Rene Jacobs, Ensemble 415 - Handel: Flavio (1990)
René Jacobs, Ensemble 415 - Handel: Flavio (1990)
EAC | APE | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 724 Mb | Total time: 79:23+76:15 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC 901312.13 | Recorded: 1989
EAC | APE | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 724 Mb | Total time: 79:23+76:15 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC 901312.13 | Recorded: 1989
Flavio comes from a fertile period in Handel's output, but despite the presence of Cuzzoni and Senesino, two of the most important and lauded singers of the day, it flopped when first presented in 1723. This is probably due to the fact that it's a comedy that turns tragic before ending happily–and London audiences simply couldn't get their heads around such a thing. Whatever the case, it contains aria after aria, with a duet thrown in–and each one is short, to the point, and always entertaining. The instrumental textures are never complex–and the rhythms, mostly upbeat, keep the opera moving at an almost sitcom pace. I won't go into the plot because it's not that hard to follow, but rest assured that this performance is dynamite.
Flavio, a whimsical dandy of a king, is countertenor Jeffrey Gall, and he captures just the right edge of petulance for the character, while the more leading countertenor role, Guido (the Senesino part), is sung by Derek Lee Ragin, whose somewhat fiercer tone is fascinating and whose flexibility is remarkable. His love in the opera, Emilia, is Lena Lootens, the possessor of a lightish, pretty, but expressive voice, and her grief is as palpable as her love.
The secondary couple-in-love includes mezzo Bernarda Fink in the trouser role of Vitige, and her dark, fluid sound is just right. Her love (also the object of King Flavio's) is sung by Christina Högman, and she's as effective when flirting as she is when enraged in the last act. Tenor Gianpaolo Fagotto is fluent in coloratura, and bass Ulrich Messthaler has authority as Lotario, Emilia's father. René Jacobs leads Ensemble 415 in a performance that equally captures the score's lightness and gravity without ever throwing the balance off. That is, he makes sense of the complications. In a word, this is wonderful.–Robert Levine
Performers
Flavio - Jeffrey Gall
Guido - Derek Lee Ragin
Emilia - Lena Lootens
Teodata - Bernarda Fink
Vitige - Christina Högman
Ugone - Gianpaolo Fagotto
Lotario - Ulrich Messthaler
Ensemble 415
Conductor - René Jacobs
Track List:
CD1:
01. Atto Primo. Ouverture
02. Scena 1. Teodata, Vitige: Ricordati mio ben
03. Scena 2 e 3. Ugone, Lotario, Teodata, Emilia, Guido. Emilia: Quanto dolci
04. Scena 4. Guido: Bel contento
05. Scena 5. Ugone, Teodata, Flavio. Teodata: Benche povera donzella
06. Scena 6 e 7. Lotario, Flavio. Lotario: Se a te vissi fedele
07. Scena 8. Flavio, Vitige. Flavio: Di quel bel che m'innamora
08. Scena 9. Vitige: Che bel contento sarette aurore
09. Scena 10 e 11. Guido, Ugone. Guido: L'armellin vita non cura
10. Scena 12 e 13. Emilia, Guido. Emilia: Amante stravagante
11. Atto Secondo. Scena 1 а 3. Teodata, Flavio, Ugone. Ugone: Fato tiranno e crudo
12. Scena 4. Emilia, Lotario. Lotario: S'egli ti chiede affetto
13. Scena 5. Emilia, Guido. Emilia: Paro, si, ma non so poi
14. Scena 6. Guido: Rompo i lacci
CD2:
01. Scena 07. Flavio, Vitige. Flavio: Chi può mirare
02. Scena 08. Vitige, Teodata. Teodata: Con un vezzo, con un riso
03. Scena 09. Vitige: Non credo instabile
04. Scena 10 e 11. Lotario, Guido, Emilia. Emilia: Ma chi punir desio?
05. Atto Terzo. Scena 01. Flavio, Emilia, Ugone. Emilia: Da te parto
06. Scena 02. Flavio, Vitige, Teodata
07. Scena 02. Flavio: Starvi accento
08. Scena 03. Vitige: Sirti, scogli, tempeste
09. Scena 04. Emilia, Guido
10. Scena 04. Guido: Amor, nel mio penar
11. Scena 05 e 06. Teodata, Vitige, Flavio, Guido
12. Scena 07. Les memes/Emilia. Duo Emilia & Guido: Ti perdono
13. Scena 08. Flavio: E tu Vitige
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Rene Jacobs, Ensemble 415 - Handel: Flavio (1990)
