Jose Maria Lo Monaco, Stile Galante & Stefano Aresi – Nicola Porpora: Music for the Venetian Ospedaletto (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:36 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Classical
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Founded in 1528, the Ospedaletto was the youngest and smallest of the four famous Venetian orphanages that excelled in musical performance. Nicola Porpora worked there from 1743 to 1747, where he met the highly talented singer Angiola Moro, known as “Anzoletta”, for whom he created particularly demanding solo parts. The mezzo-soprano Josè Maria Lo Monaco has taken on these parts by Anzoletta and presents two virtuoso cantatas and a Salve Regina here, accompanied by Stile Galante under the direction of Stefano Aresi.
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