Partenope continues to assert her devotion to arsace. She asks arsace to lead her forces against emilio, and this provokes jealousy among the other suitors. In addition to operas, vinci wrote a few cantatas, sonatas, a serenata, and two oratorios oratorio di maria dolorata ca. May, 2017 our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. It was based on a neopolitan score by dominico natale sarro partenope to which vinci had contributed. For the sake of history i must add that the title of the opera by vinci when first presented at the teatro s. In this version comic intermezzi have been added, as was customary in the eighteenth century. It is largely based on domenico sarros 1707 setting of silvio stampiglias libretto partenope but with new arias by vinci. Armindo is perturbed by eurimenes feelings for partenope, but eurimene reassures him that his affections lie elsewhere. Partenope parthenope, hwv 27 is an opera by george frideric handel, first performed at the kings theatre in london on 24 february 1730. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A napoli partenope era venerata come dea protettrice.
Handel in london, and his setting from 1730, is the most widely known version of. Sonia prina partenope, maria grazia schiavo rosmira, maria ercolano. Scopri gli album e i dischi in vendita online a prezzi scontati. After that silvio stampiglias fine libretto was taken over by g. Just a few years ealier, in 1726, partenope had been considered as a possible subject for an opera featuring the rival queens faustina bordoni and francesca cuzzoni. Sonia prina, maria grazia schiavo, maria ercolano, stefano ferrari, antonio florio, eufemia tufano, charles do santos. Nov 06, 20 if in 1725 the first performance of vinci s partenope rosmira coincided with the death of the librettist stampiglia and of alessandro scarlatti, in 1730, year of vinci s death, handel would stage. Dopo qualche mese vinci ricevette linvito a rappresentare una sua opera a venezia per il successivo carnevale, ifigenia in tauride, al teatro di san giovanni grisostomo. C hristopher aldens new production of partenope relocates handels bitter erotic comedy to 1920s paris, and reimagines it in terms of the arty smart set that hung out with the surrealists. Metastasios libretto for didone abbandonata was set to music by some fifty composers, among which domenico sarro was the first in 1724, soon, followed by nicola porpora the following year, the present leonardo vinci in 1726, baldassare galuppi and johann hasse a dozen years later, later by niccolo jommelli, giuseppe sarti, niccolo piccinni and as far as saverio mercadante in 1820. His sonata in d major for flute and basso continuo is still played today. Le arie contrasegnate coll asterismo sono poste in musica nuovamente dal signor giovanni costanzi virtuoso delleminentissimo otthoboni. If in 1725 the first performance of vincis partenoperosmira coincided with the death of the librettist stampiglia and of alessandro scarlatti. Gli album sono il risultato di unattenta ricerca intesa a garantire il meglio di quanto oggi il mercato e in grado di offrire.
Although following the structure and forms of opera seria, the work is humorous in character and lighttextured in music, with a plot involving romantic complications and gender confusion. Set to music by a number of composers such as caldara, hasse, sarro, handel, and vivaldi the myth of partenope was very popular and known in as many as sixteen different versions. Zumaya adapted the libretto himself from a spanish translation of silvio stampiglias italian libretto which was first set for performance in naples during 1699 with music by luigi mancia. Partenope s aria in the first act, non posso amarti, o dio, is one of those with a particularly enchanting orchestral interlude. Ive seen baroque operas in modern disguise that have felt like valuable bridges between history and present day.