MEROPE
Dramma per musica in 3 acts
Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli (1692-1740)
Libretto: Apotolo Zeno (1668-1750), revised by Domenico Lalli (1679-1741)
First performance: Teatro Grimani di San Giovanni Grisostomo, Venice (20 February 1734). The famous castrato Farinelli was signing the role of Epitide.
Trasimede: Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
Merope: Magdalena Kožená
Anassandro: Rachele Raggiotti
Epitide: Kangmin Justin Kim
Licisco: Carlo Vistoli
Polifonte: Juan Sancho
Conductor: Andrea Marcon
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Live recording from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (5 February 2022)
Libretto available at:
Original 1734 libretto: ~db/0004/bsb00049446/images/index
Picture: “Côte vue avec Apollon et la Sibylle de Cumes“ by Claude Lorrain (between 1645 and 1649).
This recording has been generously provided by the owner of the classicalmusi