L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308: Addio Roma
Ercole, su'l Termodonte, opera, RV 710 (incomplete, but mostly extant): Non saria pena la mia
Teseo, opera, HWV 9: Morirò, ma vendicata
Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, opera, HWV 19: Io t'abbraccio
Ariodante, opera, HWV 33: Scherza infida
Radamisto, opera, HWV 12: Vanne, sorella ingrata
Ifigenia in Aulide, opera: Madre diletta, abbracciami
Berenice, opera in 3 acts: Col versar, barbaro, il sangue
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60: Where shall I fly?
Merope, opera: Sposa, son disprezzata
Teseo, opera, HWV 9: Addio, mio caro bene
La clemenza di Tito, opera, K. 621: Parto, parto
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Voi che sapete
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Aprite, presto aprite
Orphée et Eurydice (French version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 41: Amour, viens rendre à mon âme
Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: In quali eccessi, o Numi... Mi tradìquell'alma ingrata
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Una voce poco fa
Maometto II, opera: Giusto ciel, in tal periglio
Stabat mater for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra: Quis est homo
I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera: Ascolta! Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio... La tremenda ultrice spada
La donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake), opera: Tanti affetti in tal momento... Fra il padre, e fra l'amante
La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra ("légende dramatique"), H. 111 (Op. 24): D'amour l'ardente flamme
La cenerentola (Cinderella), opera: Nacqui all'affanno
Ariadne auf Naxos, opera, Op. 60-I (TrV 228) (original version): Seien wir wieder gut!
Dead Man Walking, opera: You've been so good to him and all of us... Who will walk with me?
In the unlikely event that any of Joyce DiDonato's exciting recordings for Erato have slipped by unnoticed, the label has helpfully organized this ample collection, partly as an introduction to this critically acclaimed mezzo-soprano, and partly as a reminder to fans of just how much she has recorded. This package requires two CDs to sample her repertoire, which includes dramatic roles in operas by Claudio Monteverdi, George Frederick Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as less familiar but ...
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In the unlikely event that any of Joyce DiDonato's exciting recordings for Erato have slipped by unnoticed, the label has helpfully organized this ample collection, partly as an introduction to this critically acclaimed mezzo-soprano, and partly as a reminder to fans of just how much she has recorded. This package requires two CDs to sample her repertoire, which includes dramatic roles in operas by Claudio Monteverdi, George Frederick Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as less familiar but significant composers as Giovanni Porta, Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, and Geminiano Giacomelli. Throughout, DiDonato demonstrates both her virtuosic vocal abilities and her bold characterizations. She is accompanied by Alan Curtis and Il Complesso Barocco, Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques, Emmanuelle Haïm and Le Concert d'Astrée, Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante, and Kazushi Ono and the Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon, so historically informed performance styles are sampled as...
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