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Francesco Cavalli - La Didone | Dynamic 33537

Francesco Cavalli - La Didone

Label: Dynamic

Cat No: 33537

Barcode: 8007144335373

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 1st October 2007

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Contents

Artists

Claron McFadden
Magnus Staveland
Jordi Domenech
Manuela Custer
Marina de Liso
Donatella Lombardi
Isabel Alvarez
Antonio Lozano
Gian Luca Zoccatelli
Filippo Morace
Maria Grazia Schiavo
Roberto Abbondanza
Orchestra Europa Galante

Conductor

Fabio Biondi

Works

Cavalli, Francesco

La Didone

Artists

Claron McFadden
Magnus Staveland
Jordi Domenech
Manuela Custer
Marina de Liso
Donatella Lombardi
Isabel Alvarez
Antonio Lozano
Gian Luca Zoccatelli
Filippo Morace
Maria Grazia Schiavo
Roberto Abbondanza
Orchestra Europa Galante

Conductor

Fabio Biondi

About

Preceded by a solemn prologue in which Iride admonishes mortals that they should not offend the gods, the story of Cavalli’s Didone comes to life thanks to numerous solo passages of highly varied character and structure, designed both for simple basso continuo support and for a more complex instrumental accompaniment, for five real parts which enjoy some independent moments and which create a diversion from the action or blend in with it in a wholly logical way, intensifying it in a studied, evocative manner.

The tragic story of the Carthaginian queen is thus unfolded with extreme attention in a framework that had already been adopted by Monteverdi, of whom Cavalli is considered a worthy successor. In this case it is enlivened and, we might say, given a more popular, direct appeal as it aims to communicate with a public that is gradually expanding.

The composer is sincere when he states: ”My spirit has always been far from the printing press: I have preferred to allow my weaknesses to run where fortune takes them with the pen rather than the press.” He identifies with the torment of Didone and with the ”force of nature” (Prunières) that is his and the brilliance of some of his solutions, he creates one of the most tragic, tormented operas of the entire seventeenth century.

Direction, Sets and Costumes by: Facoltà di Design e Arti dell’Università IUAV di Venezia

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