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SAMUEL ARNOLD (1740-1802)
Polly (1777)
Polly - Laura Albino, Soprano
Mrs. Ducat - Eve Rachel McLeod, Soprano
Damaris - Gillian Grossman, Soprano
Jenny Diver - Marion Newman, Mezzo-soprano
Trapes - Loralie Kirkpatrick, Mezzo-soprano
Cawwawkee - Bud Roach, Tenor
Culverin - Lawrence J. Wiliford, Tenor
Vanderbluff - Andrew Mahon, Baritone
Morano - Matthew Grosfeld, Bass
Ducat - Jason Nedecky, Baritone
Aradia Ensemble / Kevin Mallon
Pepusch’s ballad opera Polly, composed in 1729 to John Gay’s libretto as a sequel to their highly successful The Beggar’s Opera (1728), never reached the stage owing to government censorship.
In 1777, Samuel Arnold completely renovated the score, which established his reputation as London’s pre-eminent theatre composer. It is here presented as a world première recording.
With its melodramatic tale reuniting Polly Peachum and Macheath in the West Indies and ending in Polly’s marriage to the ‘Indian prince’ Cawwawkee, this ‘island paradise’ opera was a huge hit and remains enormously entertaining today.
“[Kevin Mallon is] Canada’s crown prince of period performances… Aradia Ensemble is a wonderful grouping of very talented musicians.” Whole Note Magazine
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