Classical Music In Concert

Sunday, 21 September 2025

Cavalli: Pompeo Magno - Leonardo García-Alarcón

Francesco CAVALLI

(1602 - 1676)

Pompeo Magno

opera in a prologue and 3 acts (Venice, 1666)

libretto: Niccolo Minato

Nicolò Balducci, soprano (Sesto)

Mariana Flores, soprano (Issicratea)

Sophie Junker, soprano (Giulia)

Max Emanuel Cencic, alto (Pompeo Magno)

Angelo Kidoniefs, alto (Secondo Prencipe)

Pierre Lenoir, alto (Genius, Primo Prencipe)

Alois Mühlbacher, alto (Amore, Farnace)

Valer Sabadus, alto (Scipione Servilio)

Kacper Szelążek, alto (Arpalia)

Dominique Visse, alto (Delfo)

Marcel Beekman, tenor (Atrea)

Valerio Contaldo, tenor (Mitridate)

Ioannis Filias, tenor (Terzo Prencipe)

Nicholas Scott, tenor (Claudio)

Jorge Navarro Colorado, tenor (Crasso)

Victor Sicard, baritone (Cesare)

Christos Christodoulou, bass (Quarto Prencipe)

Cappella Mediterranea

DIR.: LEONARDO GARCÍA-ALARCÓN

recorded: Sept 12, 2025, Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth

[Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2025]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

included: libretto [pdf]

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(01) prologue & act 1 [71'19"]

(02) act 2 [61'43"]

(03) act 3 [52'17"]

Picture: Bust of Pompey, copy of an original from 70–60 BC

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Jorge Navarro Colorado

Victor Sicard

Cappella Mediterranea

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Francesco Bartolomeo Conti

Sunday, 18 May 2025

Conti: Il trionfo della fama - Ottavio Dantone

Francesco Bartolomeo CONTI

(1681/82 - 1732)

Il trionfo della fama

serenata in one act (Vienna, 1723)

libretto: Francesco Fozio

Sophie Rennert, mezzo-soprano (Gloria)

Benedetta Mazzucato, contralto (Genio)

Nicolò Balducci, alto (Fama)

Martin Vanberg, tenor (Destino)

Riccardo Novaro, baritone (Valore)

La Stagione Armonica, NovoCanto

Accademia Bizantina

DIR.: OTTAVIO DANTONE

recorded: August 6, 2024, Haus für Musik, Innsbruck

[Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik 2024]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF (Vienna) (podcast)

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Il trionfo della fama [81'51"]

Picture: Charles VI (1685-1740) (Johann Gottfried Auerbach, 1735)

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Performance (IT)

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La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

Sunday, 2 February 2025

Vivaldi: Arsilda, regina di Ponto - Andrea Marcon

Antonio VIVALDI

(1678 - 1741)

Arsilda, regina di Ponto

dramma per musica in 3 acts (RV 700) (Venice, 1716)

libretto: Domenico Lalli

Jone Martínez, soprano (Nicandro)

Shira Patchornik, soprano (Mirinda)

Beth Taylor, mezzo-soprano (Lisea)

Benedetta Mazzucato, contralto (Arsilda)

Nicolò Balducci, alto (Barzane)

Leonardo Cortellazzi, tenor (Tamese)

José Coca Loza, bass (Cisardo)

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

DIR.: ANDREA MARCON

recorded: Feb 1, 2025, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

progrannme (NL) included [pdf]

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(01) act 1 & act 2 (pt 1) [1.19'32"]

(02) act 2 (pt 2) & act 3 [1.02'56"]

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Arsilda, regina di Ponto

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