Alessandro Stradella’s place
in the annals of the history of music is not only due to the
adventurous circumstances that marked his brief existence, but also to
the reputation as an opera composer he has acquired since the 18th
century. Inaccessible for many decades to specialists and scholars, La
Doriclea is definitely the least known of all Stradella’s operas.
However, it constitutes a particularly significant chapter in his
overall output: composed in Rome during the early 1670s, to our
knowledge La Doriclea represents the first opera entirely composed by
Stradella. From the dramatic point of view, La Doriclea belongs to the
comedy of intrigue genre typical of the 17th century Spanish theatre
tradition. Refined and amusing, it alternates
touching lamentos with irresistibly comic scenes, in which the character
of Giraldo, a veritable precursor of the basso buffo, allows us to
glimpse Rossinian atmospheres. Emöke Baráth (Doriclea) and Xavier Sabata
(Fidalbo) alongside Giuseppina Bridelli (Lucinda) and Luca Cervoni
(Celindo) and the comic couple of Delfina (Gabriella Martellacci) and
Giraldo (Riccardo Novaro) bring a complex and fascinating role-playing
game to life. This world premiere release of La Doriclea is a major
achievement for The Stradella Project, which here reaches its fifth
volume. “Through his festival and recording project, Andrea De Carlo is
raising the profile of this pioneering Italian composer.” (Gramophone)
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