Carlo re d'Allemagna (complete opera)
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ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Carlo re d'Allemagna (complete opera)
Romina Basso, Roberta Invernizzi, Marina de Liso / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi
[ Agogique / 3 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Monday 9 January 2012
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Fabio Biondi returns with the first recording of 'Carlo, Re d'Alemagna' by Alessandro Scarlatti, first performed in Naples in January 1716. The opera was resurrected in 2003 by Biondi (the leader of the innovative ensemble Europa Galante) who led a concert performance with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. This studio recording was made in late 2009.
It is in many ways a typical example of Neapolitan Baroque opera with action assigned to the recitatives whilst the characters are developed during the arias. The opera deals with the accession to power and its exercise: an ever present problem in many ways and about the legitimacy of Carlo, successor to the late king. A mixture of opera seria and opera buffo, a requirement for the contemporary Neapolitan public c1690, is also found here.
"The musical rewards in this dramma are plentiful...Basso with her clearly defined and steady intonation makes an imposing Lotario while soprano Roberta Invernizzi's Giuditta sparkles with personality...It is, though...Keilland's Prince Adalgiso that most consistently touches my sensibilities." (BBC Opera Choice April 2014)
"Notwithstanding some mercurial quirks, Fabio Biondi ensures that the modern-instrument Stavanger Symphony Orchestra play in a competent Baroque style. Marianne Beate Kielland excels in Adalgiso's numerous tender love arias...Giuditta's emotional distress in Act 2 in characterised compellingly by Roberta Invernizzi." (Gramophone)
