Nicola Porpora: Orlando

Nicola Porpora: Orlando

Nicola Porpora: Orlando
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Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2006-02-14
Music Label: K617 Records France
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Ouverture: Lentement
  2. Ouverture: Senza Indicazione Di Tempo
  3. Ouverture: Allegro
  4. Ombre Amene
  5. Dimmi, Dimmi, Ove Sei?
  6. Quel Cauto Nocchiero
  7. Cotesti Tuoi Si Strani Dogmi
  8. La Bella Mia Nemica
  9. Zeffiro Lusinghiero
  10. Amor A Te Mi Lega
  11. Il Pie S'allontana
  12. Reggi Su Quest Braccio
  13. Se I Rai Del Giorno
  14. Marcia
  15. Pur Ti Raggiungero, Barbaro Imbelle
  16. Dal Mio Bel Sol Lontano
  17. Esci Dal Chiuso Tetto
  18. Quell'umidetto Ciglio
  19. Oh Medoro, Medoro
  20. Mentre Rendo A Te La Vita
Music CD 2
  1. Sinfonia
  2. Mio Bel Medoro
  3. Sopra Il Suo Stelo
  4. Si, Mio Caro Medoro
  5. La Tortora Innocente
  6. Orlando, Oh Quanto In vano Ricercato
  7. Costante, E Fedele
  8. Non Ebbi Mai Piu Fortunato Giorno
  9. Vanne, Felice Rio
  10. Cosi Dunque S'impara Ad Ingannar
  11. Non So Come Si Possa
  12. Torna, Torna, Medoro
  13. Quando Ritorni Al Fonte
  14. Ah Che Di Orlando A Fronte
  15. Se Infida Tu Mi Chiami
  16. Liete Piante, Verdi Erbe
  17. Perfidissima Donna
  18. Mi Provera Spietato
  19. Fuggiam, Bell'idol Mio
  20. Bella Diva All'ombre Amica
  21. Andiam, Medoro, Andiamo
  22. Io Dico All'antro, Addio
  23. Ove Son? Chi Mi Guida?
  24. Da Me Che Volete
  25. Ma Qual Astro Benigno
  26. Aurette Leggere

Music reviews of Nicola Porpora: Orlando

Music Review: A rare gem set in pure baroque gold
Rating: 5 Stars

Such rare beauty in an opera makes you love baroque music more than we could have imagined possible. To reach universalism Porpora looks for exotic elements and nothing indeed stops him. A Chinese Princess like the Chinese scenes of The Fairy Queen. Some Scottish soldiers like the Britons of King Arthur. Even the Tiger and the Euphrates are there slowly running across the stage. You may wonder what this Mesopotamia or is it Sumerian Assyria is doing in this love boat. We are uprooted from everyday believability and you can forget about Charlemagne and the brave-hearted Roland and abandon them in the broom cupboard of old history. Porpora gives us a love drama. Believe it or not. A Chinese princess runs away from the two men who loves her and ends up in a magic forest somewhere in Europe but next to Paris. There she discovers Medoro dying of a wound. She heals him with plants and falls in love with him. She discovers her drastic fate when Roland arrives. She escapes with Medoro and the abandoned Roland falls into insanity. The music is also a rare example of beauty. Reminiscent of all Handel and Monteverdi, announcing Mozart maybe, it is delicate, fine and light and some arias or duets are more mesmerizing than the eyes of a prophet. For example the duet of Angelica and Medoro "Se infido tu mi chiami". Medoro's voice literally merges with Angelina's. And that's my only criticism. Why on earth is not Medoro an alto, a male voice? It warps Angelica's dilemma, torn between two men. It also reduces the power of love that merges a man and a woman into a unique being, but beyond a difference and there is no differences in the textures of these two voices. What is good for the Romeo and Juliet of the romantic Bellini is not so good in a baroque opera. Especially since Robert Expert is such a convincing Orlando, or Roland if you prefer, in line with Handel's David or Solomon. An Orlando whose lowest notes become as deep as the cave in which the drama is set, reverberating the rock that is crumbling under his feet into insanity. The DVD coming along with the recording gives some marvelous scenes, particularly part of the final furor. Robert Expert sacrifices himself under our voracious teeth, or is it love's, in the most exhilarating way.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
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