Vivaldi L'incoronazione di Dario opera to a libretto by Adriano Morselli. Directed by Leo Muscato at the Teatro Regio Torino. Stars Carlo Allemano (Dario), Sara Mingardo (Statira), Delphine Galou (Argene), Riccardo Novaro (Niceno), Roberta Mameli (Alinda), Lucia Cirillo (Oronte), Veronica Cangemi (Arpago), Romina Tomasoni (Flora), and Cullen Gandy (Ombra di Ciro/Oracolo di Apollo). Ottavio Dantone conducts the Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino and plays harpischord. Sets and costumes by Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti di Torino; choreographic movements and assitance to director by Alessandra di Angelis; light design by Alessandro Verazzi; technical direction by Paolo Giacchero. Directed for TV by Mattero Ricchetti and Adriano Figari. Sung in Italian. Released 2017, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
This is a complicated piece that will require a substantial investment of time to enjoy. Richard Lawrence, writing in the February 2018 Gramophone at page 93, tries, and miserably fails, to explain in 3 long paragraphs what going on here. He finally gives up and concludes, "I enjoyed this a lot." Sounds like an intriguing early-music adventure for fans of Rubik's Cube.
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