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CAVALLI, F.: Virtu de' Strali d'Amore (La) (Teatro Malibran, 2008) (NTSC)
La virtù de’ strali d’Amore was the first of ten operas Cavalli wrote with librettist Giovanni Faustini. Set in Cyprus, the plot involves enchanted and pastoral elements, love and its thwarting, the counterpointing of Man and God, sorcery, revelation and ultimate resolution, all accomplished in a brilliant series of scenes. A follower of Monteverdi, Cavalli reveals the influence of the older man but also his own pronounced independence. Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante have become one of the most admired partnerships in the history of baroque music performance.
Francesco Cavalli
LA VIRTU DE’ STRALI D’AMORE
Caprice / Leucippe / Clarindo – Giacinta Nicotra
Pleasure / Clito / Rumour – Gemma Bertagnolli
Pallante – Juan Sancho
Erabena – Cristiana Arcari
Meonte – Filippo Adami
Cleria / Venus – Roberta Invernizzi
Cleandra / Amore – Monica Piccinini
First sailor / Evagora / Jupiter – Marco Scavazza
Second sailor / Saturn – Roberto Abbondanza
Ericlea / Psiche – Donatella Lombardi
Darete / Marte – Filippo Morace
Europa Galante
Fabio Bondi, soloist and conductor
Direction, Sets, Costume Design: Facoltà di Design e Arti IUAV di Venezia
Tutors:
Davide Livermore, stage direction
Tiziano Santi, set design
Vera Marzot, costume design
Claudio Coloretti, lighting design
Recorded at the Teatro Malibran, Venice, Italy, 14 October 2008.
Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo 2.0 / Dolby Surround 5.0 / DTS 5.0
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: Italian, English
Running time: 150 mins
No. of DVDs: 2 (1x DVD 5 + 1x DVD 9)