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Opera on 3: La Calisto - chaste, chased and changed

La Calisto - chaste, chased and changed

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, La Calisto - chaste, chased and changed

From the Teatro Real, Madrid, in March. Cavalli's opera of pursuit and transformation.

From the Teatro Real, Madrid, in March. Cavalli's opera of pursuit and transformation, La Calisto. Chased by Zeus and pursued by his jealous queen Juno, Calisto can't hide anymore.

From a production from the Teatro Real, Madrid, in March. Cavalli's opera of pursuit and transformation of the nymph Calisto. 

Chased by Jove, and then pursued by his jealous queen Juno, Calisto can't hide anymore. Added to that, she has broken her vows of chastity to Diana the huntress and is turned into a bear. Add a subplot of a love-struck Endymion (for Diana) and more revenge, this time from Pan (on Diana) and the Classical Gods are certainly not setting humanity a good example. No-one is going to emerge with their dignity intact except maybe Calisto, whose reward is to achieve immortality in the stars as the constellation the 'Great Bear'.

Martin Handley introduces this performance recorded at the Teatro Real in Madrid, and talks to Cavalli expert Jane Glover.

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La Natura / Satirino / Le Furie ..... Dominique Visse (countertenor)
L'Eternità / Giunone ..... Karina Gauvin (soprano)
Il Destino / Diana / Le Furie ..... Monica Bacelli (soprano)
Giove ..... Luca Tittoto (bass)
Mercurio ..... Nikolay Borchev (baritone)
Calisto ..... Louise Alder (soprano)
Endimione ..... Tim Mead (countertenor)
Linfea ..... Guy de Mey (tenor)
Pane ..... Ed Lyon (tenor)
Sylvano ..... Andrea Mastroni (bass)
Monteverdi Continuo Ensemble
Seville Baroque Orchestra
Ivor Bolton (conductor)

Photo credit - Teatro Real - Javier del Real

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