Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787): Ezio

Dramma per musica in 3 acts

Libretto by Pietro Metastasio
Kotzentheater (Teatro nuovo), Prague 1750

Virgin Classics 50999 070929 2 3 (2 CDs)

CD 1 (69'27): Ouverture, Act 1
CD 2 (77'26): Act 2 and Act 3

DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

Valentiniano III, Emperor, in love with Fulvia: Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
Fulvia, daughter of Massimo, promised to Ezio: Ann Hallenberg (mezzo soprano)
Ezio, Roman general: Sonia Prina (contralto)
Onoria, sister of Emperor Valentiniano,
unfortunately in love with Ezio:		 Mayuko Karasawa (soprano)
Massimo, Roman patrician, trusted friend
of Valentiniano and secred enemy:		 Tomu Lehtipuu (tenor)
Varo, captain friend of Ezio: Julian Prégardien (tenor)

Max Emanuel Cencic has the following arias:
Se tu la reggi al volo (CD 1 [6])
So chi t'accese (CD 1 [16])
Dubbioso amante (CD 2 [2])
Passami il cor, tiranno! (terzetto with Fulvia and Massimo, CD 2 [12])
Per tutto il timore (CD 2 [18])

Il Complessso Barocco (on period intruments)
2 horns, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & b.c.

Direction: Alan Curtis

Recording: December 18, 2008, Théâtre de Poissy, France