Vol. 2 – Juditha triumphans – 2001
Juditha Triumphans, RV 644
opera – oratorio
Magdalena KOZENA, mezzo-soprano / JUDITHA Maria José TRULLU, mezzo-soprano / HOLOFERNES Marina COMPARATO, mezzo-soprano / VAGAUS Anke HERRMANN, soprano / ABRA
Tiziana CARRARO, soprano / OZIAS
Coro da camera dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Academia Montis Regalis
Alessandro de MARCHI, direction
Vivaldi’s only surviving oratorio, this work was performed at the Pietà in 1716. The scoring is, in the words of Michael Talbot, ” …of unparalleled richness – an ostentatious display of the Pietà’s vocal and (especially) instrumental riches “.
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