Handel: Arminio

Handel: Arminio

Handel: Arminio
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-08-14
Music Label: Virgin Veritas
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Ov
  2. Menuet
  3. Atto Primo, Scena 1: Recitativo: Fuggi, Mio Bene
  4. Atto Primo, Scena 1: Duetto: Il Fuggi, Cara Mia Vita
  5. Atto Primo, Scena 2: Recitativo: Signor, E in Tuo Potere
  6. Atto Primo, Scena 2: Aria: Non Deve Roman Petto
  7. Atto Primo, Scena 2: Recitativo: Ah! Che Un Vero Valore
  8. Atto Primo, Scena 2: Aria: Al Lume Di Due Rai
  9. Atto Primo, Scena 3: Recitatico: Colla Spada D'Arminio
  10. Atto Primo, Scena 3: Aria: Scagliano Amore E Sangue
  11. Atto Primo, Scena 4: Recitativo: Arminio, Al Tuo Furore
  12. Atto Primo, Scena 4: Aria: Al Par Della Mia Sorte
  13. Atto Primo, Scena 5: Recitativo: Se Arminio Oggi Non Piega
  14. Atto Primo, Scena 5: Aria: Fiacchero Quel Fiero Orgoglio
  15. Atto Primo, Scena 6: Aria: Non Sono Sempre Vane Larve
  16. Atto Primo, Scena 6: Recitativo: Ramise, Oh Dei!
  17. Atto Primo, Scena 6: Aria: Sento Il Cor Per Ogni Lato
  18. Atto Primo, Scena 7: Recitativo: Ohime! Parte Ramise
  19. Atto Primo, Scena 7: Aria: E Vil Segno D'un Debole Amore
  20. Atto Primo, Scena 8: Recitativo: Cruda Sorella!
  21. Atto Primo, Scena 8: Aria: Posso Morir, Ma Vivere
  22. Atto Secondo: Sinf
  23. Atto Secondo, Scena 1: Recitativo: Come, Signor, Vorrai...?
  24. Atto Secondo, Scena 1: Aria: Con Quel Sangue Dipinta Vedrai
  25. Atto Secondo, Scena 2: Recitativo: Questo E, Signor, Di Cesare Il Volere
  26. Atto Secondo, Scena 3: Aria: Duri Lacci, Voi Non Siete
  27. Atto Secondo, Scena 4: Recitativo: Arminio, in Questi Accenti
  28. Atto Secondo, Scena 4: Aria: Si Cadro, Ma Sorgera
  29. Atto Secondo, Scena 5: Recitativo: Figlia, Son Vani I Pianti
  30. Atto Secondo, Scena 5: Aria: Al Furor Che Ti Consiglia
  31. Atto Secondo, Scena 6, 7: Recitativo: Prencipe Senza Fede!
  32. Atto Secondo, Scena 6, 7: Aria: Niente Spero, Tutto Credo
Music CD 2
  1. Atto Secondo, Scena 8: Recitativo: O Ramise, O Segeste
  2. Atto Secondo, Scena 8: Aria: Quella Fiamma, Che 'L Petto M'accende
  3. Atto Secondo, Scena 9: Recitativo: Ola! Custodi
  4. Atto Secondo, Scena 9: Aria: Vado A Morir
  5. Atto Secondo, Scena 10: Recitativo: Tusnelda, Io Son Confuso!
  6. Atto Secondo, Scena 10: Aria: Rendimi Il Dolce Sposo
  7. Atto Terzo, Scena 1: Recitativo Accompagnato: Fier Teatro Di Morte
  8. Atto Terzo, Scena 1: Recitativo: Ministri, Alla Mia Morte
  9. Atto Terzo, Scena 1: Aria: Ritorno Alle Ritorte
  10. Atto Terzo, Scena 2: Recitativo: Del Castello in Difesa
  11. Atto Terzo, Scena 2: Aria: Mira Il Ciel, Vedrai D'Alcide
  12. Atto Terzo, Scena 3: Aria: Ho Veleno E Ferro Avanti
  13. Atto Terzo, Scena 3: Recitativo: Ti Stringo, O Illustre Acciaro
  14. Atto Terzo, Scena 3: Duetto: Quando Piu Minaccia Il Cielo
  15. Atto Terzo, Scena 4: Recitativo: Arminio Sventurato!
  16. Atto Terzo, Scena 4: Aria: Il Sangue Al Cor Favella
  17. Atto Terzo, Scene 5, 6: Aria: Tra Speme E Timore
  18. Atto Terzo, Scene 5, 6: Recitativo: Mia Sposa, Mia Sorella
  19. Atto Terzo, Scene 5, 6: Aria: Fatto Scorta Al Sentier Della Gloria
  20. Atto Terzo, Scene 5, 6: Recitativo: Va; Che Nel Dubbio Calle
  21. Atto Terzo, Scene 5, 6: Aria: Va, Combatti Ancor Da Forte
  22. Atto Terzo, Scene 7, 8: Recitativo: Sigismondo, Qui Resti
  23. Atto Terzo, Scene 7, 8: Aria: Impara A Non Temer
  24. Atto Terzo, Scene 7, 8: Recitativo: Perche Mi Dividete
  25. Atto Terzo, Scene 7, 8: Aria: Voglio Seguir Lo Sposo
  26. Atto Terzo, Scena Ultima: Recitativo: Fuggiam, Signor
  27. Atto Terzo, Scena Ultima: Duetto: Ritorna Nel Core Vezzosa, Brillante
  28. Atto Terzo, Scena Ultima: Recitativo: Goda Nostr'alma Appieno
  29. Atto Terzo, Scena Ultima: Coro Finale: A Capir Tante Dolcezze

Music reviews of Handel: Arminio

Music Review: Very Worthwhile Despite Weaknesses
Rating: 4 Stars

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Arminio. Opera in 3 Acts with a libretto by Antonio Salvi. Cast: Vivica Genaux, mezzosoprano (Arminio); Geraldine McGreevy, soprano (Tusnelda); Dominique Labelle, soprano (Sigismondo); Manuela Custer, mezzosoprano (Ramise); Luigi Petroni, tenor (Varo); Sytse Buwalda, countertenor (Tullio); Riccardo Ristori, bass (Segeste); Il Complesso Barocco, dir. Alan Curtis. Recorded at the Teatro dei Rozzi in Siena, Italy, in July 2000, and released in 2001 by Virgin Classics (EMI) as 7243 5 45461 2 9. Total playing time: 146'26".

"Arminio" must be considered as one of Handel's minor operatic works, even though it contains some very attractive, but generally rather conventional music. It was staged by Handel himself towards the end of his career as impresario (1737) and only had six performances, its reception being so bad that it was never staged again until the 20th century. The main problem, of course, is not the music but the libretto, the Italian original (based on Tacitus) having been shortened almost to the point of unintelligibity for the London stage (Handel's English audiences had a notorious dislike of Italian recitative). All this is the subject of Alan Curtis's introductory essay in the documentation, which is here pleasingly complemented by a radio talk given by Donna Leon, explaining some of the intricacies of the "plot", such as it is. I found these essays attractive reading, but was a little disappointed to find that the libretto in the booklet was given only in Italian and in the "translation" used by Handel himself in the 18th century, this being, in fact, anything but literal and blowing up the fairly sane Italian text with Georgian poetic bombast. Despite Donna Leon's misgivings about the plot, I found the moral conflicts involved in the various dilemmas facing the characters to be quite challenging. Yes, of course the 18th century had its conventions, but I still prefer a good opera seria with its often cathartic approach to, say, a 19th century Verismo opera or to the decadence of Viennese operetta.

I agree with another reviewer that the instrumental side of this performance is the greatest highlight, with Alan Curtis's conducting proving him once again to be one of the "grand old men" of the revival of Handel's operas. His choice of singers, on the other hand, is a matter of taste. Vivica Genaux, of course, needs no recommendation from the likes of me; since her album of "Arias for Farinelli" she has been a Handelian star, and her performance as Arminio is beyond criticism. Her rich, dark, creamy mezzo combines with a fire in her declamation which lifts her head and shoulders above the rest of the cast. Dominique Labelle as Sigismondo, the indecisive son of Arminio's enemy Segeste (and the equally indecisive lover of Arminio's sister Ramise), has a pleasingly agile soprano voice which grew on me while listening to these CDs. Geraldine McGreevy, Tusnelda, is a singer I had not come across anywhere before, and I felt that her performance was one which improved during the opera - at the beginning she seemed remarkably "cool" (not to say, cold), and even at the end, when she has some beautiful arias, I felt that a little more "fuoco" would have enhanced her performance. Manuela Custer, mezzo, was a satisfying Ramise.

The male voices, on the other hand, were somewhat disappointing. Sytse Buwalda, countertenor, is able to sing Tullio quite plesantly, but he certainly isn't in the Andreas Scholl class, his timbre sounding falsetto-like and reminding me rather of some of the efforts at countertenor in the 80s. Segeste (Riccardo Ristori) remains surprisingly pale for a villain of his calibre, but it is the tenor part of Varo which here really seems to be the Achilles heel of the production. Without wishing to be unkind, I felt on a number of occasions that I wanted, literally, to shake this Italian performer into a bit of temperament; I think the best I can say of him is that he was involved in the production.

All in all, this is, despite the weaknesses, a very worthwhile project which has closed one of the last gaps in the Handel opera discography and provides some excellent insights into the way Handel combined genius with convention in the battle for survival as an impresario.
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