HANDEL

Ezio

 

Valentiniano - Sonia Prina

Ezio - Ann Hallenberg

Massimo - Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani

Fulvia - Karina Gauvin

Onoria - Marianne Andersen

Varo - Vito Priante

 

Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis

 

Rarely heard after its London premiere in 1732, Ezio, in its first ever studio recording, is redis-covered by Curtis and his cast to be a masterpiece of music drama. Strong characters, thrilling arias, potent instrumentals, and rare touches – such as Handel’s only operatic bass aria with trumpet obbligato and another air enlivened by the passing skirl of bagpipes – make fascinating listening. Metastasio’s plot poetically gets down to passion, murder, and revenge. Superb Baroque specialist Ann Hallen-berg shines as Ezio, a role created by the castrato Senesino

 

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