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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) and Arias from Orlando Furioso and Farnace Arias by Handel and Bertoni

Marita Paparizou, mezzosoprano Claudio Scimone, cond.

Order No.: MDG 609 1744-2

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Coloratura Parade Classical Pyrotechnics Love, revenge, grief, wrath – audiences always In 1713 Handel presented his Theseus in London. respond with enthusiasm to the most deeply felt This work marked his compositional turning point, emotions when they are shown on the stage. for he now integrated the highly effective Italian Marita Paparizou, a Greek mezzo-soprano and a solo aria into the French tragédie lyrique. Even genuine coloratura marvel, presents compelling today it is extraordinarily fascinating to hear how performances in great roles in theaters around the Handel guides his Medea from heartrending world. The proven baroque opera experts of I mourning to unbounded lust for revenge in Solisti Veneti join her for her aria album. Their “Morirò, ma vendicata.” recordings under the conductor Claudio Scimone habe opened a new chapter in interpretation Greek Prima Donna history. Ferdinando Bertoni was long known at most to musicologists, but this Venetian composed no Grand Passion fewer than seventy operas. He was so popular The baroque era is known for its opulence; that performances of his works are documented extroverted coloraturas and most deeply felt grief for Haydn, and his aria “Addio miei sospiri” was a occur together – and often in the same breath. must even in Gluck’s operas. “Farewell, my sighs” After all, composers hardly distinguished between – he too endows these powerful words with the church and the opera: both offered breakneck coloraturas quite literally leaving the opportunities for grand expression and grand amazed members of the audience breathless passion. ’s Stabat mater is a while simultaneously bringing their wildly pulsing lament aria full of grief; its F minor key in itself blood to a freezing standstill in their veins. Marita emphasizes Mary’s great distress, long dissonant Paparizou’s new album displays the whole suspensions induce gooseflesh even in the spectrum of existential emotions – and is instrumental prelude, and when the song guaranteed to fascinate its listeners. pervaded by chromaticism begins, nobody can resist its atmospheric spell. What a contrast is offered by the temperamental storm scene in “Sorge l’irato nembo” from Orlando furioso!

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