Johann Adolf Hasse (1699 - 1783): Cleofide

Opera in 3 acts

Libretto: Michelangelo Boccardi after Pietro Metastasio,
version of the first performance, Dresden September 13, 1731

Capriccio 10 193/96 (4 CDs)

CD 1: Act 1 (1 - 15)
CD 2: Act 1 (16 - 29), Act 2 (1 - 9)
CD 3: Act 2 (10 - 21), Act 3 (1 - 4)
CD 4: Act 3 (5 - 19)


DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

Cleofide, an Indian queen who faithfully loves Poros: Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Poro, king of another Indian land, who jealously loves Cleofide: Derek Lee Ragin(countertenor)
Erissena, sister of Poro, secretly in love with Alessandro: Agnès Mellon (soprano)
Alessandro, King of Macedonia: Dominique Visse(countertenor)
Gandarte, Commanding General of Poro's Armies: Randall K. Wong (sopranista)
Timagene, Commanding General of Alessandro's Armies: David Cordier (countertenor)

Randall K. Wong has the following arias:
Voi che adorato il vanto (CD 2 [7])
Appena amor sen nasce (CD 2 [16])
Spera si che amor pietoso (CD 3 [8])
Pupilette Venzosette (CD 3 [14])


Rheinische Kantorei, Dormagen

Capella Coloniensis (WDR, Cologne):
2 clarini, 2 horns, timpani, 2 flutes, 5 oboes, 2 bassoons, strings & b.c.

Yvon Repérant and Christophe Rousset, harpsichord
Yasunori Imamura, theorbo

Direction: William Christie

Recording: 5/1986, Schulzentrum Lindlar (Germany)

Executive Producer: Klaus L. Neumann, WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk)