COMPOSERS: Jommelli
LABELS: Orfeo
WORKS: Vologeso
PERFORMER: Jörg Waschinski, Lothar Odinius, Helene Schneiderman, Gabriele Rossmanith; Stuttgart CO/Frieder Bernius
CATALOGUE NO: C 420 983 F
Never mind the plot, this is a massively inventive opera from 1766, packed with enthralling arias, here superbly sung, and the whole conducted with sensitivity and panache. A major discovery, as is Waschinski, a genuine male soprano. Patrick Carnegy
Jommelli: Vologeso
Never mind the plot, this is a massively inventive opera from 1766, packed with enthralling arias, here superbly sung, and the whole conducted with sensitivity and panache. A major discovery, as is Waschinski, a genuine male soprano. Patrick Carnegy
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