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Genaux navigates tricky coloratura splendidly as Lepido, whose lover Flavia is sung eloquently by Roberta Invernizzi … Listeners might enjoy Biondi’s sheen of vitality. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2018 More…

Release Date: 1st Sep 2017
Catalogue No: GCD923408
Label: Glossa
Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

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Handel: Silla, HWV 10

1:52:29

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Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi
Sunhae Im (soprano), Luca Tittoto (bass), Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano), Sonia Prina (contralto), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (soprano), Martina Belli (alto)
Recorded: 28-30 January 2017
Recording Venue: Vienna, Konzerthaus, Großer Saal, Austria

Overture

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March

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Act I: Silla, s'oggi risplende

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Act I: Alza il volo la mia fama

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Act I: S'ecclissa la mia gioia!

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Act I: Fuggon l'aure in me di vita

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Act I: Cieli, numi! Che vidi?

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Act I: Se ben tuona il ciel irato

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Act I: Sin con lingua di foco

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Act I: Un sol raggio di speranza

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Act I: Sino su li occhi miei

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Act I: Senti, bell'idol mio!

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Act I: Sì, t'amo, oh caro

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Act I: Se la speranza nudrisce il mio cor

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Act I: Silla, dov'e la gloria

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Act I: Con tromba guerriera

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Act II: Flavia!

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Act II: Qual scoglio in mezzo all'onde

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Act II: T'arresta, altera! Ma pietoso Amore

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Act II: Dolce nume de' mortali

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Act II: Guerra, stragi e furor!

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Act II: Guerra, stragi e furor!

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Act II: Silla! Ove ti guida

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Act II: È tempo, oh luci belle

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Act II: Mio diletto, che pensi?

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Act II: Sol per te, bell'idol mio

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Act II: Bella, lascia i sospiri!

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Act II: Mi brilla nel seno

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Act II: Mio bel nume, t'arresta!

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Act II: Hai due vaghe pupillette

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Act II: Che miro, oh Dei? Qui Silla?

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Act II: Tanto ardisci

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Act II: Ti lascio, idolo mio

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Act II: Anima mia!

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Act II: Scabro! Lepido sia

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Act II: La vendetta è un cibo al cor

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Act II: Oh! Perfido consorte

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Act II: Se'l mio mal da voi dipende

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Act II: Sì, questi son trofei

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Act II: Deh! Corri al tuo signore!

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Act II: T'affretta, oh Scabro

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Act II: Secondate, oh giusti dei

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Act III: Quanto devo, oh Metella, al tuo cor generoso

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Act III: Dunque partir deve

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Act III: Io non ti chiedo più

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Act III: Al tua fedeltade, o caro amino

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Act III: Già respira in petto i core

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Act III: L'imperio quanto e pio vasto e più pesante

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Act III: Placasti, oh bella diva

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Act III: Sei già morto, idolo mio

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Act III: Rimembranze funeste

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Act III: Luci belle

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Act III: Stelle rubelle

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Act III: Al fin, del mio rigore

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Act III: Ma infelice sarie vivere

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Act III: Spirto adorato, oh Dio!

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Act III: Brano strumentale

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Act III: Metella, oh Dio! Qual sento

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Act III: Propizio arrida il cielo

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Act III: Sinfonia - Assistete, soccorrete

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Act III: Marche I

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Act III: Pera la feritade!

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Act III: Marche II

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Act III: De' miei falli pentito

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Act III: Chi al trova tra procelle

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No Handel opera is as enigmatic as 'Silla'. His fourth London opera, it was composed in 1713 to a libretto by Giacomo Rossi, also the librettist of the composer’s first great London triumph, 'Rinaldo'(1711). And that is just about the extent of any certainty on the subject. It might have been premiered in 1713 in London in a private concert at the Queen’s Theatre, but even this remains unconfirmed.

This is one of Handel’s few historical operas, being concerned with Plutarch’s account of the latter part of the life of Lucius Cornelius Silla, who after taking Rome became a tyrannical despot who murders his opponents, before suddenly retiring to his country estate to enjoy his leisure. The libretto may be perceived as weak, however Handel utilised a significant part of it in his next opera, 'Amadigi di Gaula'.

Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante join an overwhelming vocal cast headed by the fantastic Sonia Prina in the title role, with Martina Belli, Sunhae Im, Vivica Genaux, Roberta Invernizzi, Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli and Luca Tittoto, all excelling in their respective parts. Biondi’s ensemble perform with their trademark elegance and precision in a recording made in the Konzerthaus in Vienna over three days in January 2017.

Reviews

January 2018

Genaux navigates tricky coloratura splendidly as Lepido, whose lover Flavia is sung eloquently by Roberta Invernizzi … Listeners might enjoy Biondi’s sheen of vitality.

10th September 2017

Wow, what music! Fabio Biondi’s experienced cast...now has this idiom totally sorted, and with the glassy, dancing playing of Europa Galante the whole thing shoots along. Maybe it will never see the stage, but it suits the CD player.