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Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Martirio di Santa Teodosia

5/29/2020, 38 Tracks, 1:14:55

Featuring

  • Anthea Pichanick
  • Emiliano Gonzalez Toro
  • Emmanuelle de Negri
  • Renato Dolcini
  • Thibault Noally
  • Les Accents
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

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Compositional Technique

The main key of the oratorio is C minor, used for the opening Sinfonia, Arsenio's first aria, and the final quartet.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording was made by Little Tribeca at the German Protestant Church in Paris from September 9 to 12, 2019.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The oratorio "Il martirio di Santa Teodosia" features 18 arias, a duo, a trio, and two quartets, with the female protagonist, Teodosia, singing nine of the arias.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Alessandro Scarlatti's oratorio "Il martirio di Santa Teodosia" premiered in Rome in 1683.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The story of Saint Theodosia, a Christian martyr, was rarely set to music; Alessandro Scarlatti is believed to be the only composer to have created an oratorio based on her life.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The libretto for "Il martirio di Santa Teodosia" was printed in Mantua in 1686, but it does not name the composer or the librettist.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Alessandro Scarlatti, the composer of this oratorio, was born in Palermo in 1660 and died in Naples in 1725.

Source: Booklet

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