L'Angelica (Carvalho) explained

L'Angelica is a serenata by João de Sousa Carvalho to a libretto by Metastasio previously .^[1] The plot concerns how Angelica thwarts the noble Orlando and elopes with Medoro. The 1720 serenata Angelica e Medoro by Nicola Porpora is a setting of the same libretto.

Recording

• L'Angelica, Joana Seara (soprano), Lidia Vinyes Curtis (mezzo), Fernando Guimarães (tenor), Tavares, Medeiros, Concerto Campestre, Pedro Castro. 2 CDs Naxos

Notes and References

1. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie (1980) "Carvalho was the foremost Portuguese composer of his generation, and one of the finest in the country's history. L'Angelica (serenata, 2, Metastasio), 25 July 1778"