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Background: The rediscovery of a lost musical world of arias from the 'Forbidden Operas' of Handel, Scarlatti and Caldara. Opera proibita is, without question, Cecilia Bartoli's most exciting project to date with amazing performances of great music from Handel, Scarlatti and Caldara.

When the young Handel arrived in the Holy City of Rome in the early years of the 18th Century he was one of many outstanding musicians who made their home there, including Alessandro Scarlatti and Antonio Caldara.

On this album, Cecilia Bartoli uncovers the glories of oratorios written in Rome at a time when opera performance was forbidden by the Church. Although many of these arias are written for female characters, public performances by female singers were also forbidden, so the roles were often sung by male castrati.

CATALOGUE NR: 4756924
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 31-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Opera Prohibita
TRACKS: Cantata per la Notte del Santissimo Natale : All'arme si accesi guerrieri (Alessandro Scarlatti). Il Giardino di Rose : Mentre io godo in dolce oblio (Alessandro Scarlatti). Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno : Un pensiero nemico di pace (Handel). Il Trionfo dell'Innocenza : Vanne pentita a piangere (Antonio Caldara). Il Trionfo della Castita : Sparga il senso lascivo veleno (Antonio Caldara). Sedecia Re di Gerusalemme : Caldo sangue (Scarlatti). Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno : Come nembo che fugge col vento (Handel). Il Giardino di Rose : Ecco negl'orti tuoi … Che dolce simpatia (Scarlatti). San Filippo Neri : Qui resta … L'alta Roma (Scarlatti). Lascia la spina cogli la (Handel). Sedecia Re di Gerusalemme : Ahi! qual cordoglio … Doppio affetto (Scarlatti). Santa Fracesca Romana : Si piangete pupille dolente (Caldara). Il Martirio di Santa Caterina : Ahi quanto cieca … Come foco alla sua sfera (Caldara). La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesu Cristo : Disserratevi oh porte d'Averno (Handel). La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesu Cristo : Notte funesta...Ferma l'ali (Handel).
CONDUCTOR: Marc Minkowski
ARTISTS: Cecilia Bartoli   Les Musiciens du Louvre    

- Nov-2005 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2005 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A touch of the Fellinis as a scorching Bartoli meets the banned'

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