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Only really know Ercole sul Termodonte, and I rather love it. Some lovely tenor arias in it.
I must admit I've never listened to or even known any of the titles of Vivaldi's operas. I will have to check a few out.
Hard to choose between Orlando Furioso, Ercole and Farnace. I chose Ercole because I've heard it more often.
La verità in cimento has got some lovely arias. I recommend this highlights disc (I thought I was buying the whole opera but I think this is great):
Natalie
Hard to choose between Orlando Furioso, Ercole and Farnace. I chose Ercole because I've heard it more often.
I'm of a similar thinking. I have greatly enjoyed Orlando Furioso, Bajazet, and Juditha Triumphans... but I'm probably most familiar/enamored of Ercole sul Termodonte.
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Collecting the wonderful Naive series as they are released, my two favorites so far:
-Orlando Finto Pazzo
-La Verita in Cimento
Yes... I love the Naive Vivaldi releases as well... except that they have the dorkiest damn covers... like a high fashion shoot gone terribly wrong.
That Orlando finto pazzo looks like Nosferatu meets Karl Lagerfeld.
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Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with
those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art.
Pablo Picasso
Dorilla in Tempe
I think I prefer Juditha triumphans the most. As with Handel it is actually the oratorios I like better than the operas, perhaps it is the choral nature or the works or they are more focused, less a rambling story. Of the operas I have heard, I think Ottone in Villa is my preference as it seemed a little more downbeat, less bouncy baroque, although it has a bonkers plot. I'm not sure I could tell his operas apart in a blind listening test though. ;~)
Last edited by quack; Oct-27-2012 at 15:31. Reason: forgot aria
Oh, and I was just reading that this is Vivaldi's personal favorite too...Originally Posted by mud
Farnace and Juditha Triumphans are his most often recorded ones, though.
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I really like Griselda; I only know the Spinosi recording, but it's excellent.
Oratorio Juditha triumphans has such magically slow strolling alto-arias, cool & hot at the same time, as if one is dwelling in an huge palazzo on one Venezia's canals during a summer siesta.
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