| Other author/creator | Salvi, Antonio, 1664-1724 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Gauvin, Karina, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Puértolas, Sabina, performer. |
| Other author/creator | DiDonato, Joyce, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Lemieux, Marie-Nicole, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Lehtipuu, Topi, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Giustiniani, Anicio Zorzi performer. |
| Other author/creator | Brook, Matthew, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Curtis, Alan conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando furioso. |
| Other author/creator | Complesso barocco, performer. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Act 1 (69:54) -- disc 2. Act 2 (63:50) -- disc 3. Act 3 (59:15). |
| Abstract |
In this complete recording of Ariodante, Alan Curtis, a supreme Handelian conductor and scholar, joins forces with glorious mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato for a dazzling performance of one of Handel's most inspired operas. |
| General note | Virgin Classics: 50999 07084423 (50999 0708452 2, 50999 0708472 0, 50999 0708492 8). |
| General note | Opera in 3 acts. |
| General note | Libretto adapted from Antonio Salvi's libretto Ginevra principessa di Scozia, after Ariosto's Orlando furioso. |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Program notes by David Vickers and synopsis, in English with French and German translations, and libretto with English translation (94 p. : ports.) in accompanying booklet. |
| Performer |
Karina Gauvin (Ginevra), Sabina Puértolas (Dalinda), sopranos ; Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano (Ariodante) ; Marie Nicole Lemieux, contralto (Polinesso) ; Topi Lehtipuu (Lurcanio), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (Odoardo), tenors ; Matthew Brook, bass (Il Re di Scozia) ; Il Complesso barocco ; Alan Curtis, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Jan. 3-11, 2010, at Villa San Ferma, Lonigo, Italy. |
| Language | Sung in Italian. |
| Standard identifier# |
5099907084423 |
| Publisher number | 50999 07084423 Virgin Classics |
| Publisher number | 50999 0708452 2 Virgin Classics |
| Publisher number | 50999 0708472 0 Virgin Classics |
| Publisher number | 50999 0708492 8 Virgin Classics |
