Christoph Willibald von Gluck: Ezio (Vienna 1763)

Oehms OC 918 (2 CDs)

CD 1 (62'19): Sinfonia ([1]), Act 1 ([2]-[12]), Act 2 ([13]-[15])
CD 2 (78'50): Act 2 ([1]-[8]), Act 3 ([9]-[18])


DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

Valentiniano III, Emperor, in love with Fulvia: Ruth Sandhoff (mezzo-soprano)
Fulvia, daughter of Massimo, promised to Ezio: Kirsten Blaise (soprano)
Ezio, Roman general: Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Onoria, sister of Emperor Valentiniano,
unfortunately in love with Ezio:
Sophie Marin-Degor (soprano)
Massimo, Roman patrician, trusted friend
of Valentiniano and secret enemy:
Stefano Ferrari (tenor)
Varo, captain friend of Ezio: Netta Or (soprano)

Franco Fagioli (Ezio) has the following arias:
Pensa a serbrami, o cara, i dolci affetti tuoi (CD 1 [5])
Va, ma tremo al tuo periglio (duetto with Fulvia, CD 1 [12])
Recagli quell'acciaro (CD 2 [2])
Ecco alle mie, ecco a morir m'invio (CD 2 [7])
Se il fulmine sospendi (CD 2 [10])


Orchester der Ludwigsburger Schloßfestspiele
Direction: Michael Hofstetter

Live recording: July 15-17, 2007, Kirche der Karlshöhe, Ludwigsburg, Germany