Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie - Padmore, Panzarella, Hunt, Naouri, James; William Christie/Les Arts Florissants - 1997.

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1638-1764)

Hippolyte et Aricie

Tragédie lyrique en cinq actes et un prologue

Libretto: Abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin

Hippolyte ~~~ Mark PADMORE, tenor

Aricie ~~~ Anne-Maria PANZARELLA, soprano

Phèdre ~~~ Lorraine HUNT, mezzo-soprano

Thésée ~~~ Laurent NAOURI, bass

Diane ~~~ Eirian JAMES, mezzo-soprano

(Veirsion 1733 - Editions Gérard Billaudot)

Les Arts Florissants

WILLIAM CHRISTIE

et

Gaëlle Mechaly, Patricia Petibon, Mireille Delunsch, soprano

Katalin Károlyi, mezzo-soprano

Matthieu Lécroart, David Le mannier, baritone

Paul Agnew, Yann Beuron, François Piolino, Christopher Josey, tenor

Nathan Berg, Bertrand Bontoux, bass

Handel: Deidamia - S. Kermes, D. Labelle, A.M. Panzarella, A. Bonitatibus, F.Zanasi, A. Abete, A. Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco - 2003

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G.F. Handel: Deidamia - S. Kermes, D. Labelle, A.M. Panzarella,

A. Bonitatibus, F.Zanasi, A. Abete, A. Curtis / Il Complesso

Barocco - 2003

Winner of International Handel Recording Prize 2004

This is the first recording of Handel's last Italian opera, premiered

in London in November 1741. .. This rarely heard piece remains a

Baroque landmark every Handelian will want to own. In the title role,

the German soprano Simone Kermes leads a strong cast with lavish

support from the chorus and orchestra of Il Complesso Barocco

under the ever meticulous Alan Curtis.

The Observer, Sunday 10 August 2003 : Anthony Holden

Georg Firedrich Handel (1685-1759)
Deidamia
Opera in Three Acts
Libretto : Paolo Antonio Rolli
Deidamia : Simone Kermes : Soprano
Nerea : Dominique Labelle : Soprano
Achille : Anna Maria Panzarella : Soprano
Ulisse : Anna Bonitatibus : Mezzo-Soprano
Fenice : Furio Zanasi
Licomede : Anotnio Abete
Coro del Complesso Barocco
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis
Recording: Siena, Teatro dei Rozzi, Luglio 2002
Total Playing Time : CD 01: 77min,38sec - CD 02: 72min,16sec
Year : 2002