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- "Arsilda - Regina di Ponto"
- A. Vivaldi
- A selection of images from the live broadcast across the
net on barganews.com of the 2001 Festival Opera Barga production
of "Arsilda - Regina di Ponto" di
A. Vivaldi. This was transmitted
Friday 20 July 2001 and will be repeated on Saturday 21st and
Sunday 22nd July 2001
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- Arsilda -Regina di Ponto di A. Vivaldi, opera in three acts
composed in 1715 but only performed towards the end of 1716 due
to censorship. The third of Vivaldi's operas, it has a very interesting
libretto by Domenico Lalli that revolves around the fate of two
twins, boy and girl, with the girl having to take the boy's place
on the throne, as he is believed dead, and marry Arsilda, who,
passionately in love, wonders why her husband does not take advantage.
One of the few Vivaldi operas with a complete original score,
barring the effects of censorship, the Barga production will
follow the new critical edition to be published by the Istituto
di Studi Vivaldiani of Venice - Fondazione Cini, by Federico
Maria Sardelli, the leader and conductor of the Modo Antiquo
Ensemble, who are co-producers of this production following the
success of Juditha Triumphans in the cathedral last year.
Direction: Davide Livermore - Sets and Costumes: Santi Centineo
The Modo Antiquo Ensemble was nominated in 1997 and 1999 for
the International Grammy awards for recordings of Vivaldi and
Corelli.
First production in modern times
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