Antonio Caldara: The Cervantes Operas. La Ritirata

Antonio Caldara: The Cervantes Operas (Las óperas cervantinas) New CD release by Glossa, GCD 923104 BUY HERE: María Espada, soprano Emiliano González Toro, tenor João Fernandes, bass La Ritirata Hiro Kurosaki, concertmaster Josetxu Obregón, artistic direction Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) Arias from the operas Don Chisciotte in Corte della duchessa (Vienna, 1727) and Sancio Panza Governatore dell’isola Barattaria (Vienna, 1733). With instrumental interludes included in the original operas, composed by Nicola Matteis (). In commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes, La Ritirata and Josetxu Obregón have created a programme for Glossa sallying forth on the back of music composed by Antonio Caldara and inspired by El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Antonio Caldara was neither the first nor the last composer to have his compositional ingenuity sparked off by Cervantes’ timeless