Vivaldi: Catone in Utica

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this is a fascinating and apt reconstruction and there is some marvellous stuff here...This recording includes outstanding contributions from Roberta Mameli (Caesar), Ann Hallenberg (Emilia),... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Sep 2013
Catalogue No: OP30545
Label: Naive
Series: Vivaldi Edition
Length: 2 hours 40 minutes

Vivaldi: Catone in Utica, RV 705 (reconstructed by A. Ciccolini)

Work length2:40:40

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Topi Lehtipuu (tenor), Roberta Mameli (soprano), Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), Sonia Prina (contralto), Romina Basso (mezzo-soprano), Emőke Baráth (soprano)
Complesso Barocco, Il
Alan Curtis
Recorded: September 2012
Recording Venue: Lonigo, Italy

Sinfonia: Allegro

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Sinfonia: Andante

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Sinfonia: Allegro

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Act I Scene 1: Recitativo: Perche si mesto, o padre? (Marzia, Arbace, Catone)

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Act I Scene 1: Aria: Con si bel nome in fronte (Catone)

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Act I Scene 2: Recitativo: Poveri affetti miei (Arbace, Marzia)

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Act I Scene 2: Aria: E follia se nascondete (Marzia)

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Act I Scene 3: Dunque Cesare venga (Catone, Cesare, Fulvio) - Scene 4: Che veggio, oh Dei (Emilia, Fulvio, Catone, Cesare) - Scene 5: Tu taci, Emilia? (Cesare, Emilia, Fulvio)

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Act I Scene 5: Aria: Vaga sei ne sdegni tuoi (Cesare)

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Act I Scene 6: Recitativo: Quanto da te diverso (Emilia, Fulvio)

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Act I Scene 6: Aria: L'ira mia, bella sdegnata (Fulvio)

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Act I Scene 7: Recitativo: Se gl'altrui folli amori ascolto e soffro (Emilia)

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Act I Scene 7: Aria: O nel sen di qualche stella (Emilia)

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Act I Scene 8: Recitativo: Giunse dunque a tentarti (Cesare, Fulvio) - Scene 9: Recitativo: Pur ti riveggo, o Marzia (Cesare, Marzia)

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Act I Scene 9: Aria: Apri le luci e mira (Cesare)

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Act I Scene 10: Recitativo: Mie perdute speranze (Marzia, Catone) - Scene 11: Recitativo: Deh! t'arresta, o Signor (Arbace, Marzia, Catone)

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Act I Scene 12: Recitativo accompagnato: Che giurai! Che promisi! (Arbace)

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Act I Scene 12: Aria: Che legge spietata (Arbace)

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Act II Scene 1: Recitativo: Marzia t'accheta (Catone, Marzia, Fulvio, Arbace) - Scene 2: Recitativo: A tanto eccesso (Fulvio, Marzia, Arbace)

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Act II Scene 2: Aria: S'andra senza pastore (Arbace)

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Act II Scene 3: Recitativo: Che gran sorte e la mia! (Marzia, Emilia, Cesare) - Scene 4: Ormai consolati signor (Fulvio, Cesare, Marzia, Emilia)

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Act II Scene 4: Aria: Se mai senti spirarti sul volto (Cesare)

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Act II Scene 5: Recitativo: Lode agli dei (Emilia, Marzia) - Scene 6: Recitativo: Tu vedi o bella Emilia (Fulvio, Emilia) - Scene 7: Recitativo: O Dio tutta se stessa (Fulvio)

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Act II Scene 7: Aria: Degl'Elisi dal soggiorno (Fulvio)

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Act II Scene 8: Recitativo: Si vuole ad onta mia (Catone, Cesare) - Scene 9: Recitativo: Cesare, e dove? (Marzia, Cesare, Catone)

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Act II Scene 9: Aria: Se in campo armato (Cesare)

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Act II Scene 10: Recitativo: Ah signor, che facesti? (Marzia, Catone, Emilia) - Scene 11: Recitativo: Signor, so che a momenti (Arbace, Catone, Marzia, Emilia)

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Act II Scene 11: Aria: Dovea svenarti allora (Catone)

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Act II Scene 12: Recitativo: Sarete paghi alfin (Marzia, Arbace, Emilia)

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Act II Scene 12: Aria: Il povero mio core (Marzia)

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Act II Scene 13: Recitativo: Udisti Arbace? (Emilia, Arbace) - Scene 14: Recitativo: Or di Catone l'asilo (Emilia)

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Act II Scene 14: Aria: Come invano il mare irato (Emilia)

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Act III Scene 1: Recitativo: Tutto, amico, ho tentato (Cesare, Fulvio) - Scene 2: Recitativo: Quanti aspetti la sorte (Cesare, Marzia)

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Act III Scene 2: Aria: Se parto, se resto (Marzia)

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Act III Scene 3: Recitativo: Me infelice! Che valmi aver soggetto (Cesare)

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Act III Scene 3: Aria: Sarebbe un bel diletto (Cesare)

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Act III Scene 4: E questo - Scene 5: Ecco d'Iside - Scene 6: Ola, fermate - Scene 7: D'altre insidie - Scene 8: Siam perduti (Emilia, Cesare, Catone)

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Act III Scene 9: Aria: Nella foresta (Emilia)

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Act III Scene 10: Recitativo accompagnato: Vinceste inique stelle (Catone) - Scene 11: Recitativo: Padre! (Marzia, Arbace, Catone)

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Act III Scene 11: Duetto: Fuggi dal guardo mio (Catone, Marzia)

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Act III Scene 12: Recitativo: Il vincer, o compagni (Cesare, Fulvio) - Final Scene: Recitativo: Ah Cesare, o sia vero (Marzia, Cesare, Arbace, Emilia)

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Act III Final Scene: D'amor la face (Chorus)

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Naive’s Vivaldi Edition is proud to present the 15th opera, and the 50th release, in the acclaimed series. Conducted by one of the masters of baroque opera, Alan Curtis, and gathering an impressive, vocal cast from the top echelons of Baroque singing 'Catone in Utica' is one of the Venetian master’s great, late operas. Composed four years before his death and premiered at Verona in the spring of 1737, 'Catone' inaugurated Vivaldi's third and last opera season. The Red Priest's farewell to the Teatro dell’Accademia Filarmonica was to resemble the crowning piece of a fire-works display.

Right from the first performances, the success was such that Vivaldi could write to his Ferrara protector, the Marquis Guido Bentivoglio, "Here, thanks be to God, my opera is praised to the skies! We gave only six performances, and yet, having done all the accounts, I know for sure that there will be no losses; on the contrary, if God blesses the season to the end, there will be a profit, and not a negligible one."

The autograph score, conserved in volume 38 of the Foà Collection in the Biblioteca Nationale in Turin, contains only Acts II and III of the opera. In all probability, the loss of the first act occurred at some stage during the eventful history of Vivaldi’s collection, which was constantly moved from place to place between 1741 and its rediscovery in 1926.

The two surviving acts demonstrate how carefully the composer-impresario had planned his final production for Verona. The eleven arias and coro are products of his high maturity, very finely worked, in which he continues his brilliant endeavour to combine his musical language with that of the Neapolitan composers.

140-page booklet (FR, EN, IT, GE)

Sung texts included

Edizione critica a cura di Alan Curtis (Boosey & Hawkes)

Reviews

December 2013

this is a fascinating and apt reconstruction and there is some marvellous stuff here...This recording includes outstanding contributions from Roberta Mameli (Caesar), Ann Hallenberg (Emilia), Sonia Prina (Martia) and Topi Lehtipuu (Cato).

November 2013

Curtis directs with astute dramatic pacing. The entire cast performs superbly: Topi Lehtipuu deomnstrates authoritative potency and rhetorical intelligence befitting of Cato...[Hallenberg, Prina and Basso] are probably the finest three mezzo-sopranos in the current Baroque opera business.

2nd October 2013

Il Complesso Barocco is always well-balanced with excellent ensemble and fine string tone. The music is sensitively and thoughtfully phrased, and the players easily set the mood at the beginning of each aria...This is a truly outstanding recording of one of Vivaldi’s finest works

8th September 2013

Alessandro Ciccolini has reconstructed most of the missing music, and the results sound utterly convincing. The cast, all but one of them women (three singing male roles), is impressive of voice and brilliant of technique. Curtis’s direction is pacy.

19th September 2013

The performance is glorious. The conducting and the playing have tremendous energy, and the singing is to die for. Ann Hallenberg's sensational Emilia rightly dominates.

Early Music Today December 2013

In a strong cast Roberta Mameli’s Cesare and Ann Hallenburg’s Emilia stand out, albeit they have the advantage of singing the opera’s finest arias. Mameli’s beguiling ‘Se mai sentry spirarti sul volo lieve’ is the highlight, though Hallenburg’s anguished ‘Nella foresta’, punctuated by fierce horns, is hardly less enthralling.

Vivaldi: Catone in Utica

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