Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Catone in Utica

Opera seria in 3 acts

Libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Dynamic CDS 403/1-2 (2 CDs), 2002

CD 1: Act 1 ([1]-[17]) + Act 2 ([18]-[21]) (75'01)
CD 2: Act 2 ([1]-[11]) + Act 3 ([12]-[22]) (72'00)

Jacek Laszczkowski has the following arias:
Vaga sei ne sdegni tuoi (CD 1, [11], 4'47)
Apri le luci e mira (CD 1, [17], 6'25)
Se mai senti (CD 1 [21], 7'50)
Se in campo armato (CD 2 [5], 5'22)
Sarebbe un bel diletto (CD 2 [16], 4'47)
D'amor la face (beginning of the final chorus, CD 2 [22], 1'49)

Philippe Jaroussky has the following arias:
Che legge spietata (CD 1 [9], 3'23)
S'andrà senza pastore (CD 1 [19], 4'37)


DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

CatoneSimon Edwards (tenor)
CesareJacek Laszczkowski (sopranista)
MarziaLiliana Faraon (soprano)
EmiliaVéronica Cangemi (soprano)
ArbacePhilippe Jaroussky (sopranista)
FulvioDiana Bertini (alto)

La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roi (on period instruments):
2 tpt., 2 hr., timp., 2 (ob.+rec.), solo vl., strings (5+5,3,3,1) and b.c. (hpchd., viol, thb.)

conductor: Jean-Claude Malgoire

live recording: November 25 and 26, 2001, Théâtre Municipal, Tourcoing/France