Paisiello

Paisiello - Gli Astrologi Immaginari (Bruno Rigacci)

 

Italian opera, the most truly international of genres, spread far and wide all over Europe in the eighteenth century: Vienna, London, Dresden and St Petersburg were no less important as centres of Italian opera than Venice, Rome and Naples - indeed, they occasionally assumed even greater importance than Italian cities in stimulating composers to explore new avenues. A post at a court in northern Europe meant excellent pay for an Italian composer, as well as the chance to work with a degree of ease that was unknown in his homeland. This was a period in which a composer's earnings, were rarely sufficient to allow him to live comfortably. A prestigious, well-paid position abroad for a few years enabled a composer to set aside a little sum for his old age, and was a sort of gratification that none would wish to renounce. Thus it was that many successful composers set off for foreign lands, if for no other reason than to cash in on the success they had known in Italy in their youth, when the struggle to find a place at the top and the rhythm of production of operas obliged musicians to turn out as many as five or six works a year so as not to risk disappearing from the public eye.

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Performer:
Clarice – Carmen Lavani (soprano)
Cassandra – Angela Vercelli (mezzo-soprano)
Giuliano – Giancarlo Montanaro (baritone)
Petronio – Teodoro Rovetta (basso comico)
Coro e Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana
Conductor - Bruno Rigacci 

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