Aus Haydns Opernschatz - Musikfest Bremen

In the organizer's words:

Hannah Gries Costanza
Sharon Tadmor Silvia
Peter O'Reilly Gernando
Michał Karski Enrico
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
Zephyr Brüggen scenic arrangement
Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg Conductor

Program:
Joseph Haydn: "L'isola disabitata" (The desert island) Hob. XXVIII:9 (semi-staged performance)

Of course, when one thinks of Joseph Haydn, his symphonies and string quartets come to mind first and foremost. But the composer, who was in the service of the Esterházy family for decades, also left behind around 20 operas with highly imaginative music. "L'isola disabitata", Haydn's only opera, written in 1779 to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio, is set on a lonely exotic island where the two sisters Costanza and Silvia are stranded by a twist of fate. When Costanza's husband Gernando and his friend Enrico come to their unexpected rescue years later, this leads to a series of misunderstandings and confusion ... Haydn balances the contrasting virtuoso arias with meticulously composed recitatives, creating one of the first through-composed operas. When the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century brings the musical richness of the score to life with infectious enthusiasm on its period instruments, the committed vocal cast will turn the inner storms of the four characters' souls into a captivating rollercoaster of emotions!

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