Queens - Opera arias by Handel - Glossa: GCD922904 - CD or download

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Invernizzi is often in top voice here. Her coloratura is electrifying; one can’t imagine a more commanding Berenice in ‘Scoglio d’immota fronta’. She handles pathos exquisitely, as in Alcina’s... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 17th Feb 2017
Catalogue No: GCD922904
Label: Glossa
Length: 77 minutes

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Excerpt, Handel: Lotario, HWV 26

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Fabio Ciofini (harpsichord)
Accademia Hermans
Recorded: 23-26 April 2016
Recording Venue: Teatro Cucinelli, Solomeo, Italy

Lotario, HWV 26: Scherza in mar la navicella

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Excerpt, Handel: Poro, re dell'Indie, HWV28

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Fabio Ciofini (harpsichord)
Accademia Hermans
Recorded: 23-26 April 2016
Recording Venue: Teatro Cucinelli, Solomeo, Italy

Poro, re dell’Indie, HWV 28: Se mai turbo il tuo risposo

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Excerpt, Handel: Berenice, regina d'Egitto, HWV 38

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Fabio Ciofini (harpsichord)
Accademia Hermans
Recorded: 23-26 April 2016
Recording Venue: Teatro Cucinelli, Solomeo, Italy

Berenice, HWV 38: No, che servire altrui

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Berenice, HWV 38: Traditore, traditore!

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Excerpt, Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Fabio Ciofini (harpsichord)
Accademia Hermans
Recorded: 23-26 April 2016
Recording Venue: Teatro Cucinelli, Solomeo, Italy

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Overture

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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Piangerò la sorte mia

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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Tu la mia stella sei

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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Da tempeste il legno infranto

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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Che sento oh Dio - Se pietà di me non senti

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Excerpt, Handel: Scipione

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Fabio Ciofini (harpsichord)
Accademia Hermans
Recorded: 23-26 April 2016
Recording Venue: Teatro Cucinelli, Solomeo, Italy

Scipione, HWV 20, Act III: Sinfonia

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Excerpt, Handel: Scipione

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Recorded: 23-26 April 2016
Recording Venue: Teatro Cucinelli, Solomeo, Italy

Scipione, HWV 20: Scoglio d'immota fronte

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Excerpt, Handel: Alcina

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Fabio Ciofini (harpsichord)
Accademia Hermans
Recorded: 23-26 April 2016
Recording Venue: Teatro Cucinelli, Solomeo, Italy

Alcina, HWV 34: Ah mio cor, schernito sei!

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Excerpt, Handel: Giustino, HWV 35

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Fabio Ciofini (harpsichord)
Accademia Hermans
Recorded: 23-26 April 2016
Recording Venue: Teatro Cucinelli, Solomeo, Italy

Giustino, HWV 37: Quel torrente

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A disc of Handel opera arias from Roberta Invernizzi is remarkable because, surprisingly, it breaks new ground for the Milanese soprano. True, she has taken part in complete operas on disc as on stage, and has recorded arias by other composers of the time such as Vivaldi, Leo, Porpora, Feo or Mancini (Arias for Domenico Gizzi and I Viaggi di Faustina being two recent albums).

Invernizzi’s majestic sweep of Handelian queens - Cleopatra, Berenice, Arianna and Alcina, among them - takes us through a chequered period in the composer’s career, when he led the two Royal Academies of Music in the 1720s and 1730s. At this time, he was writing for magnificent and tempestuous divas such as Francesca Cuzzoni and Anna Maria Strada del Pò – a selection of their roles is to be heard on this new Glossa recording.

These are choppy waters through which Roberta Invernizzi sails with unquestionable skill: in complete control of her native language and dominance of Handel’s stylistic demands all allied to her lustrous vocal tones. Sympathetic accompaniment is from Fabio Ciofini and his Accademia Hermans, which works extensively in the Perugian Teatro Cucinelli in Solomeo.

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May 2017

Invernizzi is often in top voice here. Her coloratura is electrifying; one can’t imagine a more commanding Berenice in ‘Scoglio d’immota fronta’. She handles pathos exquisitely, as in Alcina’s unaccompanied opening of ‘Ah cor mio, schernito sei!’ which Invernizzi delivers in a straight tone, like a low moan. The musicianship of all the performers is impeccable…a sovereign performance, worthy of its original Queens

May 2017

Few sopranos are better equipped to sing this repertoire stylishly, attractively and with subtle characterisation than Roberta Invernizzi

April 2017

…vocal acting of the highest order, and it is typical of the thought that informs the whole of the recital as it alternates effortlessly between glliteringly brilliant, superbly articulated bravura and long, legato lines, sung with a lustrous silky quality.

Early Music Today September 2017

Invernizzi offers a mostly winning selection of the celebrated…and the less familiar … She’s in superb voice throughout, perfectly capturing Cleopatra’s allure…and heatrbreaking in Alcina’s desolate lament, ‘Ah mio cor’. Accademia Hermans provide graceful, sprightly support

Classical Music June 2017

Francesca Cuzzoni herself surely couldn’t have matched Invernizzi for phrasing, tonal beauty and coloratura fireworks on display here. Every ornamentation is carefully thought out and executed, and she is matched by dazzling playing from this excellent young ensemble

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