play pause radio-play skip-back skip-forward playing search copy check embed close plus caret-down caret-left caret-right caret-up chevron-down chevron-left chevron-right chevron-up arrow-left arrow-right open-in-new-tab filter menu more-horizontal more-vertical share share-android select star star-block volume-block volume-mute-block volume-mute volume lock settings recording composition devices laptop speaker
Log inCreate account

Hasse: Cleofide

9/1/2011, 69 Tracks, 3:50:50

Featuring

  • Dame Emma Kirkby
  • Agnès Mellon
  • Randall Wong
  • Derek Lee Ragin
  • Dominique Visse
  • David Cordier
  • William Christie
  • Cappella Coloniensis
  • Rheinische Kantorei
  • Johann Adolph Hasse

Did you know?

1/7

Composer Biography

Johann Adolf Hasse, the composer of this opera, lived from 1699 to 1783.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording is a co-production between Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln and Capriccio.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The opera is conducted by William Christie, leading the Cappella Coloniensis.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The opera "Cleofide" was first performed in Dresden on September 13, 1731.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The role of Poro is performed by alto Derek Lee Ragin.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The role of Cleofide is sung by soprano Emma Kirkby.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The text for "Cleofide" was written by Michelangelo Boccardi, based on a work by Pietro Metastasio.

Source: Booklet

You might also enjoy...

Rautavaara, E.: Aleksis Kivi [Opera]
Jommelli: Il Vologeso
Busoni: Turandot
Mozart: Idomeneo
Mozart : Operas Vol.1 [Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro]
Il cappello di paglia di Firenze
Giacomelli: Cesare in Egitto
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Gluck: Paride ed Elena (Paris and Helen), Wq. 39
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Helstone: Het pand der goden
©℗ 2011 CapriccioNR