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The rediscovery of the almost forgotten opera seria repertory of the 18th century has led to spectacular aria recitals by stars as big as Renée Fleming as well as a host of European and American specialists. Recordings of entire operas, other than those by Handel, have been a good deal rarer; even Vivaldi hasn't really gotten his due. Now comes this major-label release of an opera by Johann Adolf Hasse, a German composer who conquered Italy (they called him "Il Caro Sassone," the dear Saxon) and married one of the leading sopranos of the age, Faustina Bordoni. Siroe is an adapation of a story also set by Handel, in a slightly different version; the libretto here is by Pietro Metastasio, despite his cancer-evoking name the most famous operatic dramatist of the century. Those who have been intrigued by the big arias heard on recitals, which are undeniably a great deal of visceral fun, can rely on finding more in abundance here, with several really spectacular vocalists --countertenors Franco Fagioli and Max Emanuel Cencic and soprano Julia Lezhneva -- on hand. Listeners will be plunged into glittering soprano scales and arpeggios and high-range countertenor heroics almost immediately, and they never really let up. What Handel had that Hasse lacked (at least here) was the capacity for a really good slow tune where the action seems to stop, and in general the tale, typical in its royal family drama, is not terribly compelling. One can see why Hasse was forgotten: the opera is made up of a set of conventions that were specific to its time and place, conventions that the fearless Mozart swept away. Ultimately, though, opera is about the singing, and much of it is breathtaking here. The opera was recorded during live performances in Athens, and the sound is clear, not boxy.
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Siroe, Re di Persia - Dresden Version, 1763 (Johann Adolf Hasse)
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Siroe, Re di Persia - Dresden Version, 1763 / Act 1 (Johann Adolf Hasse)
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lauren Snouffer, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lauren Snouffer, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Siroe, Re di Persia - Dresden Version, 1763 / Act 2 (Johann Adolf Hasse)
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
DISC 2
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lauren Snouffer, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lauren Snouffer, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Siroe, Re di Persia - Dresden Version, 1763 / Act 3 (Johann Adolf Hasse)
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lauren Snouffer, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lauren Snouffer, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lauren Snouffer, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lauren Snouffer, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lauren Snouffer, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Siroe, Re di Persia HWV 24 / Act 3 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Nicola Francesco Haym, Author - Pietro Metastasio, Author, Original Text Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Tito Vespassiano / Act 3 (Johann Adolf Hasse)
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Siroe, Re di Persia - Dresden Version, 1763 / Act 3 (Johann Adolf Hasse)
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lauren Snouffer, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary-Ellen Nesi, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Armonia Atenea, Orchestra, MainArtist - Juan Sancho, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Lezhneva, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Petrou, Conductor, MainArtist - Franco Fagioli, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maximilien Ciup, Producer, Recording Producer - Damien Quintard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lauren Snouffer, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lucie Bourély, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
Album review
The rediscovery of the almost forgotten opera seria repertory of the 18th century has led to spectacular aria recitals by stars as big as Renée Fleming as well as a host of European and American specialists. Recordings of entire operas, other than those by Handel, have been a good deal rarer; even Vivaldi hasn't really gotten his due. Now comes this major-label release of an opera by Johann Adolf Hasse, a German composer who conquered Italy (they called him "Il Caro Sassone," the dear Saxon) and married one of the leading sopranos of the age, Faustina Bordoni. Siroe is an adapation of a story also set by Handel, in a slightly different version; the libretto here is by Pietro Metastasio, despite his cancer-evoking name the most famous operatic dramatist of the century. Those who have been intrigued by the big arias heard on recitals, which are undeniably a great deal of visceral fun, can rely on finding more in abundance here, with several really spectacular vocalists --countertenors Franco Fagioli and Max Emanuel Cencic and soprano Julia Lezhneva -- on hand. Listeners will be plunged into glittering soprano scales and arpeggios and high-range countertenor heroics almost immediately, and they never really let up. What Handel had that Hasse lacked (at least here) was the capacity for a really good slow tune where the action seems to stop, and in general the tale, typical in its royal family drama, is not terribly compelling. One can see why Hasse was forgotten: the opera is made up of a set of conventions that were specific to its time and place, conventions that the fearless Mozart swept away. Ultimately, though, opera is about the singing, and much of it is breathtaking here. The opera was recorded during live performances in Athens, and the sound is clear, not boxy.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 50 track(s)
- Total length: 02:46:01
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Max Emanuel Cencic
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2014 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2014 Parnassus Arts Productions
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