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EMILIO DE CAVALIERI Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo (The representation of the soul and the body, Rome, 1600) Staatsopernchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
1h32
Digital
HMC902200.01
Excerpt:Sinfonia
Composed at a time when neither oratorio nor opera existed, this Rappresentatione premiered in February 1600 is a magisterial musical drama. In its dialogue between Soul and Body – an emblematic theme of the Counter-Reformation – it employs singers, chorus, and an extensive orchestra whose varied timbres both accompany and characterise the soloists. At the dawn of the Baroque revolution, song, stage action, dance, and instrumental music combine in perfect harmony.
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Artists
- Conductor
- Early music ensemble
- Staatsopernchor BerlinChoral ensemble
- Marie-Claude ChappuisMezzo-soprano (Anima)
- Johannes WeisserBaritone (Corpo)
- Gyula OrendtBaritone (Consiglio)
- Mark MilhoferTenor (Intelletto)
- Marcos FinkBass-baritone (Secondo Compagno - Mondo - Anima dannata)
Composers
- Emilio de' Cavalieri