Gluck: Il Trionfo di Clelia

de Risio's performance with Armonia Atenea is one of tireless dynamism, the trumpets, oboes and kettle drums parade-ground smart in the overture and tempestuous sinfonias...With the possible... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 19th Mar 2012
Catalogue No: MDG6091733
Label: MDG
Series: Scene

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June 2012

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Gluck: Il Trionfo di Clelia

world premiere recording
Hélène Le Corre (Clelia), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Orazio), Irini Karainni (Tarquinio), Burçu Uyar (Larissa), Vassilis Kavayas (Porsenna), Florin Cezar Ouatu (Mannio)
Armonia Atenea
Giuseppe Sigismondi de Risio

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Il Trionfo di Clelia is an important opera seria and was composed for the dedication of the new Bologna Theatre in 1763. The lost original score of the premiere has been found, so that the work can be presented again in its first version, 250 years later as a world premiere recording. Hélène Le Corre in the lead role sings a fantastic Clelia; just listen to the breathtaking sparkle of the coloratura.

NB that the libretto in the booklet is Italian-only - detailed synopsis and notes in German and English.

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June 2012

de Risio's performance with Armonia Atenea is one of tireless dynamism, the trumpets, oboes and kettle drums parade-ground smart in the overture and tempestuous sinfonias...With the possible exception of Vassilis Kavayas's Porsenna (too much the cartoon villain), the casting favours clear, agile voices

July 2012

[Nesi and Karaianni] both deal expertly with the bravura passages...Nesi's singing of the slow 'Saper ti basti' is wondrous: her appealing mezzo combined with soft horns and strings makes you realise why Gluck was so admired in the 18th century for his evocation of classical antiquity...All the characters deliver the recitatives in exemplary style. The conducting and the playing are first-rate.

May 2012

There is certainly some very fine singing here and the playing of the period-instrument Armonia Atenea...is lively...Ardent Gluckians with good Italian will certainly want to acquire this set and they will be rewarded by virtuosic and long-lined singing

August 2012

The musicians of the original-instrument band Armonia Atenea acquit themselves with distinction. There is no lack of drama...The singers too seem inspired by their voyage of discovery. Clearly an element of vocal virtuosity was one of the opera’s priorities, and there is never any suggestion that such enthusiasms are denied in this performance. As such, several of the performances must be every inch as heroic as those experienced at Bologna in 1763

Gluck: Il Trionfo di Clelia

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