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Doriclea (Stradella)

Not to be confused with Doriclea (Cavalli).

La Doriclea is a 1672 opera in three acts by Alessandro Stradella, first performed in Rome. It was Stradella's first opera. The libretto is probably by the Roman aristocrat and scholar Flavio Orsini [it].[1][2] Giovanni Filippo Apolloni may also have been involved.[3] The manuscript score was lost, rediscovered in 1938,[4] then lost again until its recent re-discovery.[5][6][7] According to Brian Robins, writing in the British magazine Opera, the libretto "is a brilliantly sardonic and sharply observed depiction of the vicissitudes and pleasures of love as seen through the joys and misadventures of three couples."[2]

The first modern performance was on 8 May 2004 at the Fifth Festival Luci e Tintinnii at the Teatro dei Varii [it] in Colle di Val d'Elsa, a semi-staged production by the Alessandro Stradella Consort conducted by Estevan Velardi.[8] A recording was made, but the conductor Velardi and the record producer Concerto Classics failed to obtain the necessary rights for wide release from the diocesan archive of Rieti, the owner of the manuscript score. In 2017, a double ruling by the Civil Court of Rome awarded the rights to the Arcana company and conductor Andrea De Carlo.[9] The latter conducted a semi-staged performance on 2 September 2017 in the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, as part of the Festival Barocco Alessandro Stradella, and recorded it immediately thereafter.[10] As of 2022, both recordings are available as digital downloads.[11][12]

Roles

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  • Doriclea, lover of Fidalbo; later disguised as Lindoro (soprano)[13]
  • Fidalbo, lover of Doriclea (alto)
  • Lucinda, noblewoman, lover of Celindo (soprano)
  • Celindo, nobleman, lover of Lucinda (tenor)
  • Delfina, older woman of lower rank (alto)
  • Giraldo, manservant to Lucinda (bass)

Recordings

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  • 2004: La Doriclea, Rosita Frisani (Doriclea), Gianluca Belfiori Doro (Fidalbo), Cristina Jannicola (Lucinda), Carlo Putelli (Celindo), Linda Campanella (Delfina), Vito Priante (Giraldo), Alessandro Stradella Consort, conducted by Estévan Velardi. 4 CDs: Concerto Classics CNT 2102-4. Duration: 252 minutes 42 seconds.[3][14] Online version (2022).[11]
  • 2017: La Doriclea, Emőke Baráth (Doriclea), Giuseppina Bridelli (Lucinda), Gabriella Martellacci (Delfina), Xavier Sabata (Fidalbo), Luca Cervoni (Celindo), Riccardo Novaro (Giraldo), Il Pomo d'Oro, conducted by Andrea De Carlo. Recorded at the Scuderie Farnese [Farnese Stables] (at the Villa Farnese), Caprarola, Viterbo, Italy, 3-9 September 2017; 3 CDs: Arcana A 454. Duration: 188 minutes.[2][15][16][17][18] Online version (2018).[12]

References

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  1. ^ Andrea Garavaglia (2019). "Stradella, Alessandro, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 94 (2019): "Al 1672 dovrebbe risalire la sua prima opera, La Doriclea, la cui copiatura risulta pagata nel dicembre di quell'anno dal principe Flavio Orsini, che ne aveva steso il libretto (una partitura dell'opera, già segnalata nel 1938, è di recente ritornata in luce). [His first opera, La Doriclea, probably dates back to 1672, the copying of which was paid in December of that year by Prince Flavio Orsini, who had written the libretto (a score of the work, already reported in 1938, has recently come to light).]"
  2. ^ a b c Brian Robins, Review of the recording conducted by Andrea de Carlo, Opera, May 2019, p. 628: "The detailed booklet note allows me to correct the date of composition and performance to Rome in the early 1670s rather than 1681, as I formerly suggested. ... The libretto [is] considered to be almost certainly the work of the Roman nobleman and man of letters Flavio Orsini."
  3. ^ a b La Doriclea conducted by Velardi: ASIN B06XSLPM1S (es); ASIN B06XSLPM1S (in). Linda Campanella sings the role of Delfina as given in the product description, not Lindora as shown on the back of the CD box.
  4. ^ Carolyn Gianturco Alessandro Stradella, 1639-1682: his life and music - Page 54 - 1994 "One of these is Doriclea and one wonders if Orsini is therefore the author of the Stradella opera of the same name found by Mario Tiberti in Rieti (see his article In importante riuvenimento musicale, la Doriclea, opera di Alessandro Stradella', Musica d'oggi, 20 (1938), ...
  5. ^ Carolyn Gianturco (2007), Stradella: uomo di gran grido, p. 289. ISBN 9788846708564. "Estevan Velardi mi disse che il proprietario attuale ha fatto vedere ed eseguire un manoscritto di Doriclea e lui è convinto che sia musica di Stradella. Purtroppo, il proprietario non consente di farlo vedere ad altri e ... [Estevan Velardi told me that the current owner showed and performed a manuscript of Doriclea and he is convinced that it is music by Stradella. Unfortunately, the owner does not allow it to be shown to others and ...]"
  6. ^ Opera: annuario EDT dell'opera lirica in Italia - Page 56 2004 - LA DORICLEA 8 mag. 2004 Opera in 3 atti Libretto di Flavio Orsini (Filosinavoro) Duca di Bracciano Musica di Alessandro Stradella Edizione a cura di Estevan Velardi su una ...
  7. ^ "Stradella - la Doriclea (Da ClassicVoice) - Sala del Cembalo".
  8. ^ La Doriclea, Opéra Baroque website.
  9. ^ Carlo Vitali (24 June 2019), Review of the recording conducted by Andrea De Carlo (in Italian), Classic Voice website.
  10. ^ Brian Robins, "Opera Around the World. Italy. Rome.", Opera, December 2017, pp. 1588–1589.
  11. ^ a b Alessandro Stradella: La Doriclea, Estévan Velardi & Alessandro Stradella Consort (Acts 1, 2, 3), Amazon Music, 2022. Does not include booklet.
  12. ^ a b Stradella: La Doriclea, Il Pomo D'oro & Andrea De Carlo, Amazon Music, 2018. Includes booklet.
  13. ^ Voice types from Arnoldo Morelli (June 2018), "Stradella's La Doriclea: an operista in the making", pp. 9–11, in the booklet included with the recording conducted by Andrea De Carlo. 'Alto' is used in place of Morelli's 'contralto'.
  14. ^ Alessandro Stradella: La Doriclea. Alessandro Stradella Consort, Estévan Velardi (conductor)", Concerto Classics website.
  15. ^ David Vickers, Review of Stradells's La Doriclea conducted by Andrea De Carlo, Gramophone, March 2019, pp. 88–89.
  16. ^ Catalog entry for the 2017 recording conducted by Andrea De Carlo, Library of Congress.
  17. ^ "La Doriclea: New Project, 28 August 2017" (Internet Archive copy, 1 April 2019); "2018 November: Alessandro Stradella: La Doriclea, Il Pomo d’Oro, Andrea De Carlo", Il Pomo d'Oro website.
  18. ^ Jonathan Sutherland (26 February 2018), "Alessandro Stradella: cloaks, daggers and musical genius", bachtrack website: "De Carlo’s most recent endeavour in 2017 was Stradella’s last opera, La Doriclea, featuring soprano Emöke Barath accompanied by Joyce diDonato’s favourite baroque ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro instead of the director’s usual Mare Nostrum musicians. The plot is more amusing than sainted nuns or reformed prostitutes and a number of fast patter buffo arias anticipate the rhythm and wit of Rossini. The character of Giraldo is a direct forebear of Mozart’s Leporello over one hundred years later."
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