Un secolo cantante. The Rise of Venetian Opera

After the success ofOfficina Romana(awarded 5 Diapasons, 5 stars inMusica, and selected amongst the best albums inLe Mondein 2021), Le Stagioni, under the direction of Paolo Zanzu, invites the listeneron a journey through 17th-century Venice in the company of outstanding singers:Emmanuelle de Negri, Blandine Staskiewicz, Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian, Zachary Wilder and Salvo Vitale.From 1637 to 1645, between the opening of the firstpublicopera houses and the start ofthe Cretan War, Venicewitnessed a musical blossoming of international significance.Numerous operas were premiered on Venetian stages, with travellers from all over Europe in attendance. Alongside famous extracts ofL'incoronazione di PoppeaandIl ritorno d'Ulisse in patria,Un secolo cantante allows us to hear little-known works by Cavalli, Sacrati and Strozzi, as well as previously unrecorded, forgotten pieces, making use of sources from the period and the most recent scholarship to offer a fresh listening experience of this fascinating music.

Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) , Benedetto Ferrari (1603-1681) , Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) , Marco Uccellini (1610-1680) , Francesco Sacrati (1605-1650) , Michelangelo Brunerio (ca. 1610 - ??) , Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)

• Brunerio, Michelangelo: Bassi concenti: Nella musica del mondo
• Cavalli: L'Ormindo: Prologo
• Cavalli: L’Ormindo, Scena ultima: Volate, fuggite
• Ferrari, Benedetto: Cielo sia con tua pace (from Musiche varie a voce sola, Libro secondo)
• Monteverdi: Pianto della Madonna 'Iam moriar, mi fili' (sopra il Lamento dell'Arianna), SV 288
• Monteverdi: Sono l’altre regine (from Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria)
• Monteverdi: Speranza, tu mi vai (from L’incoronazione di Poppea)
• Sacrati: Guerrieri, all’armi, all’armi! (from La finta pazza)
• Strozzi: Dialogo in partenza
• Uccellini: Corrente Nona detta la Simona (from Sonate, arie e correnti)
• Uccellini: Corrente Sesta detta La Corsetta
• Uccellini: Corrente Terza detta L’Incostante (from Sonate, arie e correnti, Libro terzo)