Cesti: La Dori

Dantone, Ottavio;
Accademia Bizantina

NBD 0123 V

Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli and Emőke Baráth, Sopranos

Francesca Ascioti, Mezzo-soprano

Rupert Enticknap, Countertenor

Bradley Smith and Alberto Allegrezza, Tenors

Pietro Di Bianco, Bass-baritone

Federico Sacchi, Bass

Stefano Vizioli, Stage Director

Pietro Antonio Cesti was one of the most outstanding champions of 17th-century Venetian opera, and La Dori was both his greatest success and a major influence on the genre in the expressiveness of its arias and duets. The story is set in Babylon on the shores of the Euphrates, and is a convoluted and richly tragicomedic tale of lost lovers, disguises and mistaken identities filled with larger-thanlife and colourfully costumed characters. This revival of a forgotten masterpiece was acclaimed as ‘a production of the highest level in every aspect’ (musicaculturaonline.it).

Blu-ray

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

02-11-2020

730099012362