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Handel, Popora, Rossi et al.: Angelica diabolica / Semenzato, Basel Chamber Orchestra

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Composer
Various
Artist
Giulia Semenzato, Kammerorchester Basel
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
May 13, 2022
Catalog #
ALPHA830
UPC
3760014198304

About

Giulia Semenzato, already renowned for her interpretations of the Baroque repertory and her Mozartian roles, presents here her first solo album. The program, entitled Angelica diabolica, is devoted to the female protagonists of Ludovico Ariosto, author of the epic poem "Orlando furioso," whose emblematic figure is Angelica, a revolutionary heroine, ready to resort to any trick in order to regain her freedom. After the Baroque Rome of Luigi Rossi and his opera Il palazzo incantato (1642), we turn to the galant style of Naples with Nicola Porpora’s serenata Angelica (1720), then to Milan in 1702 with the warlike heroine of Bernardo Sabadini’s opera Angelica nel Catai, before a more melancholy take on the character by Agostino Steffani (1691). These rare numbers rub shoulders with more familiar arias by Georg Friedrich Handel, sung by the heroines of his operas Orlando, Ariodante, Amadigi di Gaula, not to mention the famous enchantress Alcina. Alongside the Kammerorchester Basel, Giulia Semenzato deploys all her virtuosity, vocal agility and feeling for words to slip into the shoes of these women, by turns angelic and diabolical.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 Si tocchi tamburo 03:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    Si tocchi tamburo
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Luigi Rossi
    Performer
    Giulia Semenzato
    Ensemble
    Kammerorchester Basel
  2. 2 Sol per breve momento 03:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    Sol per breve momento
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Luigi Rossi
    Performer
    Giulia Semenzato
    Ensemble
    Kammerorchester Basel
  3. 3 Mentre rendo a te la vita 05:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    Mentre rendo a te la vita
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Giulia Semenzato
    Ensemble
    Kammerorchester Basel
  4. 4 Costante e fedele 03:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    Costante e fedele
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Giulia Semenzato
    Ensemble
    Kammerorchester Basel
  5. 5 Angelica nel Catai: Mi vedrà più fiera in campo 03:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    Angelica nel Catai: Mi vedrà più fiera in campo
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Bernardo Sabadini
    Performer
    Giulia Semenzato
    Ensemble
    Kammerorchester Basel
  6. 6 Orlando generoso: Se t'eclissi 07:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    Orlando generoso: Se t'eclissi
    Duration
    07:05
    Composer
    Agostino Steffani
    Performer
    Giulia Semenzato
    Ensemble
    Kammerorchester Basel
  7. 7 Orlando, HWV 31, Act II: Non potra dirmi ingrata 04:00
    Track
    7
    Title
    Orlando, HWV 31, Act II: Non potra dirmi ingrata
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Giulia Semenzato
    Ensemble
    Kammerorchester Basel
  8. 8 Ariodante: Quella man che mi condanna 05:03
    Track
    8
    Title
    Ariodante: Quella man che mi condanna
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Carlo Francesco Pollarolo
    Performer
    Giulia Semenzato
    Ensemble
    Kammerorchester Basel
  9. 9 Ariodante, HWV 33, Act I: Aria: Volate, amori 04:08
    Track
    9
    Title
    Ariodante, HWV 33, Act I: Aria: Volate, amori
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Giulia Semenzato
    Ensemble
    Kammerorchester Basel
  10. 10 Alcina, HWV 34, Aria: Mi restano le lagrime 06:22
    Track
    10
    Title
    Alcina, HWV 34, Aria: Mi restano le lagrime
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Giulia Semenzato
    Ensemble
    Kammerorchester Basel
  11. 11 Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act II: Destero dall' empia Dite 05:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act II: Destero dall' empia Dite
    Duration
    05:52
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Giulia Semenzato
    Ensemble
    Kammerorchester Basel