Vicente Martín y Soler (1754-1806) - La dora festeggiata (1783)

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Composer: Vicente Martín y Soler (1754-1806)
Work: La dora festeggiata (1783)
Performers: Sunhае Im (soprano); Raffaella Milаnеsi (soprano); Mаgnus Stаvеland (tenor);
Reiаl Compаnyia Opera de Cаmbra; Juan Bаutistа Otеro (conductor)

La dora festeggiata (1783)
1. Sinfonia 0:00
2. Recitativo 7:52
3. Aria 8:56
4. Recitativo 13:27
5. Accompagnato 14:48
6. Aria 15:40
7. Recitativo 19:17
8. Aria 20:01
9. Accompagnato 25:46
10. Terzetto 26:15

Painting: French School (18th Century) - The Concert
HD image: https://flic.kr/p/2oxv7U1

Further info: https://www.amazon.es/Sogno-Festeggiante-Companyia-Opera-Cambra/dp/B003SSIL7U
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(Atanasio Martín Ignacio) Vicente (Tadeo Francisco Pellegrin) Martín y Soler [Martini, Vincenzo, lo Spagnuolo (il Valenziano); Martini, Ignaz]
(Valencia, 2 May 1754 - St Petersburg, 30 January 1806)

Spanish-Italian composer. He was sent to Bologna to study under the famous Padre Giovanni Battista Martini, achieving his first success with an opera, Il tutore burlato, in 1775 (also adapted as a zarzuela). Thereafter followed numerous commissions from opera houses throughout Italy, and in 1775 he finally settled in Naples, where he composed works for the Teatro San Carlo, as well as becoming involved in the development of the ballet d’action with Charles le Picq. In 1785 he moved to Vienna, where an association with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte resulted in three successful operas, Una cosa rara, Il buerbo di buon cuore, and L’arbore di Diana. In 1788 he was appointed by Catherine II as director of the theatre in St. Petersburg, although he spent much of his time writing Russian opera, including Gore bogatyr Kosometovich, a thinly veiled satire of Swedish king Gustav III. In 1793 he traveled to London, remaining there for three years, before returning to St. Petersburg. By early 1796 Martín was back in St Petersburg. He wrote his last opera for Paul I, who had succeeded Catherine, and thereafter Martín supported himself with teaching and administrative work until his death. Primarily known as a composer of opera (with his ballets still needing study), Martín wrote clear and flowing lyrical themes. Like his colleagues Giovanni Paisiello, Giuseppe Sarti, and Domenico Cimarosa, he can be considered one of the major figures of opera buffa of the Classical period. His music includes 22 operas, numerous insertion pieces to the works of others, 18 ballets, five cantatas, an oratorio, a violin concerto, and numerous smaller vocal works. #ClassicalMusic