L'Olimpiade : the opera /

"This recording has been structured to contain all of Metastasio's origial arias; it is a pasticcio in the sense that the music is by sixteen different composers amongst the many that set the libretto between 1733 and the end of the century."--Booklet, p. 12

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Orchestra barocca di Venezia (Performer)
Other Authors: Basso, Romina (Performer), Chryssicos, Markellos (Conductor), Gauvin, Karina (Performer), Gottwald, Franziska (Mezzo-soprano) (Performer), Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782 (Librettist), Phan, Nicholas (Performer), Rosique, Ruth (Performer), Spanos, Nicholas (Performer), Caldara, Antonio, 1670-1736, Cherubini, Luigi, 1760-1842, Cimarosa, Domenico, 1749-1801, Galuppi, Baldassare, 1706-1785, Gassmann, Florian Leopold, 1729-1774, Hasse, Johann Adolf, 1699-1783, Jommelli, Nicolò, 1714-1774, Leo, Leonardo, 1694-1744, Mysliveček, Josef, 1737-1781, Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816, Perez, David, 1711-1778, Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista, 1710-1736, Piccinni, Niccolò, 1728-1800, Sarti, Giuseppe, 1729-1802, Traetta, Tommaso, 1727-1779, Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741
Format: Audio
Language:Italian
Published: [France] : Naïve, [2012]
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Summary:"This recording has been structured to contain all of Metastasio's origial arias; it is a pasticcio in the sense that the music is by sixteen different composers amongst the many that set the libretto between 1733 and the end of the century."--Booklet, p. 12
Item Description:Compact discs
Opera in 3 acts
Title from container
Track listing, background information, synopsis, singers' biographies and libretto included in booklet. Text of background information is in English and French. Libretto is in Italian, English and French
"This recording has been structured to contain all of Metastasio's original arias; it is a pasticcio in the sense that the music is by sixteen different composers amongst the many that set the libretto between 1733 and the end of the century."--Booklet, p. 12
Physical Description:2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (79 pages : illustrations ; 13 cm)