Cavalli: La Calisto

Francesco Cavalli

La Calisto
Various perf., Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra - Raymond Leppard, dir.
Argo ZNF 11 / 12 [LPx2]
Decca « Das alte Werk » SAWD 9987/88 [LPx2]
Decca 436-216-2 [CDx2, France]
Decca 476-217-6 [CDx2, UK]

Contents:

Francesco Cavalli (m) / Giovanni Faustini (t): La Calisto


LP-1 / CD-1

1. Prologue
2. Act 1: ............ ch'ingannatore amante, è quel che che gode

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3. Act 1 (continued): Improvivvisi stupori ............ end of Act 1

LP-2 / CD-2

4. Act 2: ............ Compagne soccorretemi

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5. Act 2 (continued): Restino imbalsamate ............ end

Playing time: 119' 50"

Performers:
Marjorie Biggar (singer &171; La Natura »), Enid Hartle (mezzo-soprano, &171; L'Éternità »), Teresa Cahill (singer &171; Il Destino »), Ugo Trama (bass &171; Giove »), Peter Gottlieb (tenor &171; Mercurio »), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano &171; Calisto »), James Bowman (counter-tenor &171; Endimione »), Janet Baker (alto &171; Diana »), Hugues Cuénod (tenor &171; Linfea »), Janet Hughes (actress &171; Satirino »), Federico Davià (bass &171; Pane »), Owen Brannigan (bass &171; Silvano »), Teresa Kubiak (soprano &171; Giunone »), Isla Brodie (singer &171; The Echo »), Gabriel Cahaud (spoken voice)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, dir.

Recording site and date:
Unknown [1972 or prior];
Rel. 1972 (Argo), 1973 (SAWD), 1993, 2004 (Decca)

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): -1410 (February 1972), -77 (September 2005) Répertoire (#-p.): -41 (April 1993)

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