Vecchi's L'Amfiparnasso
Robert Hollingworth looks at Orazio Vecchi's madrigal comedy L'Amfiparnaso, which was premiered in 1594, a form of musical theatre that flourished just before the dawn of opera.
Robert Hollingworth looks at Orazio Vecchi's madrigal comedy L'Amfiparnaso, which was premiered in Modena in in 1594. It's a particular form of musical theatre that flourished briefly in Italy, just before the dawn of opera, combining music and commedia dell'arte, the down-to-earth improvised street comedy of the time.
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Giovanni Pacoloni
Saltarello di Zorzi
Performer: David Miller. Performer: Lynda Sayce. Performer: Eligio Quinteiro. Choir: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth.- CHACONNE CHAN 0665.
- CHACONNE.
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Orazio Vecchi
L'Amfiparnaso (Prologue)
Narrator: Simon Callow.- Vecchi - L'Amfiparnaso (DVD).
- Chandos.
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Orazio Vecchi
L'Amfiparnaso (Act 1, Sc 1)
Ensemble: Deller Consort. Orchestra: Collegium Aureum.- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi ‎- GD77211.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi ‎.
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Orazio Vecchi
L'Amfiparnaso (Act 1, Sc 3)
Performer: Sergio Vartolo. Choir: Capella Musicale di San Petronio.- Naxos / 8.554159A.
- Naxos.
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Orazio Vecchi
L'Amfiparnaso (Act 2, Sc 1)
Ensemble: Clement Janequin Ensemble. Director: Dominique Visse.- L'amfiparnaso.
- Harmonia Mundi France.
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Orazio Vecchi
L'Amfiparnaso (Act 2, Sc 2)
Ensemble: Clement Janequin Ensemble. Singer: Dominique Visse.- L'amfiparnaso.
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Orazio Vecchi
L'Amfiparnaso (Act 2, Sc 3)
Choir: I Fagiolini. Narrator: Simon Callow. Director: Robert Hollingworth.- Vecchi - L'Amfiparnaso (DVD).
- Chandos.
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Orazio Vecchi
L'Amfiparnaso (Act 2, Sc 4)
Ensemble: Deller Consort. Orchestra: Collegium Aureum.- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi ‎- GD77211.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi ‎.
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Orazio Vecchi
L'Amfiparnaso (Act 2, Sc 5)
Ensemble: Clement Janequin Ensemble. Singer: Dominique Visse.- L'amfirparnaso.
- Harmonia Mundi France.
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Orazio Vecchi
L'Amfiparnaso (Act 3, Sc 1)
Choir: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth. -
Orazio Vecchi
L'Amfiparnaso (Act 3, Sc 2)
Choir: Deller Consort. Ensemble: Collegium Aureum. -
Orazio Vecchi
L'Amfiparnaso (Act 3, Sc 3)
Ensemble: Clement Janequin Ensemble. Singer: Dominique Visse.- L'amfiparnaso.
- Harmonia Mundi France.
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Orazio Vecchi
L'Amfiparnaso (Finale)
Choir: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth.- Vecchi - L'Amfiparnaso (DVD).
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