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Early Opera Company 早期歌劇團, Christian Curnyn 庫能

Chandos (United Kingdom)

庫能(Christian Curnyn)  指揮  早期歌劇團

• 英國漢普斯特德花園郊區聖猶達堂錄音
• 高傳真5.0 多聲道錄音規格 (24-bit/96 kHz); 適用所有CD/ SACD播放系統
• 英國原裝進口

Tim Mead | countertenor (Amadigi)
Patrick Terry | countertenor (Orgando)
Mary Bevan | soprano (Melissa)
Anna Dennis | soprano (Oriana)
Hilary Summers | contralto (Dardano)
Early Opera Company
Christian Curnyn

The countertenor Tim Mead leads an all-star cast in the Early Opera Company’s recording of Handel’s Amadigi di Gaula, conducted by Christian Curnyn. The opera was first performed, in London, in 1715, in the first season under the reign of George I, at the King’s Theatre on the Haymarket. The complex, twisting plot features the lovers Amadigi and Oriana, imprisoned by the sorceress Melissa (who seeks Amadigi’s love). His ally Dardano turns against Amadigi, his former friend, when he realises that they both love Oriana and he sides with Melissa. Her plans are repeatedly
foiled, and true love triumphs at the final curtain!

Amadigi is considered the finest of Handel’s early London operas in terms of musical sophistication, theatrical pacing, and a perfectly balanced exploration of the interconnected relationships, motivations, and emotional divergences among just four dissimilar yet equally arresting characters. Recorded in Surround Sound and released as two Hybrid SACDs.

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