Paer: Leonora / De Marchi, Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

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CPO
Release Date
September 17, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PAER, FERDINANDO
    • PERFORMER
      Innsbrucker Festwochenorchester, Marchi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 17, 2021
    • UPC
      761203541126
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555411-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Overture

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    2. Act I: Introduction: Fedele mio diletto, fa presto non tardar (Marcellina)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Marie Lys

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    3. Act I: Recitative: Ma se Fedele non ritorna ancora (Marcellina, Giacchino)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Marie Lys, Luigi De Donato

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    4. Act I: Duet: Mia cara, mia bella! (Marcellina, Giacchino)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Marie Lys, Luigi De Donato

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    5. Act I: Recitative: Bisogna che alla schietta (Marcellina, Giacchino)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Marie Lys, Luigi De Donato

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    6. Act I: Trio: Che vuol dire? Cosa fate? (Rocco, Marcellina, Giacchino)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Renato Girolami, Marie Lys, Luigi De Donato

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    7. Act I: Recitative: Ma lasciatemi dire (Rocco, Marcellina, Giacchino)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Renato Girolami, Marie Lys, Luigi De Donato

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    8. Act I: Quartet: O cielo (Rocco, Marcellina, Giacchino, Leonora)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Renato Girolami, Marie Lys, Luigi De Donato, Eleonora Bellocci

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    9. Act I: Recitative: Mio povero Fedele, siedi almeno (Rocco, Leonora, Marcello)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Renato Girolami, Eleonora Bellocci, Marie Lys

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    10. Act I: Recitative: Tre sentinelle tosto sul terrapieno! (Rocco)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Renato Girolami

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    11. Act I: Trio: Quai pensieri, quai dubbi ho d'intorno! i (Don Pizarro, Leonora, Rocco)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Carlo Allemano, Eleonora Bellocci, Renato Girolami

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    12. Act I: Recitative: Esecrabil Pizzarro! dove vai? (Don Pizarro)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Carlo Allemano

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    13. Act I: Cavatina: I tuoi gemiti (Leonora)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Eleonora Bellocci

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    14. Act I: Recitative: Si tenti del crudele (Leonora)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Eleonora Bellocci

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    15. Act I: Aria: Fiero aquilon furente (Leonora)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Eleonora Bellocci

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    16. Act I: Recitative: Mio padre or paria (Marcellina, Giacchino)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Marie Lys, Luigi De Donato

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    17. Act I: Aria: Corri, corri da qualche astrologo (Marcellina)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Marie Lys

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    18. Act I: Recitative: Ed io debbo soffrire (Giacchino, Rocco, Leonora)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Luigi De Donato, Renato Girolami, Eleonora Bellocci

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    19. Act I: Duet: Morto? (Leonora, Rocco)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Eleonora Bellocci, Renato Girolami

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    20. Act I: Recitative: Vedete quanto zelo (Rocco, Don Pizarro)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Renato Girolami, Carlo Allemano

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    21. Act I: Finale: Signor mio, son sessant’anni (Rocco, Don Pizarro, Leonora)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Renato Girolami, Carlo Allemano, Eleonora Bellocci

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    22. Act I: Finale: Vi trovo a tempo, mio genitore! o (Marcello, Don Pizarro, Rocco, Leonora)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Carlo Allemano, Renato Girolami, Eleonora Bellocci

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    23. Act II: Recitative: Ciel! che profonda, oscurità tiranna! (Florestano)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Paolo Fanale

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    24. Act II: Aria: Dolce oggetto del mio amoree (Florestano)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Paolo Fanale

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    25. Act II: Recitative: Oh Giustizia, mi reggi e mi difendi! (Florestano)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Paolo Fanale

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    26. Act II: Recitative: Come fa freddo in questo sotteraneo! (Leonora, Rocco)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Eleonora Bellocci, Renato Girolami

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    27. Act II: Duet: Da bravo, via lesto! Ei viene digià! (Rocco, Leonora)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Renato Girolami, Eleonora Bellocci

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    28. Act II: Recitative: Ei si risveglia! (Leonora, Rocco, Florestano)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Eleonora Bellocci, Renato Girolami, Paolo Fanale

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    29. Act II: Arioso: Deh, per pietade, solo una goccia d'acquae (Florestano)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Paolo Fanale

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    30. Act II: Recitative: Ah, mio malgrado (Rocco, Leonora, Florestano)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Renato Girolami, Eleonora Bellocci, Paolo Fanale

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    31. Act II: Trio: Che l'eterna provvidenza vi profonda i doni suoia (Florestano, Rocco, Leonora)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Paolo Fanale, Renato Girolami, Eleonora Bellocci

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    32. Act II: Recitative: Tutto è all'ordinee (Rocco, Leonora, Florestano)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Renato Girolami, Eleonora Bellocci, Paolo Fanale

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    33. Act II: Recitative: E' all'ordine ogni cosa (Don Pizarro, Rocco, Leonora)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Carlo Allemano, Renato Girolami, Eleonora Bellocci

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    34. Act II: Quartet: Fermate! Io lo difendo! (Leonora, Don Pizarro, Rocco, Florestano)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Eleonora Bellocci, Carlo Allemano, Renato Girolami, Paolo Fanale

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    35. Act II: Recitative: Ed io potei lasciarmi (Leonora, Florestano)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Eleonora Bellocci, Paolo Fanale

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    36. Act II: Recitative: Fedele! (Marcellina, Florestano, Leonora)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Marie Lys, Paolo Fanale, Eleonora Bellocci

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    37. Act II: Duet: Volentieri, o mio carino (Marcellina, Leonora)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Marie Lys, Eleonora Bellocci

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    38. Act II: Recitative: Dolce sposo! Tenero amico mio! (Leonora, Florestano)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Eleonora Bellocci, Paolo Fanale

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    39. Act II: Finale: Momento barbaro (Leonora, Florestano)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Eleonora Bellocci, Paolo Fanale

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    40. Act II: Finale: Signor, eccoli là! (Rocco, Florestano, Don Fernando, Leonora)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Renato Girolami, Paolo Fanale, Kresimir Spicer, Eleonora Bellocci

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    41. Act II: Finale: Voi, donna impareggiabile e (Don Fernando, Marcellina, Rocco, Florestano)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Kresimir Spicer, Marie Lys, Renato Girolami, Paolo Fanale

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi

    42. Act II: Finale: Così oltraggiare osate (Don Fernando, Florestano, Rocco, Leonora, Don Pizarro, Marcellina, Giacchino)

      Composer: Ferdinando Paer

      Ensemble: Innsbruck Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Kresimir Spicer, Paolo Fanale, Renato Girolami, Eleonora Bellocci, Carlo Allemano, Marie Lys, Luigi De Donato

      Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi


In 2020, in a fitting contribution to the celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, the Innsbruck Early Music Festival presented a concert performance of the opera Leonora by his contemporary Ferdinando Paër. With this program selection the conductor Alessandro De Marchi rescued from oblivion the counterpart of Beethoven’s opera Fidelio and its model. Spirited recitatives, extended arias, cabalettas, and marvelously mellow duets occur in sequence in Paër's works, including his opera Leonora, premiered in 1804.

During the Napoleonic Wars what he presented here was a heroic liberation opera of French stamp. The action corresponds to the spirit of the times, and the faithful wife displays heroism in her rescue of her unjustly imprisoned husband from a self-complacent tyrant’s dungeon. Dark political intrigues are denounced, and honesty, uprightness, and pure love are glorified. Paër’s musical setting of Fidelio’s heroic story differs from Beethoven’s only opera in many respects. First and foremost because the libretto is in Italian, a language that has very different effects on the melodic, rhythmic, and rhetorical flow of the music and its expressive character. Then there is also the fact that Paër composed considerably more coloraturas for the principal singers than Beethoven did. Here an Italian opera composer of the high Neapolitan school clearly continuing to point back to Hasse and Porpora makes his voice heard.