La Stellidaura vendicante explained

Difendere l'offensore overo La Stellidaura vendicante ("Vengeful Stellidaura"; Naples, 1674) is an opera by Francesco Provenzale. It is one of only two operas by Provenzale to survive.^[1]

The opera was a major success for Provenzale and continued in the repertoire.^[2]

Recording

• La Stellidaura vendicante – Stellidaura (mezzo-soprano) Jennifer Rivera; Armillo (countertenor) Hagen Matzeit; Armidoro (tenor) Bogdan Mihai; Orismondo (tenor) Carlo Allemano; Giampetro (bass) Enzo Capuano. Accademia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi (conductor); 2CDs, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Festwochen der Alten Musik May 2013

External links

• • "At Innsbruck Festival, Opera as It Is Rarely Seen Today" by George Loomis, The New York Times, 14 August 2013

Notes and References

1. [Julie Anne Sadie]
2. Susan McClary: Structures of Feeling in Seventeenth-Century Cultural Expression (2013) p. 44: "He was among the first to recognize the talent of the young Niccolino Grimaldi, who made his debut at the age of twelve as a soprano in the summer 1685 production of Provenzale's La Stellidaura vendicante, and in the following year received ..."