Johann Adolf Hasse (1699 - 1783): Siroe Re di Persia

Opera seria in 3 acts, Dresden Version, 1763

Decca 478 6768 (2 CDs), 2014

CD 1 (83'53): Ouverture, Act 1, Act 2 (beginning, [16]-[23])
CD 2 (82'35): Act 2 (end, [1]-[8]), Act 3


DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

CosroeJuan Sancho (tenor)
SiroeMax Emanuel Cencic (sopranista)
MedarseFranco Fagioli (sopranista)
EmiraMary-Ellen Nesi (mezzo soprano)
LaodiceJulia Lezhneva (mezzo soprano)
ArasseLauren Snouffer (soprano)

Max Emanuel Cencic (Siroe) has the following arias:
La sorte mia tiranna (CD 1 [13])
Mi credi infedele (CD 1 [19])
Fai dubbi affetti miei (CD 2 [6])
Vo disperato a morte (CD 2 [19], taken from Tito Vespasiano)
Se l'amor tuo mi rendi (CD 2 [21])

Franco Fagioli (Medarse) has the following arias:
Fra l'orror della tempesta (CD 1 [15])
Tu decidi del mio fato (CD 1 [23])
Torrente cresciuto per torbida pena (CD 2 [23])

Armonia Atenea (on period instruments):
2 hrn., 2 flt., 2 ob., bn., strings (4/4/2/3), db., thb., 2 hpchd.

Direction: George Petrou

Recording: July 21-31, 2014, Parnassos Hall, Athens