The quality of the vocal performances in this live recording of Alcina can be strongly correlated to the singers' prior experience in the Baroque repertoire. Contralto Sonia Prina, with a solid background in Baroque opera, is absolutely stellar in the role of Bradamante, a woman impersonating a man in her quest to release her lover from the spells ...
Johann Adolf Hasse was a German-born composer who dominated Italian opera around the middle of the eighteenth century. He was known to Italians as "il caro Sassone" -- the dear Saxon -- and then made a triumphant return to the glittering court at Dresden. His expansive operatic arias might not seem to be promising sources for lute music, but the ...
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