Mayr: Elena (complete opera)
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JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: Elena (complete opera)
Mira Graczyk, Niklas Mallmann, Andreas Mattersberger, Daniel Ochoa; Markus Schäfer / Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk
[ Naxos / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 25 June 2021
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During the 1813-14 carnival season in Naples, Simon Mayr wrote a much-admired opera semiseria called Elena. The post-revolutionary Napoleonic era saw great enthusiasm for the rescue opera genre and Elena is a perfect example, in which a complex plot, based on French models, sees an innocent falsely accused of a capital offence. Mayr's subtle accommodation of Neapolitan opera and Viennese Classicism ensures a series of choruses and recitatives that drive the action forward, punctuated with arias, romances, ensembles, lyric richness and moments of witty buffo colour.
