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23/06/2016

Vivaldi - Catone in Utica

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Penny Gore presents a performance given in Amsterdam of Vivaldi's opera Catone in Utica.

Penny Gore presents a performance from Amsterdam of Vivaldi's opera Catone in Utica, conducted by Andrea Marcon. Plus the New York Philharmonic in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3.

Penny Gore presents Vivaldi's opera Catone in Utica from a recent performance in Amsterdam by La Cetra Baroque, Basel, conducted by Andrea Marcon. When Vivaldi's opera was first heard in Verona in 1737 it was a huge success. The loosely historical plot from the librettist Metastasio concerns the last confrontation between Cato, a defender of Roman liberty, and Caesar, who has just become supreme ruler. The emotional crux of the opera comes between Cato and his daughter, Marcia.

Vivaldi: Catone in Utica 

Catone ..... Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor)
Cesare ..... Annet Fritsch (soprano)
Marzia/ ..... Francesca Ascioti (mezzo)
Arbace ..... Roberta Invernizzi (soprano)
Emilia ..... Ann Hallenberg (mezzo)
Fulvio.......Carlos Mena (countertenor)
La Cetra Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (conductor)

Followed by more from the New York Philharmonic's featured concerts this week:

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3, op. 37
Yefim Bronfman (piano)
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert (conductor).

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