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Steffani
Agostino Steffani (1654-1728)
Performances
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Agostino Steffani (1654-1728). Niobe, Regina di Tebe (Munich
1688).
Boston Early Music Festival, 2011, Boston & Great Barrington.
Radio broadcast available online.
Program notes & libretto (pdf). There are plans for a European tour and DVD recording in 2013. Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors.
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director & Set Designer. Caroline Copeland &
Carlos Fittante, choreographers. Anna Watkins, Costume Designer. Niobe:
Amanda Forsythe, soprano;
Anfione: Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor; Manto: Yulia Van
Doren, soprano; Tiresia: Charles Robert Stephens, baritone;
Clearte: Kevin D. Skelton, tenor; Creonte: Matthew White,
countertenor; Poliferno: Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Tiberino:
Colin Balzer, tenor; Nerea: José Lemos, countertenor. Historically-inspired
staging and ballet. Excellent use of the Internet by the BEMF:
Overview.
Synopsis.
Video
preview.
Italian/English libretto (pdf).
Sketches of costume designs and set models.
Inside
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Agostino Steffani (1654-1728). Niobe, Regina di Tebe (Munich
1688). Thomas Hengelbrock, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble.
Schwetzinger Festspiele, April-May 2008; Lisbon Opera São Carlo,
March 2010; Royal Opera House, London, 23-29 September -
1, 3 October 2010; Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, 3, 5
November 2010. A modern staging of the sort presented frequently
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Recordings
Steffani. Mission - Opera arias & duets.
Decca 4784721 (1 CD, September 2012).
Details /
Track
Listing. Cecilia Bartoli, soprano; Philippe
Jaroussky, countertenor. Diego Fasolis, I Barrochisti.
Edition 1:
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Edition 2:
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| Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Lotti, Steffani, D.
Scarlatti, Mancini, A.M. Bononcini.
Italian Love Cantatas. cpo 777 583-2 (1 CD,
January 2012). Silvia Vajente, Epoca Barocca. The cover
lists "Agostino" as one of the composers, which must be
garbled reference to Agostino Steffani. The cantata by
Steffani on this recording is "Spezza, Amor, l'arco".
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Agostino Steffani (1654-1728). Niobe, Regina di Tebe
(Munich 1688). DVD - possibly forthcoming in 2013-14, if the
planned 2013 European tour takes place. Boston Early Music
Festival. Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Artistic Directors.
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director. |
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Agostino Steffani (1654-1728). Niobe, Regina di Tebe (Munich
1688). Thomas Hengelbrock, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble. The
latest news is that a recording may not be released in the
foreseeable future. MP3 recordings of a 2010 radio broadcast are
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Handel, Dixit Dominus. Steffani, Stabat Mater. Coro COR
16076 (1 CD, September 2009). Harry Christophers, The Sixteen.
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Steffani, Caldara, Vivaldi, Porpora, Mancini. Amor hai vinto
- Cantatas.
Gramola 98856 (1 CD, August 2009).
Details. Concertino Amarilli. Marelize
Gerber, soprano. Steffani, Spezza amor; Caldara, Sinfonia
for Violoncello; Vivaldi, Amor hai vinto; Porpora,
D'amore il primo dardo; Mancini, Quanto dolce è
quell'ardore.
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 Agostino Steffani (1654-1728). Orlando
Generoso
(Hanover 1691). MDG 309 1566-2 (3 CDs, June 2009). Bernward Lohr,
Musica Alta Ripa. Orlando: Kai Wessel, countertenor; Angelica:
Roberta Invernizzi, soprano; Bradamante: Susanne Rydén, soprano;
Medoro: Jörg Waschinski, sopranist; Ruggerio: Franz Vitzhum,
countertenor; Galafro: Daniel Lager, countertenor; Atlante: Wolf
Matthias Friedrich, baritone. There is no translation of the
libretto. The translator's fee was spent on a glossy color photo
of the idiotic modern production. This is a dreary performance
ruined by HUP organ continuo throughout which makes it sound
like German funeral music. There is an excellent article by
Donald Burrows on continuo instruments in Handel oratorios in
the
new Handel Studies book dedicated to Howard Serwer, in which
he has pulled together a variety of sources, including a unique
organ part for Alexander's Feast, to demonstrate that the
organ was used much less frequently than in typical current
oratorio performances, and often for bass line only without
chords. He also notes that while Handel's operas and oratorios
were performed in the same opera house for 9 years, the organ
was used only in the oratorios
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 Agostino Steffani (1654-1728). Alarico il
Baltha, cioè l'Audace, Rè de Gothi
(Munich 1687). Concerto 2039 (3 CDs, April 2009, originally released
by Centaurus Music (2006)).
Details. Dieci Sara, Scarlatti Camera Ensemble. Alarico:
Stefania Maiardi, mezzo-soprano; Sabina: Maria Carla Curia,
soprano; Honorio: Lee Ji-Young, mezzo-soprano; Pisone: Luca
Casagrande, baritone; Semiamira: Loretta Liberato, contralto;
Placidia: Won Mi-Jung Capilupi, soprano; Stilicone: Guerino
Pelaccia, tenor; Lidoro: Marco Democratico,
bass.
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| Agostino Steffani. Sonate da Camera.
Concerto 2038-2 (2 CDs, February 2009). Isidoro Taccagni, Quartetto Erasmus.
Steffani's own collection of instrumental movements from his
operas.
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| Agostino Steffani. Laudate Pueri. Johann
Kaspar Kerll (1627-1693), Missa Nigra & excerpts from
Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum. Oehms
Classics 358 (1 CD 2006).
Details. Gerd Guglhör, Neue Hofkapelle München. Gerlinde
Sämann, soprano; Constanze Backes, soprano; Alan Dornak,
countertenor; Robert Sellier, tenor; Hermann Oswald, tenor;
Thomas Hamberger, bass-baritone.
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| Agostino Steffani. Musica Sacra. ORF CD
412 (1 CD 2005).
Details. Christoph Hammer, Neue Hofkapelle München.
Ulrike Hofbauer & Siri Thornhill, sopranos; Henning Voss,
countertenor; Stefanie Iranyi, contralto; Henning Kaiser &
Christian Sturm, tenors; Domnik Wörner & Wilhelm Schwinghammer,
bass. Contents: Dixit Dominus a 10, Beatus Vir, In convertento
Dominus, Lauda Jerusalem, Sperate in Deo, Magnificat a 8, Stabat
Mater.
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| Agostino Steffani. Scherzi Musicali - 6
Cantatas.
Hungaroton HCD 32078 (1 CD 2003).
Details. János Malina, Affetti Musicali.
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| Agostino Steffani. Stabat Mater, Mottetti,
Suite dall' Henrico Leone.
Amadeus AMM 155-2 (1 CD 2002).
Details. René Clemencic, I Barocchisti,
Coro della Radio Svizzera. Anna Simboli, soprano; Laura Antonaz,
soprano; Giuseppe Maletto, tenor; Gerhard Nennemann, tenor.
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| Agostino Steffani. Cantatas, Duets & Sonatas. Pan
Classics PC 10131 (1 CD 2000, reissued in 2009).
Details. Yasunori Imamura, Fons Musicae. Monique
Zanetti, soprano; Pascal Bertin, countertenor. Porto l'alma
incenerita; Inquieto mio cor; Fileno, idolo mio; Il più felice e
sfortunato amante; Crudo Amor, morir mi sento.
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| Agostino Steffani. Suites Theatrales.
Divox CDX-79811 (1 CD 2000).
Details. Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca. Music from
Henrico Leone; I Trifoni del Fato; Niobe, Regina di Tebe; & Amor
vien dal Destino.
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Agostino Steffani. Duetti da Camera.
Glossa GCD 2K0902 (1 CD 1994, reissued in 2001).
Liner notes (pdf). Attilio Cremonesi, Arcadia. Rossana
Bertini, soprano; Claudio Cavina, countertenor. Begl'occhi, oh
dio, non più; Porto l'alma incenerita; Dimmi, dimmi, Cupido;
Occhi, perchè piangete?; Crudo Amor, morir mi sento; Sol
negl'occhi del mio bene; Placidissime catene.
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Reissued on GCD C80902 (2010).
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Agostino Steffani. Stabat Mater. Biber.
Requiem. dhm 05472 77344 2 (1 CD 1995). Gustav Leonhardt,
Koor & Barokorkest Van de Nederlandse Bachvereniging. Marta
Almajano & Mieke van der Sluis, sopranos; John Elwes & Mark Padmore,
tenors; Frans Huits, baritone; Harry van der Kamp, bass.
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reissued on dhm Splendeurs
0828766014921 (2004).
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| Agostino Steffani & Alessandro Stradella.
Cantate Sacre e Profane.
Bongiovanni GB 2123-2 (1 CD 1995). Estavan Veladri, Alessandro
Stradella Consort. Silvia Piccollo, soprano; Marco Lazzara,
countertenor; Giovanni Dagnino, bass; Marco Perrella, bass.
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Agostino Steffani. La Lotta d'Ercole con
Acheloo (Divertissement dramatique, 1689). BNL 112823 (1 CD 1993).
Yves Krier, Barockensemble de
l'Ouest. Ercole: Chantal Lochak, soprano; Deianira: Anne
Finet, soprano; Acheloo: Agnes Broseet, contralto; Eneo: Pierre
Mervant, baritone.
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| Agostino Steffani. Enrico Leone (1699).
Calig 30 855 (1 LP 1986), reissued on 50 855 (1 CD 1995). Lajos Rovatkay, Capella Agostino Steffani,
Grosser Opernquerschnitt. Metilda: Monika Frimmer, soprano;
Enrico: Ralf Popken, countertenor; ; Idalba: Sabine Szameit,
soprano; Errea: Nagashima Yoko, contralto; Eurillo: Carola
Guber, contralto; Almaro: Dantes Diwiak, tenor; Ircano / Demone:
Gerhard Faulstich, baritone.
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| Agostino Steffani. Duetti da Camera.
DG-Archiv 2534 008 (1 LP 1982), reissued on DG-Archiv Collectio Argentea
437 083-2 (1 CD 1993). Alan Curtis, harpsichord; Wouter Möller,
cello.
Daniela Mazzucato, soprano; Carolyn Watkinson, mezzo-soprano; Paul Esswood, countertenor; John Elwes, tenor.
Tu m'aspettasti al mare; M'hai da piangere un di; Io voglio
provar; Placidissime catene (the only overlap with the Glossa
CD); Già tu parti; E perché non m'uccidete; No, no, no, non
voglio se devo amare; Libertà! Libertà!.
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Books
| Colin Timms. Polymath of the Baroque: The
Life and Music of Agostino Steffani. Oxford University
Press, 2003. 464 pages.
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Links
L'opéra baroque - Agostino Steffani
www.newolde.com/steffani.htm
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Agostino Steffani (1654-1728). Orlando
Generoso
(Hanover 1691). MDG 309 1566-2 (3 CDs, June 2009). Bernward Lohr,
Musica Alta Ripa. Orlando: Kai Wessel, countertenor; Angelica:
Roberta Invernizzi, soprano; Bradamante: Susanne Rydén, soprano;
Medoro: Jörg Waschinski, sopranist; Ruggerio: Franz Vitzhum,
countertenor; Galafro: Daniel Lager, countertenor; Atlante: Wolf
Matthias Friedrich, baritone. There is no translation of the
libretto. The translator's fee was spent on a glossy color photo
of the idiotic modern production. This is a dreary performance
ruined by HUP organ continuo throughout which makes it sound
like German funeral music. There is an excellent article by
Donald Burrows on continuo instruments in Handel oratorios in
the
new Handel Studies book dedicated to Howard Serwer, in which
he has pulled together a variety of sources, including a unique
organ part for Alexander's Feast, to demonstrate that the
organ was used much less frequently than in typical current
oratorio performances, and often for bass line only without
chords. He also notes that while Handel's operas and oratorios
were performed in the same opera house for 9 years, the organ
was used only in the oratorios
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP
Agostino Steffani (1654-1728). Alarico il
Baltha, cioè l'Audace, Rè de Gothi
(Munich 1687). Concerto 2039 (3 CDs, April 2009, originally released
by Centaurus Music (2006)).
Details. Dieci Sara, Scarlatti Camera Ensemble. Alarico:
Stefania Maiardi, mezzo-soprano; Sabina: Maria Carla Curia,
soprano; Honorio: Lee Ji-Young, mezzo-soprano; Pisone: Luca
Casagrande, baritone; Semiamira: Loretta Liberato, contralto;
Placidia: Won Mi-Jung Capilupi, soprano; Stilicone: Guerino
Pelaccia, tenor; Lidoro: Marco Democratico,
bass.
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JP