A cura di Maria Teresa Ferrante
PROGRAMMA
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
The Indian Queen Z. 630
Semi-opera con dialogo in cinque atti
basata su una tragedia di John Dryden e Robert Howard
01. First Music – Air
02. Second Music – Air
03. Overture
04. Trumpet Tune
Prologo:
05. Wake Quivera, wake
06. Why should men quarrel
07. By ancient prophecies
08. Trumpet Tune
Atto secondo:
09. Symphony
10. I come to sing great Zempoalla’s story
11. What flatt’ring noise is this
12. Scorn’d Envy, ther’s nothing
13. Trumpet tune
14. We come to sing great Zempoalla’s story
15. Dance
16. Second act tune
Atto terzo:
17. Dance
18. Ye twice ten hundred deities
19. Symphony – Seek not to know wha must not be reveal’d
20. Trumpet Overture
21. Ah! Ah! How happy are we
22. We the spirits of the air
23. I attempt form Love’s sickness to fly in vain
24. Thrid Act tune: Rondeau
Atto quarto:
25. They tell us that you mighty powers aboce
26. Fourth act tune: Air
Atto quinto:
27. While thus we bow
28. You who at the altar stand – All dismal sounds
John Mark Ainsley, ragazzo indiano
Emma Kirkby, ragazza indiana, Zempoalla – regina del Messico
John Mark Ainsley, Fama
David Thomas, Envy
Gerald Finley, Ismeron
Thomas Williams, Re dei Sogni
Catherine Bott, Orazia – figlia di Inca
David Thomas, Sommo Sacerdote
Gerald Finley, Imene
Libby Crabtree, seguace di Imene
Academy of Ancient Music Chorus
Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
Christopher Hogwood, direttore