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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona; Livietta e Tracollo - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona; Livietta e Tracollo

Artist:

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Label:

Cpo Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

761203562220

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2025-01-03

Number of Discs:

2

Early opera underwent a strange development in the 17th century: under pressure from the paying public, comic elements increasingly overshadowed the fates of the great heroic figures it was supposed to be about. At some point, the brakes were applied and opera seria emerged, in which only noble characters acted. Slapsticks were isolated and played as interludes in front of the curtain for the audience's enjoyment. The two most famous of these intermezzi, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's Serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo, were recorded by the Boston Early Music Festival after several live performances in Bremen last fall - two caprices that were real "hits" even during the (very short) lifetime of their creator and still unfold their Neapolitan wit today: The story of the maid who cleverly conquers her master's heart and the turbulent "robber's tale" of the cunning peasant girl who puts the scoundrel on the right path to the marriage haven are available here in an irresistible double pack.

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