Cavalli: Il Xerse (Blu-Ray) – Carlo Vistoli, Ekaterina Protsenko

Composer: Francesco Cavalli
Artists: Carlo Vistoli, Ekaterina Protsenko, Baia Petrone, Carolina Lippo, Dioklea Hoxha, Carlo Allemano, Nicolò Donini, Nicolò Balducci, Aco Bišcevic, Mario Fumarola, Orchestra Barocca Modo Antiquo
Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli
Director: Leo Muscato
Video Format: 1080i60
Audio Format: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / PCM Stereo 2.0
Region: All Regions
Language: Italian
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: Dynamic
Release Date: June 16, 2023
Run Time: 161 minutes

Francesco Cavalli succeeded Monteverdi as the most influential composer of the new genre of opera that emerged in mid-17th-century Venice. Il Xerse is a fictitious dramma per musica that tells of Persian King Xerxes’s love for Romilda, who in turn is in love with his brother Arsamene. The plot is an entertaining and extremely intricate human comedy of crossed loves, court intrigues and disguises – the work’s popularity saw it staged in Paris at the wedding of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Spain. Since overshadowed by Handel’s later Xerxes, this Martina Franca production is the first in modern times.

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