Megan Kahts - Dopo notte (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

There's no question that the 18th century was entirely focused on the vocal achievements of the great singing stars, both male and female - on both sopranos like Bordoni and Cuzzoni and on castrati like Farinelli and Carestini. They were equivalent to our superstars of today: alter egos of "their" composers, with whom they had fostered a virtually symbiotic relationship. In addition to these singers' technical virtuosity-there's a reason that Baroque arias are among the most difficult in the operatic repertoire-these sometimes almost mythical figures fascinated audiences with their beauty of tone and legato lines. They were oftentimes the absolute rulers of European opera stages - audiences worshipped them as godlike figures, their fees drove many a house to financial ruin, and their vocal artistry was so spectacular that even today, long after their voices have passed, their names are still uttered with reverence and admiration: The great vocal virtuosos of the Baroque period live on in the music that great composers wrote for their voices. Hasse was one of the founders of pre-classicism, which combined Neapolitan vocality with orchestral density, which undoubtedly reflects his German roots.

TRACKLIST

1. Megan Kahts - Ariodante, HWV 33: Dopo notte, atra e funesta
2. Megan Kahts - Alessandro, HWV 21: Tempesta e calma
3. Megan Kahts - Arminio: Ti lascio in ceppi avvinto
4. Megan Kahts - Ariodante, HWV 33: Scherza infida in grembo al drudo
5. Megan Kahts - Tito Vespasiano: Vo disperato a morte
6. Megan Kahts - Cleofide: Che sorte crudele
7. Megan Kahts - Tolomeo, HWV 25: Quanto è felice quell'augelletto
8. Megan Kahts - Alcina, HWV 34: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto



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