Nicola Antonio Porpora
Born: 17th August 1686, Naples, Italy
Died: 3rd March 1768, Naples, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Nicola (or Niccolò) Antonio Giacinto Porpora was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Other students included composers Johann Adolph Hasse, Matteo Capranica and Joseph Haydn.
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Philippe Jaroussky celebrates 25 years in the profession
31st Dec 2025
The French countertenor reflects on the changes he's seen during his first quarter-century in the business, his recent album of Italian secular cantatas, his blossoming parallel career as a conductor, and why he's a firm believer that 'the grass is not always greener in another field'.
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Gelosia from Philippe Jaroussky and Artaserse
24th Oct 2025
The French countertenor does battle with the green-eyed monster in a programme of secular Italian cantatas, featuring two popular examples by Handel and Vivaldi, one relative rarity by Alessandro Scarlatti, and world premiere recordings of works by Porpora and Galuppi.
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Popular Works: Porpora
- Alto Giove (from Polifemo) (19)
- Cantata: Il Ritiro (2)
- Cello Concerto in G major (10)
- Come nave in ria tempesta (from Semiramide Regina dell'Assiria) (3)
- Concerto for violoncello and strings in A minor (2)
- D'amor la bella pace (2)
- D'Amore Il Primo Dardo (3)
- Dal povero mio cor (2)
- Dall'amor piu sventurato (Orfeo) (3)
- De profundis (3)
- Destatevi, o pastori (3)
- Destrier che all'armi usato usci dal chiuso al largo (from Poro) (3)
- Dolci freschi aurette...Nell'attendere il mio bene (from Polifemo) (5)
- Ecco che il primo albore (3)
- Già la notte s’avvicina (La pesca) (2)
- Il Gedeone (3)
- In braccio a mille furie (from Semiramide riconosciuta) (3)
- Le limpid’onde (from Ifigenia in Aulide) (3)
- Mira In Cielo (from Arianna e Teseo) (3)
- Misera, e che farò? (Arianna) (2)
- Morte amara (from Lucio Papirio) (2)
- Nisi Dominus (3)
- Nobil onda (Adelaïde) (5)
- Oh Dio, che non è vero (2)
- Oh se fosse il mio core (3)
- Or che d’orrido Verno (2)
- Or che una nube ingrata (4)
- Or la nube procellosa (3)
- Placidetti zeffiretti (from Polifemo) (3)
- Questa dunque e la selva (2)
- Salve Regina (10)
- Si pietoso il tuo labbro (from Semiramide Riconosciuta) (3)
- Siface: Tu che d’ardire m’attendi (2)
- Sonata for cello and continuo in F major (3)
- Stelle lucide (2)
- Torbido intorno al core (from Meride e Selinunte) (3)
- Va' per le vene il sangue (from Il Trionfo di Camilla) (3)
- Vaghi amori (from Festa d'Imeneo) (3)
- Veggo la selva e il monte (2)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 (2)
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Contra-Tenor
Michael Spyres (tenor), Il Pomo d’Oro, Francesco Corti
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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