Fast, powerful searching over massive volumes of log data helps you fix problems before they become critical. Vivaldi ercole by fabio biondirolando villazonpatrizia ciofidiana. By now opera fans are used to their share of nudity, but this production of vivaldis seldom performed ercole sul termodonte takes it to a whole new level. There is no complete surviving score for vivaldis ercole sul termodonte, but there is enough existing material that modern scholars have been able to reconstruct it primarily by making new settings of the lost recitatives. This important opera, performed in rome a year earlier than vivaldis il giustino, and including the young carestini in its cast, was long thought to be lost.
Singers of great renown were called upon for the first performance of ercole sul termodonte by antonio vivaldi in rome, in the hall of signor federico capranica, on 27th january 1723. Sung in italian ercole zachary stains antiope maryellen nesi martesia laura cherici alceste luca dordolo ippolita marina bartoli teseo randall scotting telamone filippo mineccia. Possibly the gayest thing ever, director john pascoe has created a campy staging involving large marble phalluses. Ercole sul termodonte di antonio vivaldi video 2007. The great public success of the spoleto festival 2006 is ercole sul termodonte a eulogy to love and beauty.
In 1723, it became the sixteenth opera set to music by antonio vivaldi. Scena di battaglia, ercole sul termodonte, vivaldi, europa galante, fabio biondi by wienerfr. With zachary stains, maryellen nesi, laura cherici, luca dordolo. Ercole sul termodonte, rv 710 1723, incomplete farnace, rv 711. Antonio vivaldi 16781741 ercole su\l termodonte locandina ercole sul termodonte di antonio vivaldi revisione, alessandro ciccolini il complesso barocco direttore alan curtis regia john pascoe scene e costumi john pascoe. Saluatore lanno 1678 contributor names sartorio, antonio 1630. Ercole sul termodonte was vivaldis 16th opera, appearing in 1723 in rome. Except that it has been judiciously cut and alessandro ciccolini has replaced several missing arias with pastiche borrowings and recomposed the lost recitatives. Ercole sul termodonte is a baroque italian opera in three acts. Ercole sul termodonte baroque italian opera in three acts. There was a papal ban on women appearing on stage at the time and so the opera was sung by seven castrati and a male tenor, the latter singing the title role, hercules. Ercole sul termodonte di antonio vivaldi 2007 video plot.
Ercole sul termodonte, sinfonia for the arrival of ercole, vivaldi, europa galante, fabio biondi by wienerfr. Ercole sul termodonte dynamic antonio vivaldi festival di spoleto high definition hd. Ercole sul term odonte dlc 2012627003 ocolc700473502. Ercole sul termodonte di antonio vivaldi video 2007 imdb.
An exclusively male singing cast, as was the custom on roman stages, to tell the tale of the battle between. Ercole sul termodonte vivica genaux, joyce didonato. Antonio vivaldi 1723 ercole zachary stains gives a pep talk to his men, accompanied by alceste luca dordolo, kneeling left foreground, telamone filippo mineccia, on steps and teseo randall scotting, standing right. Images ercole sul termodonte dramma per musica rated. Ercole sul termodonte rv710, act iii, scena 6 recitativo. The first production of the opera since vivaldis time was at spoleto in 2006 in a version by alessandro ciccolini, which was released as a dvd. Nearly all the arias have however been found, some missing their orchestral accompaniments, in various locations, and the lost recitatives and other missing parts have been composed by alessandro ciccolini. Rolando villazon and joyce didonato lead a dazzling cast in vivaldis opera ercole sultermodonte, first heard in rome in 1723 and reconstructed by conductor fabio biondi from the original libretto, historical scores and his intimate knowledge of the composer. Ercole al termodoonte ballo eroicopantomimo composto, e diretto da antonio landini. E mantua version of 1732 lost f treviso version of 1737 lost g ferrara version of 1738 not performed, incomplete fede tradita e vendicata, rv 712 1726. Ercole sul termodonte schurer, johann georg movementssections movtssecs. Ercole sul termodonte is a wellprepared pasticcio put together by vivaldi from his own works and first performed in rome in 1723. Rolando villazon ercole, patrizia ciofi orizia, diana damrau martesia.
Ercole sul termodonte, rv 710 vivaldi, antonio imslp. Shop vivaldi, antonios ercole sul termodonte fabio biondi, villazon, damrau, lehtipuu, genaux, europa galante cd x 2 for sale by melomaan at 14. The libretto was written by antonio salvi not giacomo francesco bussani as previously misattributed. Ercole sul termodonte fabio biondi, villazon, damrau. A venice version of 1727 lost b venice version of 1727 lost c prague version of 1730 lost d pavia version of 1731.
Matteo ricchetti recorded in august 2006 duration 6 min. Rolando villazon ercole, patrizia ciofi orizia, diana damrau martesia, joyce didonato ippolita, vivica genaux antiope, topi lehtipuu telemone, philippe jaroussky alceste, romina basso teseo europa galante, fabio biondi. Here it is ercole sul termodonte hercules on the thermodon, vivaldis opera for the 1723 season in rome. Spoleto festival, 2006, il complesso barocco with alan curtisweve discussed, on a previous occasion, the indignities inflicted on opera singers, but the sadomasochism of alcina has just been comprehensively trumped.