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Opera Arias by Handel GCD 922904 ‘Queens’ New release information February 2017 Opera arias by Handel NOTES (ENG) NOTES (FRA) A disc of Handel opera arias from Roberta Invernizzi Un disque d’arias d’opéra de Handel chantées par is remarkable in its own right because it breaks new Roberta Invernizzi est, malgré l’amplitude de sa ground for the Milanese soprano. True, she has carrière une authentique nouveauté. La soprano taken part in complete operas on disc as on stage, milanaise a en effet participé à un grand nombre and has recorded plenty of arias by other composers d’opéras, en scène comme au disque, et a enregistré of the time such as Vivaldi, Leo, Porpora, Feo or plusieurs récitals d’arias de compositeurs comme Mancini ( Arias for Domenico Gizzi and I Viaggi di Vivaldi, Leo, Porpora, Feo ou Mancini ( Arias pour Faustina being two recent albums). This new release Domenico Gizzi e I Viaggi di Faustina sont deux from Glossa, however, sees Invernizzi reflecting productions récentes chez Glossa). Mais ce nouveau Handel’s special brand of emotional investigation and projet aborde un Handel explorant les émotions des making her selection from the many regal characters personnages royaux peuplant ses opéras – Cleopatra , which pepper Handel’s operas – Cleopatra, Berenice, Berenice, Arianna, Alcina ... – leur ardeur, leur Arianna and Alcina, among them – and their ardent, détresse, leur splendeur. affecting, distraught and stately feelings. Sur ces eaux troubles, Invernizzi navigue avec une Queens These are choppy waters through which Roberta habileté indéniable : la maîtrise absolue de sa langue Opera arias by Handel Invernizzi sails with unquestionable skill: complete maternelle et des exigences stylistiques de Handel control of her native language and dominance of dans le canto espressivo comme dans le canto Handel’s stylistic demands in canto espressivo and d’agilità , son timbre soyeux font de cet album un canto d’agilità – all being allied to her lustrous vocal moment inoubliable. Fabio Ciofini et son Accademia Roberta Invernizzi , soprano tones. She finds responsive and sympathetic Hermans l’accompagnent avec une grande sensibilité Accademia Hermans accompaniment from Fabio Ciofini and his Accademia dans cet enregistrement réalisé au Théâtre Cucinelli Hermans, which works extensively in the Perugian de Solomeo, à Pérouse, où l'orchestre travaille Fabio Ciofini , harpsichord & direction Teatro Cucinelli in Solomeo. habituellement. Invernizzi’s majestic sweep of Handelian queens also Les incarnations majestueuses de Roberta Invernizzi PROGRAMME takes us through a chequered period in the dans les reines handeliennes nous transporte aux composer’s career, when he led the two Royal deux Royal Academies of Music durant les décades Academies of Music in the 1720s and 1730s. At this 1720 et 1730, quand le compositeur écrivait pour les 01 Scherza in mar la navicella (Lotario) time, he was writing for magnificent and magnifiques et turbulentes divas Francesca Cuzzoni 02 Se mai turbo il tuo riposo (Poro) tempestuous divas such as Francesca Cuzzoni and et Anna Maria Strada del Pò. Stefano Russomanno 03 No che servire altrui (Berenice) Anna Maria Strada del Pò – a selection of their roles ébauche les caractères de ces artistes dans l'essai is to be heard on this recording. inclus dans le livret. 04 Traditore, traditore (Berenice) 05 Ouverture (Giulio Cesare) 06 Piangerò la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare) 07 Tu la mia stella sei (Giulio Cesare) NOTAS (ESP) NOTIZEN (DEU) 08 Da tempesta il legno infranto (Giulio Cesare) Un disco de arias operísticas de Handel cantadas por Eine CD mit Arien aus Händel-Opern gesungen von 09 Che sento oh Dio / Se pietà di me non Roberta Invernizzi, es, a pesar de la extensa carrera Roberta Invernizzi ist trotz der langjährigen Karriere senti (Giulio Cesare) de la soprano milanesa, una auténtica novedad. Es der aus Mailand stammenden Sopranistin eine echte 10 Sinfonia, Atto III (Scipione) cierto que ha participado en gran cantidad de óperas Neuheit. Sie hat sowohl bei Aufnahmen als auch auf 11 Scoglio d’immota fronte (Scipione) completas, tanto sobre el escenario como en disco, y der Bühne an ganzen Opern mitgewirkt und hat zahl - que ha grabado extensos recitales con arias de reiche Arien von Barockkomponisten wie Vivaldi, Leo, 12 Ah mio cor, schernito sei! (Alcina) compositores como Vivaldi, Leo, Porpora, Feo o Porpora, Feo oder Mancini aufgenommen ( Arias for 13 Quel torrente (Giustino) Mancini ( Arias para Domenco Gizzi e I Viaggi di Domenico Gizzi und I Viaggi di Faustina sind zwei der Faustina son dos títulos recientes en Glossa). Pero neueren Glossa-Alben). Aber bei dieser Neuerschei - en este nuevo proyecto se acerca al Handel nung setzt sich sie sich mit der ganzen Bandbreite explorador de emociones a través de los numerosos von Emotionen auseinander, die die zahlreichen Prin - PRODUCTION DETAILS personajes reales que aparecen en sus óperas –con zessinnen und Königinnen in Händels Opern ausloten Cleopatra, Berenice, Arianna o Alcina entre ellos– y – darunter Cleopatra, Berenice, Arianna und Alcina Total playing time 78:02 de sus sentimientos ardientes, consternados, o mit ihren leidenschaftlichen, anrührenden, verzwei - Recorded in Solomeo (Teatro Cucinelli), Italy, majestuosos. felten oder erhabenen Gefühlen. on 23-26 April 2016 Estas aguas revueltas son navegadas por la Dabei segelt Invernizzi furchtlos über unruhige Ge - Engineered and produced by Rino Trasi Invernizzi con innegable destreza: el dominio wässer: Sie ist in ihrer italienischen Muttersprache Executive producer: Carlos Céster absoluto de las exigencias estilísticas de Handel natürlich ganz zu Hause und beherrscht Händels An - Booklet essay by Stefano Russomanno tanto en el canto espressivo como en el canto forderungen sowohl auf dem Gebiet des canto es - d’agilità , el hecho de cantar en su lengua materna y pressivo als auch des canto d’agilità perfekt – durch English – Français – Deutsch su lustroso timbre hacen de este álbum un momento ihre strahlende Stimme wird diese Aufnahme zu Made in Austria inolvidable. Fabio Ciofini y su Accademia Hermans la einem unvergesslichen Erlebnis. In Fabio Ciofini und acompañan con gran sensibilidad en una grabación seiner Accademia Hermans hat Roberta Invernizzi realizada en el Teatro Cucinelli de Solomeo, en kongeniale Mitstreiter für diese CD gefunden. Perugia, lugar habitual de trabajo de la orquesta. Invernizzis majestätische Interpretation der Hän - El majestuoso repaso de Invernizzi a las reinas del’schen Damen führt uns in die wechselvollen handelianas nos lleva a las décadas de 1720 y 1730 1720-er und 1730-er Jahre, als Händel die beiden y a las dos Royal Academies of Music. En este Royal Academies of Music leitete. Zu dieser Zeit tiempo, Handel compuso magníficas arias para divas komponierte er großartige Arien für Diven wie como Francesca Cuzzoni y Anna Maria Strada del Pò, Francesca Cuzzoni und Anna Maria Strada del Pò. cuyas historias esboza Stefano Russomanno en el Eine Auswahl ihrer Rollen steht im Zentrum der vor - ensayo para el libreto. Esta grabación gira en torno a liegenden Aufnahme. una selección de sus papeles..
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