Emilio De' Cavalieri: Rappresentatione Di Anima Et Di Corpo

This Rappresentatione is as entertaining a sermon as you’re ever likely to see. Does it belong in the opera house? Carsen certainly makes a persuasive case. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2023

Release Date: 10th Mar 2023
Catalogue No: 2110750
Label: Naxos

Gramophone Magazine

June 2023

DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
International Classical Music Awards

2024

Nominated - Video Opera

Cavalieri: Rappresentazione di Anima e di Corpo

Anett Fritsch (soprano), Carlo Vistoli, Cyril Auvity (tenor), Daniel Schmutzhard, Georg Nigl, Florian Boesch (baritone), Il Giardino Armonico (early music ensemble)
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Giovanni Antonini

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Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo was premiered in 1600 in Rome. It was conceived to be performed in costume, bringing text and music together in a dramatic form, and is accepted as the first surviving opera, pre-dating works by Peri and Monteverdi. Its theme is the dialogue of Soul and Body, a pivotal concept of the Italian Counter-Reformation, presented in allegorical form. This production by the acclaimed director Robert Carsen was hailed as ‘an unmitigated, tremendous success’ and its ‘musical production was extraordinary’ (bachtrack.com).

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June 2023

This Rappresentatione is as entertaining a sermon as you’re ever likely to see. Does it belong in the opera house? Carsen certainly makes a persuasive case.

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