Porpora: Orlando / Juan Bautista Otero
Label: K617 Catalog: K617177/2 Format: CD Real Compania Opera de Camara, Juan Bautista OteroNicola Porpora (1686-1768): Orlando Here is the earliest operatic masterpiece of Nicola Porpora, the Neapolitan composer who left an indelible mark on the 18th century and the careers of its greatest masters, from Hasse, Jommelli and Handel to Joseph Haydn, who was his pupil in Vienna. Against the backcloth of the old Carolingian epic, the valiant knight Roland is transformed into a lover before becoming “Orlando furioso” in this encounter of three mythical figures: Ariosto, Metastasio and Porpora. |