Domenico Scarlatti’s La Dirindina and Albinoni’s Pimpinone are two 'intermezzi buffi', which were comic operatic interludes inserted between acts or scenes of an opera seria.

Pimpinone was performed for the first time in Venice in 1708, as the interlude for Astarto, Albinoni’s own opera seria. The work was an immediate success and was given many further performances, both in Italy and abroad. La Dirindina was composed seven years later, in 1715, by Domenico Scarlatti, son of Alessandro.

Both intermezzi are première video recordings, filmed in high definition and 16:9 aspect ratio with stereo PCM sound.

Format/Aspect ratio: NTSC – 16:9 Audio

Format: PCM 2.0

Subtitles: Ita, Eng, Fre, Ger, Jap

Region code: 0 – All regions

Recording date & place: March 2014 – Teatro Accademico Castelfranco Veneto, Italy

Duration: 78 min

Notes: English, Italian

Artists

Elena De Simone (Dirindina), Filippo Pina Castiglioni (Liscione) & Carlo Torriani (Don Carissimo), Carlo Torriani (Pimpinone) & Elena De Simone (Vespetta)

Chamber Orchestra Lo Splendore di San Marco, Chamber Orchestra Le Humane Virtù, Carlo Torriani (director), Diego Bortolato (conductor), Alberto Busettini (conductor)