Arias for Anna Renzi, the First Opera Diva / Roberta Invernizzi
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Arias for Anna Renzi, the First Opera Diva / Roberta Invernizzi

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Composer
Giovanni Ceresini, Pietro Antonio Cesti, Giovanni Paolo Cima, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Filiberto Lauren
Artist
Roberta Invernizzi
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Nov 18, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96716
UPC
5028421967165

About

As the most celebrated singer in Venice during the 1640s, Anna Renzi created roles in operas by the great dramatists of the day including Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea. As outlined by the booklet’s detailed essay on Renzi’s life and career, her career was not very long but dazzling. It centered round the many Venetian theatres and prestigious tours that took her to Florence, Genoa and Innsbruck: from 1640, when she made her debut in Rome, her home city, in an opera written by her alleged teacher Filiberto Laurenzi staged at the French embassy in Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi, to 1657 in Le fortune di Rodope e Damira, set to music by Pietro Andrea Ziani, at Teatro Sant’Aponal in Venice. Roberta Invernizzi begins her recital with ‘Disprezzata regina’ L’incoronazione di Poppea and follows it with two arias from Cesti’s lesser-known Argia of 1655, hardly less dazzling in the brilliance of its vocal line. O cara libertà is a standalone aria from a collection by a composer two generations after Monteverdi, Filiberto Laurenzi (1618-after 1651), and Invernizzi ends the album on a high with three arias from his little-known drama La Finta Savia.

Between the vocal selections, Ensemble Sezione Aurea insert instrumental interludes by Venetian contemporaries such as Rossi, Cima and Frescobaldi. The album as a whole adds up to a compelling portrait of Renzi, demonstrating her particular gift for bringing characters to vivid life on stage, and also a showcase for the vocal and dramatic talents of Roberta Invernizzi, who has taken lead roles in early operas under early-music luminaries including Alan Curtis, Rinaldo Alessandrini and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The booklet also includes full sung texts and English translations.

REVIEW:

Roberta Invernizzi presents a tribute to a so-called opera diva, Venice’s most famous singer in the 1640s, Anna Renzi. With interpretations full of character, this is a successful, if somewhat brief tribute to her legendary ancestor.

-- Pizzicato (Remy Franck)

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act I: Disprezzata Regina 04:45
    Track
    1
    Title
    L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act I: Disprezzata Regina
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Performer
    Roberta Invernizzi
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Sezione Aurea
  2. 2 Sinfonia avanti il prologo 02:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    Sinfonia avanti il prologo
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Antonio Cesti
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Sezione Aurea
  3. 3 S'un guardo mi vinse 03:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    S'un guardo mi vinse
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Antonio Cesti
    Performer
    Roberta Invernizzi
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Sezione Aurea
  4. 4 Passacaille del Seigneur Luigi 03:56
    Track
    4
    Title
    Passacaille del Seigneur Luigi
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Luigi Rossi
    Performer
    Filippo Pantieri
  5. 5 Sonata à 2 05:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sonata à 2
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Giovanni Paolo Cima
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Sezione Aurea
  6. 6 Concerti ed arie: O cara libertà 06:04
    Track
    6
    Title
    Concerti ed arie: O cara libertà
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Filiberto Laurenzi
    Performer
    Roberta Invernizzi
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Sezione Aurea
  7. 7 Canzoni da sonare, Book 1: Canzon prima a basso solo 05:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    Canzoni da sonare, Book 1: Canzon prima a basso solo
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Sezione Aurea
  8. 8 Simulacro d'amor 03:58
    Track
    8
    Title
    Simulacro d'amor
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Giovanni Ceresini
    Performer
    Filippo Pantieri
  9. 9 L'Argia: Ecco l'alba che ridente 01:25
    Track
    9
    Title
    L'Argia: Ecco l'alba che ridente
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Antonio Cesti
    Performer
    Roberta Invernizzi
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Sezione Aurea
  10. 10 Spero, aspetto e non viene 02:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    Spero, aspetto e non viene
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Filiberto Laurenzi
    Performer
    Roberta Invernizzi
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Sezione Aurea
  11. 11 Per far nascere un Chirone 03:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    Per far nascere un Chirone
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Filiberto Laurenzi
    Performer
    Roberta Invernizzi
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Sezione Aurea
  12. 12 Stolta Melanto 04:45
    Track
    12
    Title
    Stolta Melanto
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Filiberto Laurenzi
    Performer
    Roberta Invernizzi
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Sezione Aurea