprano (Cecina) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor (Germanico) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Hasnaa Bennani, Soprano (Cecina) - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano (Ersinda) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Julia Lezhneva, Soprano (Ersinda) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Hasnaa Bennani, Soprano (Cecina) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Hasnaa Bennani, Soprano (Cecina) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano (Arminio) - Juan Sancho, Tenor (Segeste) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano (Arminio) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Juan Sancho, Tenor (Segeste) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Juan Sancho, Tenor (Segeste) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Julia Lezhneva, Soprano (Ersinda) - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano (Rosmonda) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Julia Lezhneva, Soprano (Ersinda) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor (Germanico) - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano (Rosmonda) - Capella Cracoviensis - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - (Giovanni Prosdocimi, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer)
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Germanico in Germania / Act 2 (Nicola Porpora)
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Hasnaa Bennani, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Hasnaa Bennani, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Hasnaa Bennani, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Hasnaa Bennani, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Hasnaa Bennani, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolò Coluzzi, Author - Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Prosdocimi, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Tomasz Adamus, Conductor, MainArtist - Dilyara Idrisova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wojtech Gruszka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
Albumbeschreibung
Until now, Porpora’s Germanico in Germania has, with the exception of one or two virtuoso arias, remained firmly hidden on library shelves. However, during his lifetime Porpora was as famous for teaching singing (one of his pupils was Farinelli) as for his compositions, so it’s no wonder that his score is a veritable feast of vocal delights ripe for resurrection. As a composer, Porpora’s reputation spread throughout Italy, especially to Venice, where he was “maestro delle figlie at the Ospedale degli Incurabili” (one of the city’s famous music schools for orphans) from 1726 to 1733, and Rome, where the Teatro Capranica saw the premiere of Germanico in Germania in February 1732. In Rome, by Papal edict, operas were “all-male”, and this cast was seriously “all-star”. Clearly Porpora enjoyed stretching the singers to their utmost potential, employing every vocal trick at his command. Germanico was played by the experienced alto castrato Domenico Annibali. The en travesti female roles were taken, as was often the case, by young singers at the start of their careers. For this recording boasting another “all-star” cast led by countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic, female roles are of course held by female singers. The excellent Capella Cracoviensis, playing on period instruments, is led by Jan Tomasz Adamus. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 69 track(s)
- Total length: 03:37:39
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Max Emanuel Cencic
- Composer: Nicola Porpora
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Klassiek Opera Volledige opera's
© 2017 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc ℗ 2017 Parnassus Arts Productions
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