COMPOSERS: Galuppi
LABELS: Chandos Chaconne
WORKS: Il mondo alla roversa
PERFORMER: Marinella Pennicchi, Rosa Dominguez, Mya Fracassini; Swiss-Italian Radio Chorus, I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis
CATALOGUE NO: CHAN 0676(2)
Performances of Galuppi’s 100 or more operas are very, very rare today, so a warm welcome to this recording of a 1750 comic opera set on a Pacific island governed by women. Galuppi’s score sounds, in places, somewhat Gluckian, the cast is uniformly excellent and Diego Fasolis conducts briskly. Charles Osborne
Galuppi: Il mondo alla roversa
Performances of Galuppi’s 100 or more operas are very, very rare today, so a warm welcome to this recording of a 1750 comic opera set on a Pacific island governed by women. Galuppi’s score sounds, in places, somewhat Gluckian, the cast is uniformly excellent and Diego Fasolis conducts briskly. Charles Osborne
Our rating
3
Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:20 pm