Roberta Invernizzi - Queens (2017)

The queens of Handel are both the royal heroines of her operas - Berenice, Cleopatra, Cleofide, Agrippina, Adelaide, Ariane - and the female singers who evolved around her in various capacities, of course. Four queens of the composer's personal card game; That of heart was probably Margherita Durastanti, met from the Italian stay but engaged in 1720 only in London. Durastanti was "evicted" by the arrival of Francesca Cuzzoni, who could be compared to the queen of spades. Faustina Bordoni, one of the most extraordinary singers of the eighteenth century and one of the few prima donnas, with Cuzzoni, Able to compete with the vocal and media preeminence of the castrates. Anna Maria Strada del Pò will be the queen of clover, the primadonna who worked most with Handel (twenty-four roles, including thirteen creations) and undoubtedly her favorite singer, which caused her the least amount of trouble. These four ladies cover more or less all the repertoire of the operatic queens of Handel; And here they are represented, represented in some way by the Italian soprano Roberta Invernizzi accompanied by the Accademia Hermans.

TRACKLIST

01. Lotario, HWV 26: Scherza in mar la navicella
02. Poro, re dell’Indie, HWV 28: Se mai turbo il tuo risposo
03. Berenice, HWV 38: No, che servire altrui
04. Berenice, HWV 38: Traditore, traditore!
05. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Overture
06. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Piangerò la sorte mia
07. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Tu la mia stella sei
08. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Da tempeste il legno infranto
09. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Che sento oh Dio - Se pietà di me non senti
10. Scipione, HWV 20: Act III Sinfonia
11. Scipione, HWV 20: Scoglio d'immota fronte
12. Alcina, HWV 34: Ah mio cor, schernito sei!
13. Giustino, HWV 37: Quel torrente