Cavalli: Giasone

Cavalli: Giasone

Cavalli: Giasone
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Composer: Francesco Cavalli
Conductor: René Jacobs
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import, Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2000-11-14
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi France
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Sinf Avanti Il Prologo - Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs
  2. Prologo - Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs
  3. Atto Primo, Scena 1 - Harry Van Der Kamp/Michael Schopper
  4. Atto Primo, Scena 2: Delizie, Contenti - Michael Chance/Harry van Der Kamp
  5. Atto Primo, Scena 2: E Cosi Prepari Alla Pugna - Harry Van Der Kamp
  6. Atto Primo, Scena 3: Se Dardo Pungente - Gloria Banditelli
  7. Atto Primo, Scena 4 - Guy De Mey/Gloria Banditelli
  8. Atto Primo, Scena 5: Fiero Amor L'Alma Tormenta - Bernard Deletre
  9. Atto Primo, Scena 6 - Gianpaolo Fagotto/Bernard Deletre
  10. Atto Primo, Scena 7: Voli Il Tempo, Se Sa - Dominique Visse
  11. Atto Primo, Scena 8,9 - Gloria Banditelli/Dominique Visse/Michael Chance
  12. Atto Primo, Scena 10,11 - Michael Chance/Gloria Banditelli/Dominique Visse
  13. Atto Primo, Scena 11: Duo - O Mio Core - Gloria Banditelli/Michael Chance
  14. Atto Primo, Scena 12: Godi, Bella Coppia - Dominique Visse
  15. Atto Primo, Scena 13: Lassa, Che Fer Degg'io - Catherine Dubosc
  16. Atto Primo, Scena 14: Dell' Antro Magico - Gloria Banditelli/Michael Schopper/Domique Visse/Guy De Mey/Bernard Deletre/Harry Van Der Kamp
Music CD 2
  1. Atto Secondo, Scena 1 - Catherine Dubosc/Agnes Mellon
  2. Atto Secondo, Scena 2 - Bernard Deletre/Catherine Dubosc
  3. Atto Secondo, Scena 3: Aria - Speranze Fuggite - Catherine Dubosc
  4. Atto Secondo, Scena 3, 4 - Gloria Banditelli/Michael Chance/Dominique Visse
  5. Atto Secondo, Scena 5: Combattimento - Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs
  6. Atto Secondo, Scena 6 - Gloria Banditelli/Michael ChanceDominique Visse/Harry Van Der Kamp
  7. Atto Secondo, Scena 7: Alla Nave - Gianpolo Fagotto/Guy De Mey
  8. Atto Secondo, Scena 8 - Harry Van Der Kamp/Dominique Visse
  9. Atto Secondo, Scena 9 - Bernard Deletre/Agnes Mellon
  10. Atto Secondo, Scena 10 - Gianpolo Fagotto/Bernard Deletre
  11. Atto Secondo, Scena 11, 12 - Michael Chance/Gloria Banditelli/Michael Schopper/Harry Van Der Kamp/Bernard Deletre
  12. Atto Secondo, Scena 13 - Catherine Dubosc
  13. Atto Secondo, Scena 14 - Michael SchopperAgnes Mellon
Music CD 3
  1. Atto Terzo, Scena 1 - Michael Schopper/Dominique Visse
  2. Atto Terzo, Scena 2 - Gloria Banditelli/Michael Chance
  3. Atto Terzo, Scena 3 - Gloria Banditelli/Michael Chance/Michael Schopper
  4. Atto Terzo, Scena 4 - Michael Chance/Michael Chance/Gloria Banditelli
  5. Atto Terzo, Scena 5 - Michael Schopper/Michael Chance
  6. Atto Terzo, Scena 6 - Guy De Mey/Gianpolo Fagotto
  7. Atto Terzo, Scena 7, 8 - Catherine Dubosc/Bernard Deletre
  8. Atto Terzo, Scena 9 - Gloria Banditelli
  9. Atto Terzo, Scena 10 - Dominique Visse
  10. Atto Terzo, Scena 11, 12 - Gloria Banditelli/Michael Schopper/Catherine Dubosc
  11. Atto Terzo, Scena 13, 14 - Guy De Mey/Gloria Banditelli/Michael Schopper/Michael Chance
  12. Atto Terzo, Scena 15 - Gloria Banditelli/Guy De Mey
  13. Atto Terzo, Scena 16 - Michael Chance
  14. Atto Terzo, Scena 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 - Guy De Mey/Michael Chance/Catherine Dubosc/Michael Schopper/Gloria Banditelli/Gianpolo Fagotto...
  15. Atto Terzo, Scena 21 - Catherine Dubosc
  16. Atto Terzo, Scena 21 - Michael Chance

Music reviews of Cavalli: Giasone

Music Review: a voice teacher and early music fan
Rating: 5 Stars

GIASONE AND MEDEA WERE BOTH VERY BAD; OF MORALS THEY HAD NOT A WHIT! BUT THEIR SINGING WAS TUNEFUL AND GLORIOUS, SO DON'T MIND IF THEY SINNED JUST A BIT?!

"Gasone" (Jason) is an opera in 3 acts and a prologue with music by Francesco Cavalli and a libretto by Giacinto Cicognini. It was premiered at the Teatro San Cassiano during the Venetian Carnival season of 1649. 'Giasone' was the single most popular opera of the 17th century.

Pier Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) was a student of Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1843) and as such worked closely with him in his operas, particularly 'The Coronation of Poppea'; in fact many historians say that much of the material in that opera was contibuted by Cavalli, and indeed 'Giasone' has the flavor of Monteverdi in its makeup. With Monteverdi, Cavalli ranks as the most significant exponent of early Venetian opera. Cavalli also wrote important ecclesiastical music, including the Requiem Mass for his own funeral.

The plot is loosely based on the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece, but the opera contains many comic elements too, as well as an abundance of satire.

The plot revolves around Jason's theft of the Golden Fleece, an undertaking in which he is helped by his lover, the Queen of Corinth (a sorceress) also called Medea. Jason and Medea are totally ruthless and incredibly immoral having conceived ,under the cover of darkness without having seen each other,twins. Mocked by Hercules (an Argonaut) for his (Jasons) effeminacy,Jason is also derided by Besso, the captain of his own guard, who comes across Jason and Medea sleeping nude in the open, sarcastically declares that Jason has :'the ram on his shoulders and the cow in his arms'. (The opera is filled with little comments like this o from various characters, usually at Jason's expense.) Isifil, Jason's deserted wife comes across as the one tragic character in this opera. However,thru a set of circumstances involving many twists and turns in the plot,Jason returns to his wife in the end, having been deserted by Medea, who returns to her husband (Aegeus).


"Giasone" is a good example of mid-century Venetian Opera- a powerful brew of the spectacular, the wickedly, and the sometimes deliciously humorous and touchingly pathetic. Rene Jacobs has done a marvelous job pulling this lengthy (3h53'56") opera together, but it's Cavalli's delightful music, along with a simply FABULOUS cast that keeps it going. To name just a few of them (there are 15 in all)who have the larger parts: Michael Chance (Jason) countertenor; Gloria Banditelli (Medea) Mezzo; and Catherine DuBosc (Isifile) soprano; Harry van der Kamp (Ercole)bass; Michael Schopper (Besso)bass ; Bernard Deletre (Oreste)tenor ; Dominique Visse (Delfa)countertenor; and Guy de May (Egeo)tenor. Experienced all; vocally and dramatically excellent! I was mesmerized by this recording; it is marvelously entertaining!

Liner notes and text included in French, Italian, English and German.
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