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Ezio (1732)
By George Frideric Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Recordings
| Handel. Ezio. (HWV 29, London 1732). DG
Archiv - to be recorded in September 2008. Alan Curtis, Il
Complesso Barocco. Ezio: Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano. Libretto
by Metastasio. (The Vox recording is abominable.) A performance
by Robert King, James Bowman et al. is available from
Classical Music and Opera Exchange. |
Related Operas
Pietro Auletta. Ezio (Rome 1729). The source of the libretto used by
Handel.
Strohm cites other settings before Handel's by Porpora (Venice 1728), Hasse
(Naples 1730), Riccardo Broschi (Turin 1731) and Predieri (Genoa 1731). Ezio
was an especially popular libretto throughout the 18th Century and was set 4
times by Jommelli.
| Gluck. Ezio (Vienna version, 1763/64).
Oehms Classics (2 CDs, May 2008). Michael Hofstetter, Chor und
Orchester der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele. Valentiniano III:
Ruth Sandhoff, mezzo-soprano; Fulvia: Kirsten Blaise, soprano;
Ezio: Franco Fagioli, countertenor; Onoria: Sophie Marin-Degor,
soprano; Massimo: Stefano Ferrari, tenor; Varo: Netta Or,
soprano.
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| Gluck. Ezio (Metastasio, Prague version,
1750). Coviello COV 20713 (3 CDs, September 2007). Andreas
Stoehr, Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik. Valentiniano III: Max
Emanuel Cencic, countertenor; Fulvia: Mariselle Martínez,
mezzo-soprano; Ezio: Matthias Rexroth, countertenor; Onoria:
Netta Or, soprano; Massimo: Mirko Roschkowski, tenor; Varo:
Andreas Post, tenor.
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References
Winton Dean. Handel's Operas, 1726-1741 (Boydell Press 2006).
R. Strohm, "Handel and his Italian opera texts." Essays on Handel and the
Italian Opera. (Oxford University Press 1985).
Links
Le magazine de l'opera-baroque page on Ezio
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