Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo / Emilio de Cavalieri ; libretto by Agostino Manni ; directed by Robert Carsen [eVideo - hoopla]

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Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo / Emilio de Cavalieri ; libretto by Agostino Manni ; directed by Robert Carsen

(2023, original release: 2021)

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PUBLISHED

[United States] : Naxos, 2023
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1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 101 min.)) : sd., col

ISBN/ISSN

MWT15828028, 15828028

LANGUAGE

English

NOTES

Directed by Robert Carsen

Anett Fritsch, Daniel Schmutzhard, Georg Nigl, Florian Boesch ; Arnold Schoenberg Chor ; Il Giardino armonico ; Giovanni Antonini, conductor

Emilio de' Cavalieri's Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo was premiered in 1600 in Rome. It was conceived to be performed in costume, bringing text and music together in a dramatic form, and is accepted as the first surviving opera, pre-dating works by Peri and Monteverdi. Its theme is the dialogue of Soul and Body, a pivotal concept of the Italian Counter-Reformation, presented in allegorical form. This production by the acclaimed director Robert Carsen was hailed as 'an unmitigated, tremendous success' and its 'musical production was extraordinary'

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