Mariano Patti, Orchestra da Camera del "Giovanni Paisiello Festival" - Giovanni Paisiello: Amor vendicato (2023)

The lyrics of the eleven scenes of Amor vendicato are technically accomplished and facilitate the singers’ task. Indeed, librettist Antonio di Gennaro was one of the best of his kind in Naples in the second half of the 18th century. The simple plot celebrates the triumph of love in the character Amore whose revenge for being mocked by Apollo is to make him fall for Dafne, whose faithfulness to her true love Alceo leads her to fight off Apollo’s efforts. In Ovid’s version of the fable, Daphne changes into a laurel to escape but the librettist puts a decidedly 18th century spin on the Classical original, giving the leading characters a markedly galante air and so making a connection with the audience of the ladies and knights of the Academy. Apollo’s flattery, Dafne’s refusals, Alceo’s uncertainty and Amore’s plotting, (with a pretence to be Aminta the hunter), never show extremes of emotion beyond grace, fickleness, fear or spite. And this atmosphere is perfectly suited to the librettist’s own take on the metamorphosis of Dafne.

Performer:
Amore - Sabrina Santoro, soprano
Apollo - Roberta Andalò, soprano
Dafne - Marina Esposito, mezzosoprano
Alceo - Leopoldo Punziano, tenore
Gloria - Valeria La Grotta, soprano
Choraliter
Orchestra da Camera del "Giovanni Paisiello Festival"
Mariano Patti, direttore

Tracklist:
Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
Amor Vendicato
CD1:
01. No. 1, Overture
02. No. 2, Sotto queste mentite spoglie
03. No. 3, Provi il dio superbo
04. No. 4, L'opra si compia omai
05. No. 5, Avvezza al cimento
06. No. 6, Ah delle fiere stesse
07. No. 7, De' primi affetti miei
08. No. 8, Belle luci a un fido amante
09. No. 9, Dafne infelice
10. No. 10, Dolce sonno, amica quiete
11. No. 11, Ed èver quanto narri?
12. No. 12, Orride larve che volete
13. No. 13, Ah, discaccia ogni timor
CD2:
01. No. 14, Mio combattuto cor
02. No. 15, Pugnano nel mio petto
03. No. 16, Quanto è folle colui
04. No. 17, Cuori amanti, v'ingannate
05. No. 18, O portento inaudito
06. No. 19, Ho perduto il bel sembiante
07. No. 20, Tempra l'acerba doglia
08. No. 21, Che de' numi è il domator
09. No. 22, Ma quai da lungi ascolto
10. No. 23, Viva il dio, fanciullo arciero
11. No. 24, Qual canto ingiurioso
12. No. 25, Viva il dio, fanciullo arciero
13. No. 26, Piu' non arde nel mio petto
14. No. 27, La gloria io son
15. No. 28, O come fulgido il sacro alloro