Il Trionfo di Clelia
Athens, July 2011
Il Trionfo di Clelia
Athens, July 2011
Il Trionfo di Clelia
The world première recording of Gluck’s magnificent opera seria Il Trionfo di Clelia has been completed in Athens, at the Megaron Musikis, the most important venue in Greece and one of the most important theatres in Europe.
Giuseppe Sigismondi de Risio conducted Armonia Atenea Orchestra on period instruments.
The recording is now being edited and will be released at the beginning of 2012 by the famous German label MDG.
The amazing difficulties of the score require an extraordinary musical and vocal ability. The cast of the recording has been selected among the best singers on the world scene, and is absolutely outstanding:
Clelia
Helène Le Corre, soprano
Orazio
Mary-Ellen Nesi, mezzosoprano
Tarquinio
irini Karaianni, mezzosoprano
Porsenna
Vassilis Kavayas, tenore
Larissa
Burçu Uyar, soprano
Mannio
Florin Ouatu, countertenor
Music by
Chrisztof Willibald von Gluck
(world premièere recording)
Giuseppe Sigismondi de Risio, conductor
Armonia Atenea (a project of Athens Camerata)
soon on CD by MDG
photograph by Ilias Sakalak
martedì 18 ottobre 2011