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Ian Bostridge tenor; Cappella Neapolitana; Antonio Florio conductor
Caresana, Cavalli, Cesti and more
Part of the Wigmore Hall Autumn Concerts 2022 Season
Add to my Calendar 06-12-2022 19:30 06-12-2022 21:30 36 Ian Bostridge tenor; Cappella Neapolitana; Antonio Florio conductor Through this selection of arias, Ian Bostridge demonstrates the important place that the tenor voice held in Italian opera from the mid-17th to the mid-18th Century – often thought of as the era of the castrato. At this time, there were two main centres of opera in Italy: Venice, where such composers as Cavalli, Vivaldi, Cesti, Stradella, Sartorio and Legrenzi were active, and Naples, home to Provenzale, Caresana, Vinci and Fago. Bostridge is partnered by conductor Antonio Florio and his acclaimed Baroque ensemble Cappella Neapolitana. Wigmore Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England
Programme
Francesco Cavalli – L'Eliogabalo, Act I Scene XIII Lament: 'Misero Cosi Va'
Alessandro Stradella – Il Corispero: Soffrirà, spererà
Antonio Cesti – L'Argia
Antonio Cesti – Il Tito
Antonio Sartorio – L'Orfeo: Sinfonia
Francesco Provenzale – La Stellidaura vendicante: Deh rendetemi
Francesco Provenzale – Lo schiavo di sua moglie
~ Interval ~
Cristofaro Caresana – Le avventure di una fede
Giovanni Legrenzi – Totila: Sinfonia
Leonardo Vinci – Siroe, re di Persia: Gelido in ogni vena
Nicola Fago – Il Faraone sommerso
Leonardo Vinci – Siroe, re di Persia: Se il mio paterno amore
Leonardo Vinci – Partenope: Sinfonia
Antonio Vivaldi – Farnace, RV 711
Performers
Ian Bostridge – tenor
Antonio Florio – Conductor
Cappella Neapolitana
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Programme Note
Through this selection of arias, Ian Bostridge demonstrates the important place that the tenor voice held in Italian opera from the mid-17th to the mid-18th Century – often thought of as the era of the castrato. At this time, there were two main centres of opera in Italy: Venice, where such composers as Cavalli, Vivaldi, Cesti, Stradella, Sartorio and Legrenzi were active, and Naples, home to Provenzale, Caresana, Vinci and Fago. Bostridge is partnered by conductor Antonio Florio and his acclaimed Baroque ensemble Cappella Neapolitana.
