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FULL AMOR VINCITORE (J.Chr.Bach) Schwetzingen 2025 Julia Lezhneva, Dalisa Maayan Licht
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Amor vincitore
- Composer: Bach Johann Christian, Patrick Schäfer
- Libretto: Pauline Jacob Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Schlosstheater, Schwetzingen, Germany, Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele 2025
- Recorded: May 24, 2025
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Julia Lezhneva, Dalisa Maayan Licht
- Conductor: Jörg Halubek
- Orchestra: il Gusto Barocco
- Chorus: Alcidoro Projektchor der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim
- Stage Director: Sebastian Bauer, Lisa Florentine Schmalz
- Stage Designer: Sebastian Bauer
- Costume Designer: Hanna Roxane Scherwinski
- Lighting Designer: Sebastian Alphons
Information about the Recording
- Published by: ARD Klassik
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
“The orchestra is without a doubt the best in Germany,” wrote Leopold Mozart in 1763 about the Mannheim Court Orchestra. Under Elector Carl Theodor, a unique orchestra emerged in Mannheim, combining training, technical virtuosity, and tonal and compositional innovations. The Hof | Music | City Research Center and its predecessor projects have been researching and discovering a wide variety of works and new aspects of sound and performance practice since 1991.
What remains little known to this day is that Johann Sebastian Bach’s youngest son, Johann Christian, rose to prominence as an opera composer, working from Milan to London, and from 1772 onward, enjoyed success with works for the Mannheim Court Theater. His one-act opera “Amor vincitore” was performed in Schwetzingen in 1774 and marks il Gusto Barocco’s first engagement with the Mannheim School. The story is simple: Alcidoro loves Dalisa, who, along with her chorus of hunters and shepherds, refuses to acknowledge love. But Cupid takes her under his wing with bow and arrow. As an opera, “Amor vincitore” offers a magnificent template for virtuosity and musical color.
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