Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Deidamia, opéra en 3 actes

Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
La Didone, opéra en 3 actes et 1 prologue
Ercole amante (Hercule amoureux), opéra en 1 prologue et 5 actes

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Adriano in Siria, drame musical en 3 actes

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1765)
Zoroastre, tragédie lyrique en 5 actes

Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718-1777)
Dove è amore è gelosia, opéra en 2 actes

Sally Matthews
Veronica Cangemi
Olga Pasichnyk
Silvia Tro Santafé
Andrew Foster-Williams
Umberto Chiummo
Concerto Köln
Ivor Bolton, direction
David Alden, mise en scène
(Deidamia)

Anna Bonitatibus
Kresimir Spicer
Xavier Sabata
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie, direction
Clément Hervieu-Léger, mise en scène
(La Didone)

Luca Pisaroni
Veronica Cangemi
Jeremy Ovenden
Anna Maria Panzarella
Concerto Köln
Ivor Bolton, direction
(Ercole amante)

Anders J Dahlin
Sine Bundgaard
Anna Maria Panzarella
Ditte Andersen
Evgueniy Alexiev
Gerard Théruel
Chœur et orchestre du théâtre du château de Drottningholm
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, direction
Pierre Audi, mise en scène
(Zoroastre)

Lenka Macikova
Ales Briscein
Katerina Knezikova
Jaroslav Brezina
Schwarzenberg Court Orchestra
Vojtech Spurny, direction
Ondrej Havelka, mise en scène
(Dove è amore è gelosia)

La Didone is one of the earliest operas in existence, and Ercole Amante, at the time of its premiere, was the grandest show ever performed in Europe. By contrast, prior to its revival in the very Baroque gem of a theatre that hosted its premiere, the courtly farce Dove È Amore È Gelosia was virtually unknown, as was the hitherto neglected Deidamia, Handel’s final Italian opera. The 18th-century Baroque theatre machinery at Drottningholm lends authenticity to Rameau’s Zoroastre, as does the period Pergolesi Theatre at Jesi to the performance of Adriano in Siria. Sally Matthews is ‘captivating’ as Deidamia (New York Times), Anna Bonitatibus is an compromisingly intense Didone, and Luca Pisaroni’s Hercules is by turns heroic and melodious. Specialist ensembles, including Concerto Köln, Les Arts Florissants and Les Talens Lyriques, bring apt nuance and colour to these sumptuous productions showcasing worthy masterworks of the Baroque.