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In 1768, Gluck was asked by Empress Maria Theresa to compose a festive opera in Parma on the occasion of the wedding of her daughter Maria Amalia to Ferdinand of Spain. The composer accepted the commi...

In 1768, Gluck was asked by Empress Maria Theresa to compose a festive opera in Parma on the occasion of the wedding of her daughter Maria Amalia to Ferdinand of Spain. The composer accepted the commi...

Continuo-Aussetzung: Wolfgang Thein

> Baroque opera in honour of the conciliation of Europe on the occasion of the Treaty of Aachen > First practical performing edition with a keyboard reduction > Based on the complete edition Opera Omn...

> Baroque opera in honour of the conciliation of Europe on the occasion of the Treaty of Aachen > First practical performing edition with a keyboard reduction > Based on the complete edition Opera Omn...

Amongst Rameau’s stage works which have come down to us in two main versions, such as “Dardanus“ (1739, 1744), “Platée“ (1745, 1749) and “Zoroastre“ (1749, 1756), none fell into oblivion for as long a...

Of the two main versions of Rameau's stage works such as "Dardanus" (1739, 1744), "Platée" (1745, 1749) and "Zoroastre" (1749, 1756), none fell into oblivion for as long as "Castor et Pollux". First p...

Richer than ever - Rameau's 'Zoroastre' in the version of 1756 Rameau's revised version of his opera 'Zoroastre', which could be heard and seen between 20 January 1756 and 26 March 1757 at the Académi...

Richer than ever - Rameau's "Zoroastre" in the 1756 version Rameau's revised version of his opera "Zoroastre", which was performed and heard at the Académie royale de musique between January 20, 1756...

In Rameau's operatic oeuvre, "Io" is certainly the work shrouded in the most mystery: the acte de ballet has survived only in the form of a copy of the score and parts which was made by a collector fr...

In Rameau's operatic oeuvre, "Io" is certainly the work surrounded by the most mystery: the acte de ballet has only survived in the form of a copy of the score and parts, which a collector from the ge...

Rameau's ballet-opera "Zéphire" is based on the legend of Zephire and Flora, as immortalized by Ovid in the fifth book of his "Fasti". Zéphire, the god of the west wind, loves Chloris, a forest nymph...

Rameau's ballet opera "Zéphire" is based on the legend of Zephire and Flora, as immortalized by Ovid in the fifth book of his "Fasti". Zéphire, the god of the west wind, loves Chloris, a wood nymph of...

Volume 3 for soprano contains the first half of the large-scale arias and ariettas that Rameau composed for lyric soprano (the 18th-century equivalent of today's lyric coloratura soprano) in his prolo...

L'œuvre lyrique de Vivaldi reste paradoxalement méconnue : l'extraordinaire succès rencontré par un petit nombre de concertos a éclipsé tout un pan de ses compositions, notamment les opéras, auxquels...

Le texte de cet air provient du Demofoonte de Metastase (I.4). Dans la partition de L'Olimpiade, le texte littéraire original est rayé et remplacé par celui de l'air de Megacle en III.3, Lo seguitai f...

Orlando finto pazzo est le tout premier opéra de Vivaldi pour Venise, créé au théâtre San Angelo en 1714. Suite au succès de l'opéra Orlando furioso de Giobanni Ristori, le théâtre commande un nouvel...

C'est seulement en 1713 que Vivaldi aborde l'opéra ; certaines sources parlent de 94 productions, mais seules 50 ont été identifiées. La musique de ces opéras n'ayant pas été imprimée, contrairement a...

C'est seulement en 1713 que Vivaldi aborde l'opéra ; certaines sources parlent de 94 productions, mais seules 50 ont été identifiées. La musique de ces opéras n'ayant pas été imprimée, contrairement a...

C'est seulement en 1713 que Vivaldi aborde l'opéra ; certaines sources parlent de 94 productions, mais seules 50 ont été identifiées. La musique de ces opéras n'ayant pas été imprimée, contrairement a...

Gelido in ogni vena - Il Farnace - II, 5 Qual e` all'onte dei venti - Arsilda regina di Ponto - II, 13 Mille frodi e mille inganni - Arsilda regina di Ponto - III, 7 Chi vantar puo` il suo valor - In...

With Il Teuzzone, RV 736, the collected edition of operas by Antonio Vivaldi gains a new volume that brings to completion the pair of operas written by the 'Red Priest' for Mantua. Premiered during th...

The "Gloria in D" RV 589 is one of Vivaldi's most famous sacred works. The musically representative work in the style of a so-called "cantata mass" is divided into 12 parts, which differ in instrument...