Opera Matinee: Vivaldi's Dorilla in Tempe from Wexford
Vivaldi鈥檚 opera Dorilla in Tempe - first performed in Venice in 1726 - is based on pastoral themes from Greek myth. This Wexford Festival production is conducted by Andrea Marchiol.
Presented by Elizabeth Alker.
Antonio Vivaldi鈥檚 1726 opera Dorilla in Tempe is based on themes from Greek myth. The story takes place in Tempe. Like the music, the plot intertwines pastoral and heroic elements and centres on the shepherd Nomio, who is in fact Apollo in disguise. Nomio falls in love with Dorilla, the daughter of Admeto, King of Thessaly, who is herself in love with the shepherd Elmiro. Admeto is forced by the gods to save his kingdom by offering his daughter as a sacrifice to the sea-serpent Pitone, but she is rescued just in time by Nomio. Nomio claims the hand of Dorilla as his reward, but she remains reluctant and escapes with Elmiro. The pair are captured, and Elmiro is sentenced to death. Finally, however, the intervention of Nomio, revealing his divine identity, saves the situation and Dorilla and Elmiro are reunited.
This production was recorded last November by the Wexford Festival Chorus and Orchestra under the baton of Andrea Marchiol, accompanying a cast including Manuela Custer as Dorillla, Marco Bussy as Admeto, V茅ronique Vald猫s as Nomio and Jos茅 Maria lo Monaco as Elmiro.
The opera is followed by more from this week's featured performing group - The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Klaus M盲kel盲 conducts Kod谩ly's Dances of Gal谩nta, which was written to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Budapest Philharmonic Society in 1933 and is based on the folk music of the region.
2.00pm
Antonio Vivaldi: Dorilla in Tempe
Dorilla - Manuela Custer (soprano)
Admeto, King of Thessaly - Marco Bussy (bass)
Nomio/Apollo - V茅ronique Vald猫s (contralto)
Elmiro - Jos茅 Maria lo Monaco (soprano)
Filindo - Rosa Bove (contralto)
Eudamia - Laura Margaret Smith (mezzo-soprano)
Ninfa - Rebecca Hardwick (soprano)
Ninfa - Lizzie Holmes (soprano)
Pastora - Meriel Cunningham (mezzo-soprano)
Pastora 鈥� Emma Lewis (mezzo-soprano)
Wexford Festival Chorus
Wexford Festival Orchestra
Andrea Marchiol, conductor
4.40pm
Zolt谩n Kod谩ly: Dances of Gal谩nta
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra
Klaus M盲kel盲 (conductor)
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