L'Âge d'Or des Castrats (1st version)
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 Pietro Longhi, The Ridotto, 1740s, Oil on canvas, Raccotta Salon, Venice |
Magnify- Griselda: 3 Arias of Ernesto
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- "Che giova fuggire"
- 1'27"
- 02 -
- "Troppo è il dolore"
- 5'45"
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- 03 -
- "Per la gloria d'adoravi"
- 2'31"
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- 3 recitatives and rondos (Metastasio)
- 04 -
- "Misero me... Nel partir bell'idol mio"
- 7'09"
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- 05 -
- "Ebben si vada... Io ti lascio"
- 7'02"
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- 06 -
- "Mi scordi i torti miei... Dolci aurette"
- 7'01"
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- From Poro, Re dell'Indie
(recitative and rondo for Tenducci)
- 07 -
- "Ah, se Poro mai vedi... Digli che son fedele"
- 5'28"
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Digli che son fedele is Cleofide's aria from Poro, Re dell'Indie. This popular opera with a libretto by Metastasio was set by a number of composers, including Hasse who used the title Cleofide. This aria was written by Storace for the Italian castrato Ferdinando Tenducci. It was performed at a concert organized by Carl Friedrich Abel at Abel's concert hall in Hanover Square, London on the 8th of May, 1782.
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- Demofoonte, Airs de Timante (3 arias for Farinelli)
- 08 -
- "La dolce compagna"
- 6'04"
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- 09 -
- "Sperai vicino il lido"
- 6'41"
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- 10 -
- "Misero pargoletto"
- 8'08"