Porpora - Carlo il Calvo
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Label: Parnassus Arts
Cat No: PARARTS002
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 17th March 2023
Contents
Artists
Franco FagioliMax Emanuel Cencic
Julia Lezhneva
Suzanne Jerosme
Petr Nekoranec
Bruno de Sa
Nian Wang
Armonia Atenea
Conductor
George PetrouWorks
Carlo il calvoArtists
Franco FagioliMax Emanuel Cencic
Julia Lezhneva
Suzanne Jerosme
Petr Nekoranec
Bruno de Sa
Nian Wang
Armonia Atenea
Conductor
George PetrouAbout
The score has been preserved at the Conservatory in Naples. The plot is set in that period of the early Middle Ages when Charlemagne's Europe was disintegrating at the hands of his quarrelling heirs. Its distinctive feature is that the titular hero is a child. In contrast to his colleagues, Porpora even gives him some verses to sing.
Louis the German, Charles's half-brother and Charlemagne's grandson, abducts the legitimate heir to the throne in order to rob him of his sovereignty. This provides Charles's mother with the opportunity for heart-wrenching scenes of despair and breathtaking outbursts of felling. On the stage of the premiere were acclaimed singing stars of baroque Europe.
The vocal demands are correspondingly exorbitant: in this premiere recording the soloists offer a first-class interpretation: Franco Fagioli (Adalgiso), Max Emanuel Cencic (Lottario), Julia Lezhneva (Gildippe), Suzanne Jerosme (Giuditta), Petr Nekoranec (Asprando), Bruno de Sá (Berardo) and Nian Wang (Eduige) with Armonia Atenea under George Petrou.
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