Concerts
A. Scarlattis: La Giuditta
The La Cetra Baroque Orchestra performs the oratorio La Giuditta by Alessandro Scarlatti under the direction of Andrea Buccarella.
What sounds like the title of an operetta by Franz Lehár is in fact a deadly serious matter, and in the literal sense: this oratorio material, popular in the Baroque period, is the biblical story of Judith (Italian: Giuditta), known as "Juditha triumphans", the Latin setting by Antonio Vivaldi, or "La Betulia liberata", an early work by Mozart. The courageous Judith sneaks into the camp of the Assyrian general Holofernes, where she makes him drunk with her charms and lots of wine until he falls into a deep sleep. Judith cuts off his head and thus saves his home town of Betulia, which is surrounded by Holofernes' troops.
On the 300th anniversary of Alessandro Scarlatti's death - he died in Naples on October 24, 1725! - We present his rarely heard second setting of this material from 1697. Formally, it is easy to see how the high baroque form of the oratorio or opera seria begins to consolidate: seventeen arias for soprano (Judith), alto (the nurse) and tenor (Holofernes) are strung like pearls on a string of recitatives, with three duets as special gems.
In addition to the well-known mezzo-soprano Benedetta Mazzucato, in this concert we present Benedetta Zanotto, Jacob Lawrence and conductor Andrea Buccarella, a very young team who have already taken important steps on the important pavement of the early music scene. Andrea Buccarella, long-time harpsichordist with La Cetra and assistant to Andrea Marcon, will conduct La Cetra for the first time.
Artists
Benedetta Zanotto - Giuditta
Benedetta Mazzuccato - Nutrice
Jacob Lawrence - Oloferne
La Cetra Baroque Orchestra Basel
Andrea Buccarella - Conductor
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On the 300th anniversary of Alessandro Scarlatti's death - he died in Naples on October 24, 1725! - We present his rarely heard second setting of this material from 1697. Formally, it is easy to see how the high baroque form of the oratorio or opera seria begins to consolidate: seventeen arias for soprano (Judith), alto (the nurse) and tenor (Holofernes) are strung like pearls on a string of recitatives, with three duets as special gems.
In addition to the well-known mezzo-soprano Benedetta Mazzucato, in this concert we present Benedetta Zanotto, Jacob Lawrence and conductor Andrea Buccarella, a very young team who have already taken important steps on the important pavement of the early music scene. Andrea Buccarella, long-time harpsichordist with La Cetra and assistant to Andrea Marcon, will conduct La Cetra for the first time.
Artists
Benedetta Zanotto - Giuditta
Benedetta Mazzuccato - Nutrice
Jacob Lawrence - Oloferne
La Cetra Baroque Orchestra Basel
Andrea Buccarella - Conductor
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.