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Agrippina [sound recording] / George Frideric Handel.

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Composed in 1709, Agrippina is an opera seria in three acts on a libretto by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani. The opera tells the story of Agrippina, the mother of Nero, as she plots the downfall of the Roman Emperor Claudius and the installation of her son as emperor. Grimani's libretto, considered...

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Main Author: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Corporate Author: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (Performer)
Other Authors: Grimani, Vincenzo (Librettist), Penda, Alex, 1970- (Vocalist), Rivera, Jennifer (Vocalist), Im, Sunhae, 1976- (Vocalist), Mehta, Bejun (Vocalist), Fink, Marcos (Vocalist), Davies, Neal (Vocalist), Visse, Dominique (Vocalist), Schmutzhard, Daniel (Vocalist), Jacobs, René (Conductor)
Format: CD Audio
Language:Italian
German
Published: Arles : Harmonia Mundi, ℗2011.
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Operas.
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Summary:Composed in 1709, Agrippina is an opera seria in three acts on a libretto by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani. The opera tells the story of Agrippina, the mother of Nero, as she plots the downfall of the Roman Emperor Claudius and the installation of her son as emperor. Grimani's libretto, considered one of the best that Handel set, is full of topical political allusions. Some believe that it reflects the rivalry between Grimani and Pope Clement XI. Jacobs performs the work in its original version.
Item Description:Harmonia Mundi: HMC 902088.90 (HMC 902088--HMC 902090)
"Drama per musica in tre atti"--Container.
Libretto di Vincenzo Grimani.
Compact discs.
Program notes by René Jacobs in German with French and English translations, synopsis in English, French and German, and libretto with parallel English, French and German translations (258 pages : ill., ports.) laid in container.
Physical Description:3 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Participant or Performer:Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano (Agrippina) ; Jennifer Rivera, mezzo-soprano (Nerona) ; Sunhae Im, soprano (Poppea) ; Bejun Mehta, countertenor (Ottone) ; Marcos Fink, bass-baritone (Claudio) ; Neal Davies, bass-baritone (Pallante) ; Dominique Visse, countertenor (Mago Narciso) ; Daniel Schumtzhard, bass (Lesbo) ; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin ; René Jacobs, conductor.
Language:Sung in Italian.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded July 2010, Teldex Studio Berlin.

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