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LUIFI ROSSI / NICOLA PORPORA / CARLO FRANCESCO POLLAROLO
Angelica diabolica
Giulia Semenzato; Kammerorchester Basel

[ Alpha Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 13 May 2022

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Giulia Semenzato, already renowned for her interpretations of the Baroque repertory and her Mozartian roles, presents here her first solo album. The programme, entitled Angelica diabolica, is devoted to the female protagonists of Ludovico Ariosto, author of the epic poem Orlando furioso, whose emblematic figure is Angelica, a revolutionary heroine, ready to resort to any trick in order to regain her freedom. After the Baroque Rome of Luigi Rossi and his opera Il palazzo incantato (1642), we turn to the galant style of Naples with Nicola Porpora's serenata Angelica (1720), then to Milan in 1702 with the warlike heroine of Bernardo Sabadini's opera Angelica nel Catai, before a more melancholy take on the character by Agostino Steffani (1691). These rare numbers rub shoulders with more familiar arias by Georg Friedrich Handel, sung by the heroines of his operas Orlando, Ariodante, Amadigi di Gaula, not to mention the famous enchantress Alcina. Alongside the Kammerorchester Basel, Giulia Semenzato deploys all her virtuosity, vocal agility and feeling for words to slip into the shoes of these women, by turns angelic and diabolical.

Tracks:

Luigi Rossi - Il Palazzo incantato: "Si tocchi tamburo"
Luigi Rossi - Il Palazzo incantato: "Sol per breve momento"
Nicola Porpora - L'Angelica: "Mentre rendo a te la vita"
Nicola Porpora - L'Angelica: "Costante e fedele"
Bernardo Sabadini - Angelica nel Catai: "Mi vedrà più fiera in campo"
Agostino Steffani - Orlando generoso: "Se t'eclissi o bella face"
George Frideric Handel - Orlando, HWV 31: "Non potrà dirmi ingrata, nò, perchè restai piagata"
Carlo Francesco Pollarolo - Ariodante: "Quella man che mi condanna"
George Frideric Handel - Ariodante, HWV 33: "Volate, amori"
George Frideric Handel - Alcina, HWV 34: "Mi restano le lagrime"
George Frideric Handel - Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11: "Desterò dall'empia Dite"