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Sacrati - La finta pazza | Chateau de Versailles Spectacles CVS070

Sacrati - La finta pazza

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Label: Chateau de Versailles Spectacles

Cat No: CVS070

Barcode: 3770011431786

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 27th May 2022

Contents

Artists

Cappella Mediterranea

Conductor

Leonardo Garcia Alarcon

Works

Sacrati, Francesco

La finta pazza

Artists

Cappella Mediterranea

Conductor

Leonardo Garcia Alarcon

About

14 December 1645: for the pleasure of the Queen Mother Anne of Austria, and attended by a young King Louis XIV, Cardinal Mazarin put on the first Italian opera in Paris. The Italian company, invited at great expense, performed Sacrati’s La finta pazza, composed in Venice in 1641. To capture the young 7-year-old monarch's interest, a flurry of monkeys, bears and ostriches was added!

The opulent set decoration by Giacomo Torelli, boasting machinery the likes of which had never before been seen in France, cemented the triumph of this “Feigned Madwoman”, which also featured the first major scene of madness in history: Deidamia must feign madness to keep hold of her lover, the famous Achilles, himself disguised as a woman to escape his fate! Leonardo Garcia Alarcon leads a beautiful and colourful revival of this foundational masterpiece for opera in France, a true miracle of music.

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