FRA L'OMBRE E GL'ORRORI
Cavalli • Sartorio • Ziani • Handel • Vivaldi
The Bass Voice in all its
Glory
Fathers, gods, emperors, magicians… the bass voice is widely used on the opera stage to convey nobility and authority. Solemn and grave, it is rarely cast as the great villain or the young romantic hero — roles reserved for tenors!
In this tailor-made recital for Nahuel Di Pierro with Ensemble Diderot, the bass voice rises from the depths to shine fully in the spotlight.
Through a century-long journey in the history of opera, this program reveals the range and brilliance of writing for this voice. With his spectacular two-and-a-half-octave span, Nahuel Di Pierro interprets these great arias — from the death of Hercules to Polyphemus’s aria from Acis and Galatea — with extraordinary sensitivity and mastery.​​​
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Nahuel Di Pierro bass
Ensemble Diderot
Johannes Pramsohler violin & director
© Julien Benhamou
“Nahuel Di Pierro delivers an album both accomplished and intensely beautiful.”
OPÉRA MAGAZINE
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Programme
Francesco Cavalli (1602–1679)
Sinfonia
Scena di Morte di Ercole (Ercole amante)
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Antonio Sartorio (1630–1680)
Aria « Selve amiche » (La Prosperità di Elio Seiano)
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Marc’Antonio Ziani (1656–1711)
Recit. & Aria « All’armi, all’armi » (Tullo Ostilio)
Sinfonia (Il duello d’amore e di vendetta)
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Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759)
Aria « Fra l’ombre e gli orrori » (Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72)
Concerto grosso en si-bémol majuer, op. 6, n° 7
Recit. & Aria « Cade il mondo » (Agrippina, HWV 6)
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Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Concerto ripieno en sol mineur, RV 157
Aria « Se il cor guerriero » (Tito Manlio, RV 738)
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Geeorg Friedrich Handel
Recit. & Aria « Sorge infausta una procella » (Orlando, HWV 31)
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Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745)
Hipocondrie, Z. 187
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Antonio Vivaldi
Recit. & Aria « Ah sleale, ah spergiura » (Orlando, RV 728)
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