Info sobre CD 01:

Music composed by Antonio Salieri. Libretto by Giovanni Battista Casti.

First performance: 7 February 1786, Schnbrunn Orangerie, Vienna.
Principal performers:
Maestro Bass
Poet Bass
Eleonora Soprano
Tonina Soprano
Setting: A room in the house of the Maestro
Synopsis:
Count Opizio orders a new opera to be written within the space of four d
ays. The composer has already turned out the score, but the poet, suffering from
deadline pressure, must adapt his verses to the existing music. Eleonora, the p
rima donna hired for the opera by the Count, enters and delivers a sample of her
vocal artistry. Together with the Poet and the Maestro, she acts out a scene fr
om Giuseppe Sartis Giulio Sabino that devolves into a grotesque parody. Eleonora
exits, and the librettist and the composer wrestle with the problem of writing a
new text for the existing music or producing music for an existing text. A leng
thy dispute ensues. Tonina, representing opera buffa, enters and demands a role
in the new opera. The composer and the librettist quickly concoct a vocal number
for her. A quarrel then erupts between the two singers as to which of them shou
ld sing the operas opening aria. The scene culminates in having both sing their a
rias simultaneously. The composer and the librettist are able to pacify the two
ladies by agreeing to a juxtaposition of the seria and buffa styles, thereby put
ting a conciliatory end to their quarrel.
Prima la musica e poi le parole
Composed by Antonio Salieri
Performed by Boemia del Nord Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
with Graziano Polidori, Giorgio Gatti, Maria Casula, Kate Gamberucci
Conducted by Domenico Sanfilippo
Disc 1:
1 Sinfonia
2 Scne Premire - "Signor poeta mio"
3 Scne Premire - "Or tant'; decidete"
4 Scne Deuxime - "Deo gratias"
5 Scne Deuxime - "Non dubitar, verr"
6 Scne Deuxime - "L tu vedrai chi sono"
7 Scne Deuxime - "Cari oggetti del mio core"
8 Scne Troisime - "Alfin la prova ha terminato"
9 Scne Troisime - "Se questo mio pianto il cor non ti tocca"
10 Scne Troisime - "Castrato! Cosa diavolo voi dite?"
11 Scne Quatrime - "La cosa va prendendo buona piega"
12 Scne Cinquime - "E il maestro dov'"
13 Scne Sixime - "Signor Poeta"
14 Scne Sixime - "La paix, la paix"
15 Scne Sixime - "Via, largo raggazzi!"
16 Scne Sixime - "Per carit, finite questa scena"
17 Scne Sixime - "Cucuzze! Che concorso!"
18 Scne Ultime - "Per piet, padrona mia"
19 Scne Ultime - "Eppure quell'orgoglio diverte"
Work Title: Prima la musica e poi le parole
Composer: Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1786
Conductor: Domenico Sanfilippo
Orchestra / Ensemble: Boemia del Nord Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Main Performer: Giorgio Gatti (Baritone), Graziano Polidori (Baritone), Kate Gam
berucci (Soprano), Maria Casula (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Giorgio Gatti (Poet), Graziano Polidori (Music Director), Kate Ga
mberucci (Tonina), Maria Casula (Eleonora)
Location of Work Recording: Scopello Music Festival, Trapani
Info sobre CD 02:
Lesbina e Adolfo
Composed by Alessandro Scarlatti
Performed by Boemia del Nord Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
with Daniela Uccello, Giorgio Gatti
Conducted by Domenico Sanfilippo
Disc 2:
1 Scne Premire - "In su l'ora mattutina"
2 Scne Premire - "Intendimi ben mio"
3 Scne Premire - "Lesbinetta semplicetta"
4 Scne Deuxime - "Chi combatte, chi contrasta"
5 Scne Deuxime - "Tu dici ch'io ti piaccio"
6 Scne Troisime - "Adolfo, ben tornato"
7 Scne Troisime - "Peno, piango, singhiozzo"
8 Scne Quatrime - "Ho un certo core in me"
9 Scne Quatrime - "Moscone amoroso"
10 Scne Quatrime - "Son tenera di core"
11 Scne Cinquime - "Voglio spassarmi alquanto"
12 Scne Cinquime - "Mio dolce amore"
13 Scne Cinquime - "Mi sento ardito"
Work Title: Lesbina e Adolfo
Composer: (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti (1660 - 1725)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1700
Conductor: Domenico Sanfilippo
Orchestra / Ensemble: Boemia del Nord Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Main Performer: Daniela Uccello (Soprano), Giorgio Gatti (Baritone)
Opera Part(s): Daniela Uccello (Lesbina), Giorgio Gatti (Adolfo)
Location of Work Recording: Scopello Music Festival, Trapani