Vivaldi (1678 † 1741)
Farnace Opera RV711-G
Dramma per musica
The first performance in 1727 at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice.
Libretto: Antonio Maria Lucchini
1738 version prepared for the Teatro Bonacossi, Ferrara
Reconstruction of Act Three by Frederic Delamea and Diego Fasolis
Edition based on the autograph manuscript in the Giordano 37 collection,
Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino
Personaggi:
Farnace, re di Ponto: King of Pontus by Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
Tamiri, regina, sposa di Farnace: Queen and wife of Farance by Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano)
Berenice, regina di Cappadocia, madre di Tamiri: Queen of Cappadocia, mother of Tamiri by Mary Ellen Nesi (mezzo-soprano)
Selinda, sorella di Farnace: Sister of Farnace by Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano)
Gilade, principe del sangue reale, e capitano di Berenice: Royal prince, Berenice's captain by Karina Gauvin (soprano)
Pompeo, proconsole romano: Roman proconsul by Daniel Behle (tenor)
Aquilio, prefetto delle legion romani: Prefect of Roman legions by Emiliano Gonzalez (tenor)
I Barocchisti
Violins: Fiorenza De Donatis (leader), Marco Bianchi, Svetlana Fomina, Luca Giardini, Claudio Mondini, Giulia Panzeri, Andrea Rognoni, Alberto Stevanin
Violas: Diego Mecca, Mauro Valli
Violone: Vanni Moretto
Oboes: Andrea Mion, Elisabeth Passot
Bassoon: Alberto Guerra
Horns: Dimer Maccaferri, Ermes Pecchinini
Trumpets: Sébastien Galley, Roland Klaus
Timpani: Marco Beschi
Harpsichords, Organ: Francesco Cera, Andrea Marchiol
Lute: Giangiacomo Pinardi
Coro della
Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano
Sopranos: Laura Antonaz, Antonella Balducci, Rossana Bertini, Lorenza Donadini, Anna Simboli, Sylva Pozzer
Altos: Cristina Calzolari, Carol Germond, Brigitte Ravenel, Silvia Finali
Tenors: Paolo Borgonovo, Raffaele Giordani, Giusppe Maletto, Massimiliano Pascucci
Basses: Matteo Bellotto, Gabriele Lombardi, Marco Radaelli, Yannis Vassilakis
I Barocchisti Ensemble
Diego Fasolis, conductor
Period Instrument Ensembles
