Vinci: Catone In Utica[3 CD]

Vinci: Catone In Utica[3 CD]
- Star countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic steps into new musical territory with the world premiere recording of Catone in Utica by Leonardo Vinci, a forgotten genius of Italian opera
World premiere recording of an opera by a Neapolitan master fast gaining a first-rate modern reputation.

Max Emanuel Cencic gathers around him an intoxicating mix of stratospheric countertenors, a top tenor, and an orchestra who sizzle with excitement.

An opera that will appeal to all fans of Baroque music s unsung heroes.

As March s Five Countertenors album showcased, the age of the countertenor is here. Max Emanuel Cencic has gathered around him, once again, a superb cast to bring Vinci s Catone In Utica to vivid life.

Vinci is the Lully of Italy: true, simple, natural, expressive - for generations Leonardo Vinci was just another obscure Baroque composer: this first-rate recording will lift the veil from this forgotten genius of Italian opera, and from the mysterious all-male world of the 18th-century Roman stage.

With a libretto by Metastasio, Vinci s opera was unveiled in Rome in 1728 with an all-male cast (women having been banned from the stage by the Pope): countertenors took the three heroic male roles as well as the female parts.

As well as Cencic (Arbace), the other superb countertenors are Franco Fagioli (Cesare), Valer Sabadus (Marzia), Martin Mitterutzner (Fulvio) and Vince Yi (Emilia). Tenor Juan Sancho takes the title role (Catone) in this stage work about Julius Caesar s defeat of the Republican forces led by Marcus Portius Cato in 46BC, and Riccardo Minasi, who enjoys a considerable reputation for his recordings of Baroque repertoire, conducts.
Country USA
Brand Decca
Manufacturer Decca
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 28947881940
Model 28947881940
ReleaseDate 2015-07-17
UnitCount 3
UPCs 028947881940
EANs 0028947881940

Country	USA
Brand	Decca
Manufacturer	Decca
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	28947881940
Model	28947881940
ReleaseDate	2015-07-17
UnitCount	3
UPCs	028947881940
EANs	0028947881940

Vinci: Catone In Utica[3 CD]

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