Handel - Partenope "Furibondo spira il vento" Marilyn Horne. G. F. Handel (1685-1759) Partenope, HWV 27 Opera in Three Acts "Furibondo spira il vento" from the end of the 2nd Act. Libretto by: Silvio …More
Handel - Partenope "Furibondo spira il vento" Marilyn Horne.
G. F. Handel (1685-1759) Partenope, HWV 27 Opera in Three Acts "Furibondo spira il vento" from the end of the 2nd Act. Libretto by: Silvio Stampiglia Score: www.schubertline.co.uk/Scorchshop/cgi-bin/showscore.pl Premiere: King's Theatre, London, 24 February 1730 Characters Partenope (soprano) Rosmira (mezzo-soprano) Arsace (countertenor) Armindo (countertenor) Emilio (tenor) Ormonte (baritone) Original Cast in 1730: Partenope: Anna Maria Strada del Pò, soprano Rosmira: Antonia Maria Merighi, contralto Arsace: Antonio Maria Bernacchi, alto castrato Armindo: Francesca Bertolli, mezzo-soprano Emilio: Annibale Pio Fabri, tenor Ormonte: Johann Gottfried Riemschneider, basso Handel wrote Partenope in 1730, a time in his life when he was free to choose a wider range of librettos.It was Handel's first comic opera which broke away from the Opera Seria tradition and was rejected by the Royal Academy of Music because of its frivolous …More
G. F. Handel (1685-1759) Partenope, HWV 27 Opera in Three Acts "Furibondo spira il vento" from the end of the 2nd Act. Libretto by: Silvio Stampiglia Score: www.schubertline.co.uk/Scorchshop/cgi-bin/showscore.pl Premiere: King's Theatre, London, 24 February 1730 Characters Partenope (soprano) Rosmira (mezzo-soprano) Arsace (countertenor) Armindo (countertenor) Emilio (tenor) Ormonte (baritone) Original Cast in 1730: Partenope: Anna Maria Strada del Pò, soprano Rosmira: Antonia Maria Merighi, contralto Arsace: Antonio Maria Bernacchi, alto castrato Armindo: Francesca Bertolli, mezzo-soprano Emilio: Annibale Pio Fabri, tenor Ormonte: Johann Gottfried Riemschneider, basso Handel wrote Partenope in 1730, a time in his life when he was free to choose a wider range of librettos.It was Handel's first comic opera which broke away from the Opera Seria tradition and was rejected by the Royal Academy of Music because of its frivolous …More
The counter tenor does a more delicate and subtle interpretation of this piece than the mezzo soprano. In addition to this, Ms Horne's vowels are all wrong - too English and unexpressive. The Bel Canto production of the vowels at the "back of the throat" is frightfully difficult for the English speaker. This can be heard in this recording. Nevertheless, a most spiritous performance indeed. 