Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774): Il Vologeso

Opera in 3 acts

Libretto: Mattia Verazi

Orfeo C 420 983 F (3 CDs)

CD 1: Act 1 (65'47)
CD 2: Act 2 (60'45)
CD 3: Act 3 (48'45)

Jörg Waschinski has the following arias:
Invan minacci e credi vincer (CD 1 [5], 6'40)
Cara, deh serbami (CD 2 [6], 7'25)
Ah! Sento che in petto (CD 3 [7], 6'27)


DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

Vologeso, ruler of the Parthians: Jörg Waschinski (sopranista)
Lucio Vero, Roman General: Lothar Odinius (tenor)
Berenice, Vologeso's wife: Gabriele Rossmanith (soprano)
Lucilla, Lucio Vero's fiancée: Helene Schneiderman (mezzo-soprano)
Aniceto, Lucio Vero's confidant: Daniel Taylor (countertenor)
Flavio, envoy of the Roman senat: Mechthild Bach (soprano)

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (on modern instruments)
György Bognar, cello
Detlef Bratschke, harpsichord

conductor: Frieder Bernius

recording: december 10 - 16, 1997, Evangelische Kirche Gönningen/Germany