And, let's face it, the only reason to listen to most Vivaldi operas is for daring and gorgeous singing.įrancesco Maffei's libretto involves the usual mistaken identities among paired lovers, with the twist that the assumed names of one of the men is the actual name of the other man. The singers sound impressive just listed on the page - Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Philippe Jaroussky, Sara Mingardo - and the results in sound are universally delightful.
The secret of Griselda's success was the stupendous cast that Spinosi assembled, and he has done it again with this rescue opera composed by il prete rosso for the grand opening of Verona's new opera theater designed by Francesco Bibiena, the Nuovo Teatro Filarmonico, on January 6, 1732. Jean-Christophe Spinosi and the Ensemble Matheus, after contributing a memorable 2006 recording of Vivaldi's Griselda to the series, return with this new recording of another unknown Vivaldi opera, La fida ninfa. Naïve continues to release its superlative series of discs called the Vivaldi Edition, the best of what the partnership between musicology and performing ensembles has to offer.
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