Antonio vivaldis opera ercole sul termodonte hercules in thermodon has received one of the finest performances on record. Vivaldi gave of his best, including some hits from his earlier operas, and created a masterwork that exemplified his expressive range and offered. Spoleto festival, 2006, il complesso barocco with alan curtis weve discussed, on a previous occasion, the indignities inflicted on opera singers, but the sadomasochism of alcina has just been comprehensively trumped. Rolando villazon and joyce didonato lead a dazzling cast in vivaldis opera ercole sultermodonte, first heard in rome in 1723 and reconstructed by conductor fabio biondi from the original libretto, historical scores and his intimate knowledge of the composer. Id like to say that one remembers this production of ercole sul termodonte for its wonderful music, or for the simple and effective set designs.
Ercole sul termodonte di antonio vivaldi video 2007. Ercole sul termodonte 1723 dramma per musica in three acts, edited by alessandro ciccolini and alan curtis. There was a papal ban on women appearing on stage at the time and so the opera was sung by seven castrati and a male tenor, the latter singing the title role, hercules. There is no complete surviving score for vivaldi s ercole sul termodonte, but there is enough existing material that modern scholars have been able to reconstruct it primarily by making new settings of the lost recitatives. Ercole sul termodonte, sinfonia for the arrival of ercole, vivaldi, europa galante, fabio biondi by wienerfr. This page lists all recordings of ercole sul termodonte by antonio vivaldi 16781741. Ercole sul termodonte fabio biondi, joyce didonato, vivica genaux on allmusic 2011 there is no complete surviving score for.
Jan 27, 2016 ercole sul termodonte baroque italian opera in three acts. Rolando villazon ercole, patrizia ciofi orizia, diana damrau martesia, joyce didonato ippolita, vivica genaux antiope, topi lehtipuu telemone, philippe jaroussky alceste, romina basso teseo, europa galante, fabio biondi. This opera deals with the struggle between the heros of both sexs. Cd ercole sul termodonte direction fabio biondi opera. Ercole sul termodonte november 17, 2015 november 17, 2015 bipolaropera uncategorized ercole sul term odonte, naked opera, nudity, zachary stains by now opera fans are used to their share of nudity, but this production of vivaldi s seldom performed ercole sul termodonte takes it to a whole new level. Acquista il cd ercole sul termodonte di antonio vivaldi in offerta su ibs. Roberta invernizzi, onde chiare chi sussurrate, ercole sul termodonte, vivaldi. Antonio vivaldi 1723 ercole zachary stains gives a pep talk to his men, accompanied by alceste luca dordolo, kneeling left foreground, telamone filippo mineccia, on steps and teseo randall scotting, standing right foreground. Ercole sul termodonte wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Indeed, he has come to the land of the amazons in order to undertake one of his twelve labours, given to him as penance for having slain his own wife and children in a fit of madness. Ercole sul termodonte, r710 opera play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and. Title dramma per musica in tre atti composer vivaldi, antonio.
The libretto was written by antonio salvi not giacomo francesco bussani as previously misattributed. Ercole was the first opera that vivaldi wrote for rome and, though we know nothing about the circumstances of the commission, he was out to impress. Here it is ercole sul termodonte hercules on the thermodon, vivaldis opera for the 1723 season in rome. The opera ercole sul termodonte 1723 by antonio vivaldi 16781741 is one of the most thrilling masterworks of the baroque music that i have seen and heard. Singers of great renown were called upon for the first performance of ercole sul termodonte by antonio vivaldi in rome, in the hall of signor federico capranica, on 27th january 1723. An exclusively male singing cast, as was the custom on roman stages, to tell the tale of the battle between hercules, accompanied by the heroes theseus, telamon. Vivaldis 1723 opera ercole sul termodonte, his first to be performed in rome, was a huge hit, pulling off what oxford professor of music reinhard strohm described as an aesthetic coup detat in roman opera. Rolando villazon and joyce didonato lead a dazzling cast in vivaldis opera ercole sultermodonte, first heard in rome in 1723 and reconstructed by conductor fabio biondi from the original libretto, historical scores and his intimate knowledge of the. Vivaldi ercole by fabio biondirolando villazonpatrizia ciofidiana. Antonio vivaldi, famoso maestro di violino che stava venendo a roma per far rappresentare una sua opera per il carnevale. The three act opera with libretto by antonio salvi was first performed in 1723 in rome where due to a special papal edict preventing women from appearing onstage in rome, it premiered with castrati singing all the female roles.
Ercole sul termodonte zachary stains, maryellen nesi, alan curtis, john pascoe youtube nabucco di giuseppe verdi direttore michele mariotti regia. Spoleto festival, 2006, il complesso barocco with alan curtis weve discussed, on a previous occasion, the indignities inflicted on opera. Ercole al termodoonte ballo eroicopantomimo composto, e diretto da antonio landini. Nearly all the arias have however been found, some. Ercole sul termodonte baroque italian opera in three acts. Well, the key thing is that here we see ercole as warrior, not as lover. Provided to youtube by warner classics ercole sul termodonte rv710.
Ercole sul termodonte dvd video il complesso barocco on allmusic. Opera news, november 2007 the amazons flex their bows within the olive grove. Ercole sul termodonte was vivaldis 16th opera, appearing in 1723 in rome. In this work he created what the booklet notes refer to as an operatic sampler, a compendium of every kind of aria and operatic trick that he was capable of producing, an introduction for the. Ercole sul termodonte, sinfonia for the arrival of ercole, vivaldi, europa galante, fabio biondi. There is no complete surviving score for vivaldis ercole sul termodonte, but there is enough existing material that modern scholars have been able to reconstruct it primarily by making new settings of the lost recitatives. The 2006 spoleto festival in italy presented vivaldis opera ercole sul termodonte in a production designed and directed eloquently by john pascoe.
Ercole sul termodonte, the long awaited new vivaldi recording released hercules reborn. Dec 22, 2015 antonio vivaldi s opera ercole sul termodonte hercules in thermodon has received one of the finest performances on record. Ercole sul termodonte di antonio vivaldi video 2007 imdb. Nov 17, 2015 ercole sul termodonte november 17, 2015 november 17, 2015 bipolaropera uncategorized ercole sul termodonte, naked opera, nudity, zachary stains by now opera fans are used to their share of nudity, but this production of vivaldis seldom performed ercole sul termodonte takes it to a whole new level. Director fabio bondi has attempted a reconstruction from the surviving complete libretto, along with various musical manuscripts. Ercole sul termodonte, vivaldi, europa galante, fabio biondi by wienerfr.
Aug 03, 2016 so, with ercole amante fresh in our minds, what should we expect from ercole sul termodonte. An exclusively male singing cast, as was the custom on roman stages, to tell the tale of the battle between. With zachary stains, maryellen nesi, laura cherici, luca dordolo. Ercole sul termodonte is a baroque italian opera in three acts. Scena di battaglia, ercole sul termodonte, vivaldi, europa. Ercole sul termodonte vivica genaux, joyce didonato.
Ercole sul termodonte di antonio vivaldi 2007 video plot. Ercole sul termodonte page 1 of 1 presto classical. Ercole sul termodonte jetzt portofrei fur 27,99 euro kaufen. Ercole sul termodonte, ou ercole sul termodonte, hercule sur le thermodon. Ercole sul termodonte is a wellprepared pasticcio put together by vivaldi from his own works and first performed in rome in 1723. Except that it has been judiciously cut and alessandro ciccolini has replaced several missing arias with pastiche borrowings and recomposed the lost recitatives. Ercole sul termodonte, r710 opera play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web.
This important opera, performed in rome a year earlier than vivaldis il giustino, and including the young carestini in its cast, was long thought to be lost. The first production of the opera since vivaldi s time was at spoleto in 2006 in a version by alessandro ciccolini, which was released as a dvd. Ercole sul termodonte compositeur antonio vivaldi librettiste giacomo francesco bussani orchestre europa galante choeur coro di camera santa cecilia di borgo san lorenzo dir. Ercole sul termodonte fabio biondi, joyce didonato. Antonio vivaldi 1723 ercole zachary stains gives a pep talk to his men, accompanied by alceste luca dordolo, kneeling left foreground, telamone filippo mineccia, on steps and teseo randall scotting, standing right. Ercole sul termodonte, rv 710 vivaldi, antonio imslp. Vivaldi ercole sul termodonte il complesso barocco.
Sinfonia fabio biondieuropa galante vivaldi ercole. Antonio vivaldi, fabio biondi, europa galante, rolando villazon, romina basso, patrizia ciofi, diana damrau, joyce didonato, vivica genaux, philippe. The 2006 spoleto festival in italy presented vivaldi s opera ercole sul termodonte in a production designed and directed eloquently by john pascoe. The first production of the opera since vivaldis time was at spoleto in 2006 in a version by alessandro ciccolini, which was released as a dvd. Antonio vivaldi, fabio biondi, europa galante, rolando villazon, romina basso, patrizia ciofi, diana damrau, joyce didonato, vivica genaux, philippe jaroussky vivaldi. Rolando villazon ercole, patrizia ciofi orizia, diana damrau martesia. In 1723, it became the sixteenth opera set to music by antonio vivaldi. Ercole sul termodonte antonio vivaldi 16781741 ercole sul termodonte zachary stains, maryellen nesi, laura cherici, luca dordolo, marina bartoli, randall scotting, il complesso barocco, alan curtis. Vivaldi ercole sul termodonte rv710 04di20 youtube. Rolando villazon ercole, patrizia ciofi orizia, diana damrau martesia, joyce didonato ippolita, vivica genaux antiope, topi lehtipuu telemone, philippe jaroussky alceste, romina basso teseo europa galante, fabio biondi.
Ercole sul termodonte di antonio vivaldi video 2007 plot. Hercules in thermodon is a baroque italian opera in three acts. Feb 11, 2017 provided to youtube by warner classics ercole sul termodonte rv710. Vivaldi ercole, an album by antonio vivaldi, joyce didonato on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Ercole sul termodonte, the long awaited new vivaldi.