LITERES: Jupiter et Semele

Lopez Banzo, Eduardo;
Al Ayre Español

HMI 987036.37

Nakład wyprzedany, ostatni egzemplarz

Spain found itself in a comfortable position during the Baroque period: equipped with a world empire that provided the nation with rich revenues, it was able to live the life of a wealthy pensioner and could largely confine its culture to its own traditions. In adopting European contemporary trends, it was able to be selective. Thus, the history of opera in Spain also has its own independent traditions: One was well aware of what was happening in the rest of Europe, but the influences of the leading nations were adapted to one's own culture. This gave rise to the zarzuela, a typically Spanish form of musical theater that continued to produce independent works into the 20th century.

The recipe for this piece is actually quite simple: take a story from antiquity and enrich it with popular melodies - and the audience hit is ready. What could be more obvious than a story about love and jealousy - the protagonists are Jupiter, the father of the gods, the philanderer of antiquity, the jealous wife Juno with her retinue, and a pretty young woman, Semele, who arouses Jupiter's goodwill and is singled out from the acting characters by a simple trick: As a human being, she has a speaking role and is thus distinguished from the singing characters of the Olympian sphere.

CD x 2

Muzyka klasyczna

Harmonia Mundi

13-05-2003

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