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• 27 Feb 2017

Loretta Liberato – “Jo che del Tracio Regno … A Vendetta!” – Recitative and Aria of Semiamira – I Act XI Scene – Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728) – COMPLETE WORLD PREMIERE. Centaurus Music Int. Studio Recording “Agostino Steffani – Alarico il Baltha, cioè l’Audace, Rè de Gothi (1687) – COMPLETE WORLD PREMIERE” – ℗ […]

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• 24 Feb 2017

Luca Casagrande – “Per fuggir le Catene … Un Tiranno insuperabile” – Recitative and Aria of Pisone – III Act IV Scene – “Alarico il Baltha” (1687) – Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728) – COMPLETE WORLD PREMIERE. Centaurus Music Int. Studio Recording “Agostino Steffani – Alarico il Baltha, cioè l’Audace, Rè de Gothi (1687) – […]

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• 23 Feb 2017

“Alarico il Baltha, cioè l’Audace, Rè de Gothi” (1687) – “Hor che sola qui resto … Già cominci a farmi piangere” Recitative and Lamento of Sabina – II Act – IV Scene – Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728) – COMPLETE WORLD PREMIERE. Centaurus Music Int. Studio Recording “Agostino Steffani – Alarico il Baltha, cioè l’Audace, […]

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• 22 Feb 2017

Luca Casagrande – “Se Stilicon non erra … Il Viver è un’ Ombra” Recitative and Aria of Pisone – Act II Scene II – “Alarico il Baltha, cioè l’Audace, Re de Goti” (1687) – Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728) – COMPLETE WORLD PREMIERE. Centaurus Music Int. Studio Recording “Agostino Steffani – Alarico il Baltha, cioè […]

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• 20 Feb 2017

Dame Joan Sutherland – “Tornami a vagheggiar” Aria of Alcina I Act Scene XV – “Alcina” (1735) – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759). I consider this rendering of “Tornami a vagheggiar” the best Dame Joan Sutherland’s performance in this “aria”, during the whole of her career. This is a full and expanded rendition, the […]

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• 19 Feb 2017

Dame Joan Sutherland – “Di’, cor mio, quanto t’amai” Aria of Alcina – “Alcina” (1735) Act I Scene II – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759). “This concert, Dame Sutherland’s sixth appearance at the Proms, was conducted by Malcolm Sargent and broadcast live from the BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall in August of 1960.” […]

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• 17 Feb 2017

Dame Joan Sutherland – “Ma quando tornerai” (“Let the Bright Seraphim”) – Bis (“Encore”) after a performance of “Alcina” (1735) – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759) – LIVE in Venezia – 1960. – “After a stupendous reintroduction of Handel to the Italian audience, Sutherland encored here, from the 1960 live recording at La Fenice […]

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• 15 Feb 2017

Arleen Augér – “Ma quando tornerai” Aria of Alcina – “Alcina” (1735) Act III Scene II – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759). Recorded in 1985. HMV Studio Recording “Alcina” – ℗ 1986 EMI Classics Compact Disc – ℗ 1988 & 2006. – Conductor M.° Richard Hickox Orchestra – City of London Baroque Sinfonia Chorus […]

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• 12 Feb 2017

Arleen Augér – “Ah! Ruggero crudel … Ombre pallide” Recitative and Aria of Alcina – “Alcina” (1735) Act II Scene XIII – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759). Unknown (?) label – LIVE Recording maybe from the Hamburg concert on June 30, 1991. Unknow (?) Orchestra, Theater and Conductor. AH! RUGGERO CRUDEL … OMBRE PALLIDE” […]

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• 10 Feb 2017

Teresa Berganza – “Verdi prati, selve amene” Aria of Ruggiero – “Alcina” (1735) Act II Scene XII – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759). DECCA Studio Recording “Alcina” – ℗ 1962 London Symphony Orchestra Conductor M.° Richard Bonynge. – A wonderful cast: Alcina – Dame Joan Sutherland Ruggiero – Teresa Berganza Bradamante – Monica Sinclair […]