Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Haydn: Il Mondo della Luna (2010)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Haydn: Il Mondo della Luna (2010)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 192 min | 6,72+5,92 Gb (2xDVD9)
Classical | Label: C Major | Sub: Italiano, English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol | Recorded: 2009
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 192 min | 6,72+5,92 Gb (2xDVD9)
Classical | Label: C Major | Sub: Italiano, English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol | Recorded: 2009
An ideal constellation: 2009 marked Haydn's anniversary year as well as Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 80th birthday. For this occasion the maestro chose 'Il Mondo della Luna', a delicious mixture of satire, comedy and science fiction based on a popular comedy by Carlo Goldoni. Haydn's music unleashes a display of fireworks performed with irresistible energy by Harnoncourt and his ensemble. Renowned actor and director Tobias Moretti relates the story as a magical fairy tale infused with slapstick and fantasy costumes.
"After the 1777 premiere, an Esterházy family friend dismissed Il mondo della luna as "Une farce pour la populace et pour les enfants". Perhaps he was echoing the opera-mad Prince Nicolaus's own view: unusually, it was never revived at Eszterháza. Today, though, Haydn's lunar fantasy is probably his least neglected opera, with good reason. Others may contain richer music. But Goldoni's satire on human folly and gullibility, centring on the manipulative "astronomer" Ecclitico and the credulous booby Buonafede, is delightfully absurd, while Haydn's piquant score meshes perfectly with character and action. Amid the farcical silliness, too, are moments of lyrical enchantment that might surprise the unwary: say, the aria "Se la mia stella" for Flaminia, or the voluptuous nocturnal love duet for Ecclitico and Clarice.
Performer:
Ecclitico – Bernard Richter
Ernesto – Vivica Genaux
Buonafede – Dietrich Henschel
Clarice – Christina Landshamer
Flaminia – Anja Nina Bahrmann
Lisetta – Maite Beaumont
Cecco – Markus Schäfer
Concentus Musicus Wien
Conductor - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Haydn: Il Mondo della Luna (2010)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Haydn: Il Mondo della Luna (2010)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Haydn: Il Mondo della Luna (2010)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Haydn: Il Mondo della Luna (2010)
