Alessandro Scarlatti wrote his oratorio “Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme”
during a period in which there was a Papal ban on operas (in 1706 an
edict was issued to prohibit “under severe penalty all comedies, revelry
and all sort of carnival entertainments”). However the sacred texts of
the oratorio were just a thin disguise for the drama, vocal brilliance
and intrigue of the opera, qualities Alessandro Scarlatti excelled in,
as we know from all his oratorios ánd operas.
The oratorio deals with the biblical story of Zedekiah (from the Book of Kings) in his wars against the Babylonian kings. The music expresses
all the drama of the heroic acts, ending in triumph or tragedy.
Performed by one of the leading protagonists of the revival of
Alessandro Scarlatti: Estévan Velardi, conductor and scholar, and his
instrumental ensemble Alessandro Stradella Consort, playing period
instruments.
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