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Amate Stelle - Arias For Anna Maria Strada

Marie Lys; Andrea Buccarella; Abchordis Ensemble

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Format: CD

Cat No: GCD923536

Release Date:  03 February 2023

Label:  Glossa

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8424562235366

Genres:  Classical  Vocal  

  • Description

    The young Swiss soprano Marie Lys was pleasantly surprised to discover that many of the roles she has sung in George Frideric Handel's works in recent years were written for the spectacularly virtuoso soprano Anna Maria Strada, Handel's prima donna in 1730s London. Accompanied by the Abchordis Ensemble and Andrea Buccarella, the group's conductor and harpsichordist, Marie Lys decided to dedicate her first solo CD on Glossa to "La Stradina", with an in-depth study of Anna Maria's life on stage and the extraordinary vocal skills her roles demanded.

    Marie Lys has selected a repertoire that traces the career of this unique soprano in a representative way: The musical journey begins in Venice with Vivaldi's "La verità in cimento" from 1720, leads via Naples with arias from operas by Domenico Sarro, Leonardo Leo and Leonardo Vinci to London with three arias from Handel's operas Lotario, Alcina and Arminio. After a successful decade in London, she returned to the Italian stages in 1738, where she rounded off her career with performances in Naples and Turin in operas by Ristori, Porpora and Galuppi. New roles and operatic music thought lost come to light on this recording. A fine example is the music from Popora's Tiridate, from which this album takes its title "Amate Stelle".

    Marie Lys has collaborated with conductors such as Diego Fasolis, Alessandro De Marchi, Fabio Biondi and Christophe Rousset. She has enjoyed considerable success with Handel, performing Ariodante (Ginevra) and Lotario (Adelaide) both under Laurence Cummings for the Gottingen International Handel Festival, Orlando (Dorinda) under Dani Espasa for the Festival Castell Peralada, and Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Bellezza) alongside Fabio Biondi in Granada. Moreover, she appeared as Dalinda (Ariodante) at the London Handel Festival, Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare in Egitto) at the Bury Court Opera, and Galatea (Acis and Galatea) at Opera de Massy. Marie Lys was awarded the Audience Prizes at both the Concours de chant de Toulouse (2019) and London Handel Singing Competition (2016). She won the First Prize at the Gottinger Reihe Historischer Musik Competition with the Abchordis Ensemble (2015).

    Critical Acclaim

    "It is a powerful voice, and it comes as a surprise that her coloratura is so marvellously effortless. I have seen some very positive reviews of her singing and hearing her here amply confirms her greatness. The aria itself is a knock-out start to the recital, of high-speed intensity and rhythmic exuberance." – MusicWeb International

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Vivaldi: La verita in cimento: Con piu diletto il mio Cupido
      • 2. Sarro: Tito Sempronino Gracco: Se veglia, se dorme, l’amante mio core
      • 3. Handel: Lotario: Scherza in mar la navicella
      • 4. Vinci: Eraclea: Io gelosa non sono - Il ruscelletto amante
      • 5. Leo: Achille in Sciro: Ma per pietà - Non vedi tiranno ch’io moro d’affanno
      • 6. Handel: Alcina: Ah! Mio cor!
      • 7. Leo: Zenobia in Palmira: Quando irato il ciel s’oscura
      • 8. Galuppi: Adriano in Siria: Infelice in van mi lagno
      • 9. Leo: Achille in Sciro: No, ingrato, amor non senti
      • 10. Handel: Arminio: Scaglian amore e sangue
      • 11. Ristori: Adriano in Siria: Oh Dio, mancar mi sento
      • 12. Porpora: Tiridate: Non so piu dov’io sia
      • 13. Porpora: Tiridate: Vi conosco amate stelle

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