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La Pellegrina Utrecht 2021 Zsuzsi Tóth, Valerio Contaldo
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: La Pellegrina
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Recorded: August 30, 2021
- Type: Concert Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
ABOUT THIS CONCERT
Anyone who studies the history of Italy cannot ignore the powerful Medicis. With their luxurious court in Florence, the banking family has been at the center of musical practice for centuries. La Pellegrina is one of the most spectacular fruits of their reign. This music theater piece – a collaboration between various composers – is strictly speaking an intermedio, but it points forward to the Baroque opera.
As the culmination of Ferdinando de’ Medici and Christine de Lorraine’s wedding in 1589, La Pellegrina featured a significant collective of artists, including Caccini, Cavalieri and Peri. Skip Sempé, with singers, soloists and a veritable Renaissance orchestra, dives into the lavish score that explores all corners of the musical spectrum: from solo monody to thirty-part counterpoint.
PROGRAM
La Pellegrina intermedi (1589)
PRIMO INTERMEDIO: L’armonia delle atmosphere
Antonio Archilei 1541/42-1612 or Emilio de’ Cavalieri ca. 1550-1602
Dalle più alte sfere
Cristofano Malvezzi
Noi, che cantando
Sinfonia
Dolcissime Sirene
A voi reali amanti
Coppia gentil
SECONDO INTERMEDIATE: La gara fra Muse e Piridi
Luca Marenzio 1553/4-1599
Sinfonia
Belle ne fe’ natura
Chi dal delfino
Se nelle voci nostre
O figlie di Piero
TERZO INTERMEDIO : Il combattimento pitico d’Apollo
Luca Marenzio
Qui di carne si sfama
O valoroso Dio
O mille volte
QUARTO INTERMEDIO: La regione de’ demoni
Giulio Romolo Caccini 1551-1618
Io che dal ciel cader
Cristofano Malvezzi
Sinfonia
Or che le due grand’alme
Giovanni de’ Bardi 1534-1612
Miseri habitator
QUINTO INTERMEDIO: Il canto d’Arione
Luca Marenzio
Io che l’onde raffreno
Cristofano Malvezzi
E noi con questa bella diva
Sinfonia
Jacopo Peri 1561-1633
Dunque fra torbid’onde
Cristofano Malvezzi
Lieti Solcando il Mare
SESTO INTERMEDIO: La discesa d’Apollo e Bacco col Ritmo e l’Armonia
Cristofano Malvezzi
Dal vago e bel sereno
O qual risplende nube
Emilio de’ Cavalieri
Godi turba mortal
Cristofano Malvezzi
O fortunato giorno
Emilio de’ Cavalieri
O che nuovo miracolo