Gluck - Demofoonte
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 95283
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 4th December 2020
Contents
Artists
Colin BalzerSylvia Schwartz
Ann Hallenberg
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
Romina Basso
Vittorio Prato
Nerea Berraondo
Il Complesso Barocco
Conductor
Alan CurtisWorks
DemofoonteArtists
Colin BalzerSylvia Schwartz
Ann Hallenberg
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
Romina Basso
Vittorio Prato
Nerea Berraondo
Il Complesso Barocco
Conductor
Alan CurtisAbout
Metastasio’s libretto Demofonte was first set by Antonio Caldara in 1733 and remained popular throughout the 18th century. By 1800 it had inspired at least 73 operas. The story concerns a Thracian king, Demophon, who seeks to abolish the rite of annual sacrifice of a virgin, but is given a cryptic message by the oracle of Apollo: ‘it may only cease when the innocent usurper no longer sits on the throne’. The king seeks a political marriage for his eldest son and heir, Timanthes, to a princess of Phrygia, but Timanthes is secretly married to Dircea, the daughter of a nobleman, and the next appointed sacrificial victim. Timanthes’ younger brother, Cherinthus, in turn, loves the Phrygian princess, Creusa. In a double twist of mistaken parentage, Dircea is revealed to be the King’s daughter, and Timanthes to be the son of Dircea’s foster father (and therefore not the true heir, but an unknowing ‘usurper’). The throne passes to Cherinthus, who is then wedded to his love, the Phrygian princess Creusa. The rite of human sacrifice is abolished.
- Demofoonte: Colin Balzer
- Dircea: Sylvia Schwartz
- Creusa: Ann Hallenberg
- Timante: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
- Cherinto: Romina Basso
- Matusio: Vittorio Prato
- Adrasto: Nerea Berraondo
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