Radu Marian: Emilia's 1st aria, Fux (Julo Ascanio)

Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741)

Julo Ascanio, ré d'Alba (1708)
Opera in 1 act
Libretto: Pietro Antonio Bernardoni

Emilia's aria

Stereo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUAzaFqC_TY&fmt=18

Conductor: Gunar Letzbor
Ars Antiqua Austria

Live broadcasting 14.11.2004

Category:

Music

Tags:

• fux
• ascanio
• radu
• marian
• letzbor
• baroque
• opera
• seria
• male
• soprano
• castrato

[hogeyama]

Good singing ! Please tell me where to buy this CD ?

[Thrax1982]

This aria is not on any CD.

[LindoroRossini]

What a pleasant air :)! The accompaniment reminds me of several later pieces, especially Handel's "Turn, hopeless lover" with its' gentle, caressing line and pure, melting use of the voice. Also, I was actually convinced that a woman was singing the piece before I had a chance to look up the singer in question :D. The voice itself is very pleasant, feminine and well-trained, though it seems to be in need of constant care from the soloist, so light it is. A most interesting new singer :)!

[Thrax1982]

Most lovely aria indeed, I listened to it all evening after I discovered it :)

The singer is one of the handful of natural male sopranos around, often called an endocrinological castrato, this is the only way he can sing, there's no "real man's voice" hiding somewhere in the bottom.

[Thrax1982]

You're Russian, right?

Then you might enjoy this, one of his better performances and sung in Russian.

watch?v=E27erGPLhzQ

[MATTMUDORCK]

Belo,belo,belo!.

[acerb45666555]

1:15......see her. shes not Greek or Roman. but an Egyptian influenced by Roman invaders culture, and the previous Greek culture. the image is from a mummy casket. everyone died very young back then.

[marcus0381]

musica meravigliosa un compositore da scoprire

grazie a chi l'ha inviato

[LindoroRossini]

I am Russian and I did enjoy both the piece and its' rendition most wholeheartedly, thank you for the link :).

[Thrax1982]

A mix of Cavalli and Handel one reviewer called it somewhere.