The Ghosts of Hamlet: Lost Arias from Italian Baroque Operas

Ambleto is a fascinating curiosity in music history: a baroque libretto by Apostolo Zeno on the legend of Hamlet, not based on Shakespeare's tragedy but on its primary source, the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Gramaticus. This swashbuckling drama has been first set to music by Francesco Gasparini (Venice 1705) - whose version served as the basis for a pasticcio (London 1712) with arias by various composers including Handel - then by Domenico Scarlatti (Rome 1715) and Giuseppe Carcani (Venice 1743). The surviving arias from these lost operas are brought back to life by the Concert de l'Hostel Dieu and the charismatic soprano Roberta Mameli, who lends her supple voice to the titular Danish Prince and to the strong women around him, his courageous lover Veremonda (Shakespeare's Ophelia) and his tormented mother Gerilda (Gertrude).

1: Son Sdegnato (E Son Geloso)
2: Nella Mia Sfortunata Prigionia
3: I. Allegro
4: II. Andante
5: III. Allegro
6: Tu Indegno Sei Dell'allor
7: Stelle, Voi Che De' Regnanti
8: Segui Ad Amar Costante
9: I. Presto
10: II. Minuet
11: Nella Mia Sfortunata Prigionia
12: D'ire Armato Il Braccio Forte
13: I. Andante
14: II. Presto
15: III. Andante
16: IV. Presto
17: Cinto D'amiche Rose Un Dì Crescea
18: Più Fido Non Poss'io
19: Tromba in Campo E Spada in Guerra

Composer: Carlo Francesco Pollarolo, Francesco Gasparini, Giuseppe Carcani, George Frideric Handel, Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Adolf Hasse

Conductor: Franck-Emmanuel Comte

Number of Discs: 1

Orchestra: Le Concert de l'Hostel-Dieu

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