Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): La fida ninfa, RV 714

Opera seria in 3 acts

Libretto: Francesco Scipione Maffei
Teatro della Accademia Filarmonica, Verona, 1732

Opus 111 OP30410 (3 CDs)

CD 1 (59'21): Sinfonia (RV 725), Act 1
CD 2 (66'05): Act 2
CD 3 (63'31): Act 3


DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

LicoriSandrine Piau (soprano)
MorastoVerónica Cangemi (soprano)
ElpinaMarie-Nicole Lemieux (alto)
OraltoLorenzo Regazzo (bass)
OsminoPhilippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
NareteTopi Lehpituu (tenor)
GiunoneSara Mingardo (alto)
EoloChristian Senn (bass baritone)

Philippe Jaroussky has the following arias:
Dimmi pastore (CD 1 [9], duetto with Elpina)
Ah, che non posso, no (CD 2 [6])
Qual serpe tortuosa (CD 2 [17])
Cosi, su gl'occhi meie (CD 2 [23], quartetto with Licori, Elpina, and Morasto)
Pan, ch'ognum venera (CD 3 [13], duetto with Narete)


Ensemble Matheus (on period instruments):
trumpet, timpani, 2 horns, 2 recorders, strings & b.c.

Direction: Christophe Spinosi

Recording: 4-5/2008, Église Notre-Dame de Liban, Paris