FULL LETTERA AMOROSA Philadelphia PA 2023 Lea Desandre, Thomas Dunford
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Lettera amorosa
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Recorded: November 4, 2023
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Lea Desandre
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Thomas Dunford, LUTE
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, itsubs
- Video Recording from: bilibili FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
There are a thousand ways to write love and a thousand ways to live it. French-Italian mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre and renowned lutenist Thomas Dunford remind us of this by bringing together these works dedicated to love by Italian composers of the 17th century. The dialogue among pieces by Monteverdi, Merula, Kapsberger, and Frescobaldi highlights the richness and complexity of the sentiment. If love songs today have other finery, Lettera amorosa sighs that the motives and messages remain similar.
Lettera amorosa
Monteverdi: “Si dolce è’l tormento”
Frescobaldi: “Se l’aura spira” from Primo libro d’arie musicali per cantarsi
Kapsberger: Toccata No. 6
Dalza: “Calata ala Spagnola”
Handel: “Lascia la spina” from Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità
Kapsberger: Toccata No. 5
Monteverdi: “Se i languidi miei sguardi (lettera amorosa)” from The Seventh Book of Madrigals
Kapsberger: “Figlio dormi”
Handel: “Frondi tenere e belle … Ombra mai fù” from Serse
Kapsberger: Toccata No. 1
Merula: “Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna”
Kapsberger: Toccata No. 3
Merula: “Folle è ben che si crede”
Monteverdi: “Quel sguardo sdegnosetto”