Tommaso Traetta (1727 - 1779): Ippolito ed Aricia

Opera in 5 acts, Libretto: Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni

Dynamic CDS 257 (4 CDs)

CD 1 (74'21): Act 1
CD 2 (30'47): Act 2
CD 3 (60'05): Act 3
CD 4 (74'29): Act 4 (1 - 12), Act 5 (13 - 21)


DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

Ippolito: Angelo Manzotti (sopranista)
Aricia: Patrizio Ciofi (soprano)
Fedra: Elena Lopéz (soprano)
Teseo: Simon Edwards (tenor)
Enone: Maria Miccoli (mezzo soprano)
Diana: Stefania Donzelli (soprano)
Plutone: Luca Grassi (baritone)
Tisifone: Monica Sesto (mezzo soprano)
Mercurio: Saverio Fiore (tenor)
La Gran Sacerdotessa: Sara Allagretta (soprano)
Una Marinajna: Angela Masi (soprano)
Una Cacciatrice: Rossana Potenza (soprano)
Le Parche Madia Todisco and Loredana Cinieri (sopranos)

Angelo Manzotti has the following arias:
Se ai vaghi lumi tuoi (CD 1 [4])
Deh! Questa cor lasciate (CD 3 [6])
Padre ascolta (CD 4 [4])
Torna la pace all'alma (duet with Aricia) (CD 4 [17])


Bratislava chamber choir (chorus master Pavel Prochaza)

Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia (on modern instruments)[*]

Direction: David Golub

[*]: Remark: The list of instrumentalists in the booklet is incomplete, the winds (flute, oboes, bassons, horns and trumpets) are not mentioned (but appear on the CD).


Live recording: July 20, 22 and 26, 1999, Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca, Italy