La Sfera Armoniosa / Mike Fentross
L'Ipermestra
- Type CD
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917277425
- Catalog number CC 72774
- Release date 07 June 2019
About the album
Working in 17th-century Venice soon after the world’s first public opera houses opened there, composer Francesco Cavalli had no tradition to follow. He gave his fertile imagination free rein, tinkering with the brand-new art form to create the lively Venetian style of opera, with its melodious arias, sprightly dance rhythms, free-wheeling mythological or historical plots and generous dollops of comedy. Like most of Cavalli’s operas, l'Ipermestra wasn’t performed between the late 17th century and recent years.
In 1658, on the occasion of the recent birth of King Philip IV of Spain’s first son (prince Felipe Próspero), the Grand Duchy of Tuscany celebrated the royal event with one of the most magnificent operas ever staged in Florence: l'Ipermestra by Giovanni Andrea Moniglia and Francesco Cavalli.
This opera originated from an unusual mix of court culture and the fashionable “opera alla veneziana”, one of the most in vogue entertainments in Europe at the time. However, the main patron of this sign of alliance with the Spanish crown was not the grand duke Ferdinand II de’ Medici, but his notorious brother, cardinal Giovan Carlo de’ Medici: relentless operagoer and patron of singers, musicians, and academies. l'Ipermestra was one of his most important projects, and its origin, hidden for centuries, has only recently come to light.
An account of the opera was printed in 1658 on the occasion of the performances. Yet although the publicity for the 1658 première was so convincing that everyone believed the opera had been written just for that occasion, we have proof of the existence of l'Ipermestra as early as 1654 – four years prior to the Spanish prince’s birth.
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11Atto Primo Sinfonia from opera “Doriclea” 1645 by Franceso Cavalli
01:22 -
12Atto Primo Scena 1 Linceo, Ipermestra - Cortile regio
08:13 -
13Atto Primo Scena 2 Arbante
01:11 -
14Atto Primo Scena 3 Arbante, Elisa
03:58 -
15Atto Primo Scena 4 Elisa
01:17 -
16Atto Primo Scena 5 Elisa, Berenice
02:53 -
17Atto Primo Scena 6 Berenice
00:31 -
18Atto Primo Scena 7 Danao, Ipermestra
08:24 -
19Atto Primo Scena 8 Ipermestra
05:18 -
110Atto Primo Scena 9 Linceo
02:58 -
111Atto Primo Scena 11 Linceo, Ipermestra
09:39 -
112Atto Primo Scena 12 Ipermestra
03:24 -
113Atto Primo Scena 13 Ipermestra, Berenice
00:52 -
114Atto Primo Scena 14 Ipermestra, Danao, Berenice sotto una portiera
07:15 -
115Atto Primo Scena 15 Berenice
03:52 -
21Atto Secondo Scena 1 Ipermestra, Elisa - Prigione
09:12 -
22Atto Secondo Scena 2 Ipermestra, Berenice
04:30 -
23Atto Secondo Scena 3 Ipermestra
01:29 -
24Atto Secondo Scena 4 Ipermestra, Arbante ch’osserva
04:53 -
25Atto Secondo Scena 5 Arbante, Elisa
01:23 -
26Atto Secondo Scena 6 Arbante, Elisa, Danao
01:50 -
27Atto Secondo Scena 7 Danao, Arbante
02:31 -
28Atto Secondo Scena 8 Danao
02:28 -
29Atto Secondo Scena 9 Danao, Ipermestra
02:20 -
210Atto Secondo Scena 10 Ipermestra
02:36 -
211Atto Secondo Scena 11 Ipermestra, Elisa, Berenice
05:11 -
212Atto Secondo Scena 12 Ipermestra
01:38 -
213Atto Secondo Scena 21 Linceo
02:40 -
214Atto Secondo Scena 22 Linceo, Arbante
04:51 -
215Atto Secondo Scena 23 Linceo
02:12 -
216Atto Secondo Scena 24 Linceo, Elisa
00:41 -
217Atto Secondo Scena 25 Linceo, Elisa, Berenice
01:10 -
218Atto Secondo Scena 26 Danao
01:36 -
219Atto Secondo “Battalla de Barabaso yerno de Satana” 1650 by Andrea Falconieri
03:56 -
31Atto Terza Scena 1 instrumental
01:40 -
32Atto Terza Scena 2 Ipermestra, Campagna della Torre
00:15 -
33Atto Terza Scena 3 Ipermestra
01:09 -
34Atto Terza Scena 4 Ipermestra, Elisa
04:11 -
35Atto Terza Scena 5 Arbante
03:09 -
36Atto Terza Scena 7 Linceo
03:40 -
37Atto Terza Scena 8 Linceo, Elisa, Berenice
07:19 -
38Atto Terza Scena 9 Elisa, Berenice
00:45 -
39Atto Terza Scena 10 Berenice
02:45 -
310Atto Terza Scena 11 Ipermestra sopra la Torre
06:03 -
311Atto Terza Scena 12 Ipermestra e Berenice sopra la Torre; Linceo in strada
01:00 -
312Atto Terza Scena 13 Berenice, Elisa
02:21 -
313Atto Terza Scena 15 Linceo, Ipermestra
00:46 -
314Atto Terza Scena 16 Linceo, Ipermestra, Arbante
03:14 -
315Atto Terza Scena 17 Linceo, Ipermestra, Arbante, Elisa, Berenice
08:56