Tito Manlio, Vivaldi’s second opera in Mantua for the 1718/19 season, is fraught with political and familial tensions.1
Year: 2006
VIVALDI: Tito Manlio
Tito Manlio (Titus Manlius), dramma per musica in 3 acts. Music composed by Antonio Vivaldi (1678ñ1741) based on a libretto by Matteo Noris (? ñ 1714).
VERDI: Un ballo in maschera
Of late opera stagings often seem to be slotted into one of two categories: the “traditional,” with sets as the original libretto detailed and singers in period costumes; and “non-traditional,” “regie theater,” or “Eurotrash,” what you will.
STRAUSS: Salome
Having spent the better part of its life at full-price, the Solti/Nilsson Salome now appears as a mid-priced re-issue.
Opera Cleveland puts pieces together
http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/115951945768580.xml&coll=2
Opera House Hints at ‘Idomeneo’ Reversal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/29/AR2006092900284.html
CHERUBINI: Le Sposo di tre marito di nessuna
This 250th anniversary year of Mozart’s birth must be heaven not only Amadeus lovers but also for those with a general inclination toward classical era music.
ZEISL: Lieder
While most of the familiar Lieder repertoire stems from the nineteenth century, the powerful attraction the artform spurred composition in this genre through the mid-twentieth century.
Pairing and Elaboration
The character configuration in Vivaldi’s Tito Manlio is unusual because of its musical pairing of the prima donna Servilia with the seconda donna Vitellia not just once, but twice in the second act of the opera.