Rival Queens / Genaux, Kermes
Label: SONY CLASSICAL Catalog: 88843023662 Format: CD Simone Kermes (soprano) & Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano)Arena: Come potesti, oh dio (from La clemenza di Tito) World-premiere recording Ariosti: Lucio Vero Vorreste o mie pupille World-premiere recording Bononcini, G B: Astianatte Svenalo, traditor World-premiere recording Spera che questo cor World-premiere recording Giacomelli: Scipione in Cartagine nuova Villanella nube estiva World-premiere recording Hasse, J A: Tu vuoi ch'io viva o cara (from Artaserse) World-premiere recording Issipile Impallidisce in campo World-premiere recording L'onda chiara che dal fonte (from Ifigenia in Tauride) World-premiere recording Va tra le selve Ircana (from Artaserse) World-premiere recording Se mai più sarò geloso (from Cleofide) Leo: Ciro riconosciuto Benché l'augel s'asconda Pollarolo: Lucio Papirio dittatore Padre amoroso World-premiere recording Porpora: In amoroso petto (from Arianna in Nasso) Nobil onda (Adelaïde) World-premiere recording Sarro: Al valor di Borea armato (from Lucio Vero) World-premiere recording The Album explores the artistic legacies of the two legendary singers (Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni) and the heights of inspiration to which their rivalry moved the leading composers of their era. A thrilling recording, in which Simone Kermes and Vivica Genaux sing arias and duets composed at the height of the rivalry between Eighteenth-Century singers Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni. June 1727 was witness to the mother of all theater scandals. Francesca Cuzzoni (alias Simone Kermes) and Faustina Bordoni (alias Vivica Genaux), arch-rivals and both superstars of Italian opera, had a fight on stage at London’s Haymarket Theatre. Featuring music by Bononcini, Händel, Leo, Lotti, Pollarolo, Porpora, and Porta, most of which has not been heard since the careers of Bordoni and Cuzzoni, Rival Queens explores the artistic legacies of the two legendary singers and the heights of inspiration to which their much-fêted competition moved the important composers of the era. Price: $22.98 |