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# Vivaldi: Farnace

**Brand:** antonio vivaldidiego fasolisi barocchistimax emanuel cencicruxandra donosemary-ellen nesiann hallenbergkarina gauvindaniel behleemiliano gonzalez-toro
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Virgin Classics invites you to enjoy the world premiere recording of Viviadi's Il Farnace in a version that Vivaldi prepared specially for the city of Ferrara in 1737-38 after its success in Venice. This is not only the first time the Ferrara version of Farnace has been recorded, but also the first time it has been heard, as the planned performances of 1738 were cancelled due to the local failure of the Vivaldi opera that preceded it, Siroe. Farnace was never staged again anywhere, and the only surviving trace of its music is in the form of an incomplete score carefully notated and preserved by Vivaldi in his personal collection. It is the only remaining opera of Vivaldi never to have been performed since the composer's time, and, unlike all the others, has remained unrecorded until now.The chances are that Vivaldi never completed this Farance. However, with the reconstruction of the third act by Diego Fasolis and Frédéric Delaméa, this album presents a rare opportunity to discover a work bursting with riches, the last fruit of Vivaldi's unprecedented operatic output. In this recording, the cast is led by the brilliant countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic in the title role with the support of conductor Diego Fasolis and the famed I Barocchisti ensemble.

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## Customer Reviews

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    Superb performance on all levels!
  

*by R***X on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 3, 2013*

As a bassoon major at University 45 years ago, my experience of Vivaldi was limited to several bassoon concerti and the famous Gloria. In the last year I have discovered a new wealth of Vivaldi material in the singing of Phillipe Jaroussky and Max Emanuel Cencic.I refer to the recordings of Vivaldi's "Farnace" and Vinci's "Artaserse."Firstly, the orchestra and Diego Fasolis. I am astounded by the attention to minute detail. I found myself able to hear inner parts, and carefully crafted phrasings throughout the score in every instrumental part. Someone here has done their homework and thoroughly rehearsed. Kudos to Mr. Fasolis for his amazing work with the orchestra.Vocalists: First, there is not a weak link. Like the orchestra, these singers are all absolutely top-notch, both in terms of terrific voices, and in terms of a scholarly knowledge of the style of the Baroque, Vivaldi's music in particular.Max Cencic is beyond words! I think it quite possible that this may have been what the very best castrati sounded like, such as Farinelli and Carestini. The voice is feminine, yes, but has a core of masculine metal, along with evenness of range and a very broad range at that. The flexibility of the voice is amazing!Karina Gauvin, Ann Hallenberg, Daniel Behle, and the others all are exemplary in their performances, adding many, many changes in the da capo sections of their arias.The vocalists, like the orchestra have paid great attention to the tiny, minute details, that make such a difference in this performance.The harpsichords!!! These players are not just mindlessly tinkling along with the strings!! They are inventing and creating atmosphere and colour!! I played harpsichord at one point in my musical career. I know how much knowledge one must have to do this style correctly! And then they add to it!! WOW!This recording, like the recording of Artaserse, should be studied in Music History classes in universities, so that students gain not only an appreciation of the Baroque opera, but also become aware of the performance practice of the periodAgain, congratulations to Maestro Fasolis and the entire cast, for a performance more than well done!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Masterful Performance
  

*by I***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 13, 2011*

"Farnace" is an opera previously unknown to me, as most Vivaldi operas have been until the last five years or so.  The music is inspired, full of color and energy with inventive interplay between solo instruments and voice.  The technical demands on singers and instrumentalists are daunting.  Not only are there plenty of bravura arias for everybody, but there are beautiful tender moments that not only provide repose but exhault in their melodic grace and profound emotion.  The recording excels with Max Emanuel Cencic in the title role.  There is no more distinguished counter-tenor performing today.  Mr. Cencic voice is powerful, agile, and perfectly equalized from alto to soprano range.  His coloratura is impeccable.  Many female singers performing today do not even approach this level of technique.  Mr. Cencic, of course, has been at this for a long time.  He dazzled as a boy soloist with the Wiener Sängerknaben, singing such showpieces as the Allelujah from Exultate Jubilate and Strauss' Frühlingstimme.  The mature voice of today retains the ability to dazzle, and has acquired the weight and projection of a mature body, and the depth of interpretation that can only come from thorough musical studies and careful development of his unique artistic gifts.  He shines in Farnace in music that demands no less.  But in this marvelous performance everybody else shines: Roxandra Donose gives much pleasure, such as she did in the beautiful Glyndebourne Cenerentola, but here in a serious role.  Mary Ellen Nesi as Berenice is a find. Diego Fasano conducts with clarity and vivacity a score that cries for a wider audience. Which is indeed the case with Vivaldi operas.  The series on the French label Naïve as well as this Virgin recording are commendable for the quality of performances they give us, indeed unmatched by recordings that we routinely see of the standard repertoire.  But more importantly, they serve notice that the Red Priest wrote much more than string concertos, that he was an important theatrical composer, and that we are much poorer for not paying attention to his operas.  This recording of Farnace is a musical and dramatic success (never mind the plot).  It is highly recommended.

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    Thrillingly performed rarity.
  

*by A***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 6, 2012*

This is not a pasticcio by Vivaldi - the entire work is authentically Vivaldi's composition, though never performed.According to information, there were two versions of this opera which Vivaldi wrote.  This performance is the latter Ferrara (and never performed) version.  In this recording, we got two bonus tracks from the first version that were cut from this latter Ferrara version.The vocal line up is extraordinary - all the singers are baroque experts, if not outright 'super stars'.In the title role, Croatian countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic depicts a tortured King of Pontus who was betrayed by members of his own family following political defeat.As his aggressive mother-in-law Queen of Cappadocia Berenice, Mary Ellen Nesi, an expert mezzo in trouser roles, sung an overbearing middle-aged queen with a chillingly incisive timbre.The relatively minor character of her captain Gilade, a love-sick for Farnace's sister Selinde, is very effectively portrayed by the wonderful soprano Karina Gauvin.  Her aria in the final Act is enchanting in an unearthly manner that demonstrates nothing but artistic greatness.As Farnace's schemy sister Selinde, Ann Hallenberg is aptly elegant and steely in turn, which can at the quick-sand like instant become devastatingly enchanting. This great baroque mezzo-soprano has been around for almost two decades without ever receiving her due!The male characters are also wonderfully effective, and so is Tamira, the spouse of Farance, sung by Bulgarian soprano Donose.Fasolis and his 'band', needless to say, is all that you would ask for on such a stellar performance.

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