| Description |
3 audio discs (3 hr., 13 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
031259 |
| Note |
Virgin Classics: 50999 07084423 (50999 0708452 2, 50999 0708472 0, 50999 0708492 8). |
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Opera in 3 acts. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian. |
| Note |
Libretto adapted from Antonio Salvi's libretto Ginevra principessa di Scozia, after Ariosto's Orlando furioso. |
| Performer |
Karina Gauvin (Ginevra), Sabina Puértolas (Dalinda), sopranos ; Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano (Ariodante) ; Marie Nicole Lemieux, contralto (Polinesso) ; Topi Lehtipuu (Lurcanio), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (Odoardo), tenors ; Matthew Brook, bass (Il Re di Scozia) ; Il Complesso barocco ; Alan Curtis, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Jan. 3-11, 2010, at Villa San Ferma, Lonigo, Italy. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Program notes by David Vickers and synopsis, in English with French and German translations, and libretto with English translation (94 p. : ports.) in accompanying booklet. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Act 1 (69:54) -- disc 2. Act 2 (63:50) -- disc 3. Act 3 (59:15). |
| Summary |
In this complete recording of Ariodante, Alan Curtis, a supreme Handelian conductor and scholar, joins forces with glorious mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato for a dazzling performance of one of Handel's most inspired operas. |
| Subject |
Salvi, Antonio, 1664-1724 -- Musical settings.
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Operas.
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Salvi, Antonio, 1664-1724. (OCoLC)fst00100290
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Operas. (OCoLC)fst01046191
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| Genre/Form |
Musical settings. (OCoLC)fst01423813
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Musical settings.
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| Added Author |
Salvi, Antonio, 1664-1724. Librettist.
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Gauvin, Karina. Performer.
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Puértolas, Sabina. Performer.
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DiDonato, Joyce. Performer.
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Lemieux, Marie-Nicole. Performer.
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Lehtipuu, Topi. Performer.
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Giustiniani, Anicio Zorzi. Performer.
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Brook, Matthew. Performer.
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Curtis, Alan. Conductor.
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Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533.
Orlando furioso.
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Complesso barocco. Performer.
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| ISBN |
9786314289423 |
| Standard No. |
5099907084423 |
| Music No. |
50999 07084423 Virgin Classics |
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50999 0708452 2 Virgin Classics |
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50999 0708472 0 Virgin Classics |
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50999 0708492 8 Virgin Classics |
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