by Alessandro Scarlatti, Dorothea Röschmann, Lawrence Zazzo, Veronica Cangemi, Bernarda Fink, Silvia Tro Santafé, Kobie van Rensburg, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs · Harmonia Mundi USA · CD · EAN 0794881718924
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«Griselda» is a recording of Alessandro Scarlatti’s opera conducted by René Jacobs, featuring the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and a cast of soloists, released by harmonia mundi as a three-CD box set and sung in Italian.
The opera tells of the cruel trials to which King Gualtiero subjects his wife Griselda, who is of humble origins, to prove that her virtue surpasses nobility of birth. With a libretto by Apostolo Zeno, this drama in three acts combines arias, recitatives and vocal ensembles, culminating in a happy ending.
This 2003 edition bears the catalogue number HMC 901805.07 and comprises 62 tracks on three discs, accompanied by a booklet. The work premiered in Rome in 1721.
For fans of Baroque opera and René Jacobs’s interpretations.
