Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736): Adriano in Siria

Libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Decca 483 0004 (3 CDs), 2016

CD 1 (85'25): Sinfonia, Act 1
CD 2 (51'25): Act 2
CD 3 (41'09): Act 3


DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

Adriano: Yuriy Mynenko (countertenor)
Emirena: Romina Basso (mezzo soprano)
Farnaspe: Franco Faglioli (sopranista)
Sabina: Dylyara Idrisova (soprano)
Osroa: Juan Sancho (tenor)
Aquilio: Çiğdem Soyarslan (soprano)

Franco Fagioli (Cesare) has the following arias:
Sul mio cor so ben qual sia (CD 1 [9])
Lieto così talvolta (CD 1 [27])
Torbido in volto e nero (CD 2 [18])
L'estremo pegno almeno ricevi (CD 3 [12], duet with Emirena)

Capella Cravoviensis (on period instruments):
2 horns, 2 oboes, strings (6/6/3/2) & b.c. (2 db., thb., hpchd.)

Direction and harpsichord: Jan Tomasz Adamus

Recording: August 16-26 2015, Radio Kraków, Poland