by Cecilia Bartoli · Decca · CD · EAN 0028947815211
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«Sacrificium» is the album by mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, released in 2009 by Decca, as a double CD.
Under the subtitle La scuola dei castrati, it brings together arias written for the castrati, 18th-century singers who were castrated as boys to preserve a high voice, and revives a repertoire linked to Baroque opera. Bartoli performs works by Porpora, Leo, Broschi, Handel and Graun with Il Giardino Armonico, conducted by Giovanni Antonini.
Deluxe hardback book edition with eleven world-premiere recordings, two essays on the castrati, a 100-page illustrated dictionary and a 44-page libretto.
For fans of Baroque and 18th-century opera, as well as for those who want to approach the history of the castrati through the arias of the period.
