One might well be excused for thinking that Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques new Ambroisie recording of Antonio Salieri's opera La Grotta di Trofonio for being an album by the Smashing Pumpkins; with its wild and unconventional cover design it certainly looks more like something from Billy Corgan and company rather than a Viennese opera dating from 1785. La Grotta di Trofonio comes with a lavishly illustrated 116-page booklet, and you're going to need it, as this convoluted opera has more twists and turns in its ...
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One might well be excused for thinking that Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques new Ambroisie recording of Antonio Salieri's opera La Grotta di Trofonio for being an album by the Smashing Pumpkins; with its wild and unconventional cover design it certainly looks more like something from Billy Corgan and company rather than a Viennese opera dating from 1785. La Grotta di Trofonio comes with a lavishly illustrated 116-page booklet, and you're going to need it, as this convoluted opera has more twists and turns in its Arcadian storyline then there are in the River Styx. Twin daughters plan to marry different men, but this is foiled when the men visit the cave of the sorcerer Trofonio, who changes their personalities. After breaking their wedding plans, the men, Artemidoro and Plistene, go back to the cave and get "fixed," but in the meantime the girls have also wandered into Trofonio's cave, and it's pretty easy to figure out where La Grotta di Trofonio might go from there. The singing is good...
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Good. No packaging as issued. 3 discs. Originally released: 2006. MUSIC DISC (9312CDVD) PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY: This sale is for (SET OF 3 DISCS). This CD s Contains minor visible Scratches) CD Case is (Good) a little Discs Holding tab is (Good). This case is not Missing Cover pamphlet. Disc contains no Marking Apply ON the Discs or on the case. ). If you not at most 65% satisfied with this item, please let us help you resolve the issue first.
