Thanks for reviving this forgotten gem; Excellently written and excellently performed; opera in the rank - on the level - opera: Johann Adolph Hasse, Antonio Vivaldi, Antonio Caldara, Francesco Bartolomeo Conti etc. Extra bellissima 9:43 ; 19:57 ; 28:25 ; 33:55 ; 39:54 ; 42:02 ; 48:17
Excellently written and excellently performed. Extra bellissima 48:56 Charming fruit of Count Questenberg's efforts is opera Miča "L'origine di Jaromeriz in Moravia" - "O původu Jaroměřic na Moravě" (1730.) the first opera written in Czech. The opera has three acts and three comic intermezzos, of which only a part has been preserved in the original score - two acts and two intermezzos. His models were composers such as Johann Adolph Hasse, Antonio Vivaldi, Antonio Caldara, Francesco Bartolomeo Conti etc.
For those, who do not know, what this is: It is the first Czech opera, composed by František Václav Míča in 1730, called The origin of Jaroměřice in Moravia (which has a wonderful palace).
Thank you for the work of P. A. Ziani (1616, Venice - 1684, Naples), who was considered to be one of the most important exponents of Venetian opera in the 60s / 70s of the 17th century. But further information is absolutely necessary in the space provided to the artists (I know, at the end the names of those involved are faded in for a short moment), the place and time of the performance. You know it, but leave the (so far few) and future listeners in the dark. The reference to the upload option on RU-vid (which everyone can easily find if they have something to upload) is on the other hand completely unnecessary. - Kind regards.
Information on the Performance from Opera on Video Work Title: L’Elice Composer: Ziani Pietro Andrea Libretto: Libretto Text, Libretto Index Venue & Opera Company: Umělecké centrum Univerzity Palackého, Olomouc Baroque Festival Recorded: July 2019 Type: Staged Opera Live Singers: Hana Holodňáková, Helena Kalambová, Martin Ptáček, Jiří Poláček, Vincenc Ignác Novotný, Isabella Shaw, Rostislav Baláž Conductor: Tomáš Hanzlík Orchestra: Ensemble Damian Stage Director: Costume Designer: Information about the Recording Published by: Ivo Zatloukal Date Published: 2021 Format: Streaming Quality Video: 4 Audio:4 Subtitles: nosubs Video Recording from: RU-vid FULL VIDEO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE Pietro Andrea Ziani (1616 in Venice - 1684 in Naples) was an Italian organist and composer. He was the uncle of Marc’Antonio Ziani. Beginning in 1669, he was the organist at St Mark’s Basilica and later moved on to serve Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg in Vienna.[2] His works included “L’Assalone punito” (1667) and the operas “La ricreazione burlesca” (1663), “L’invidia conculcata della virtù, merito, virtù, merito, valore di Leopoldo imperatore” (1664), “Cloridea” (1665), “Circe” (1665), “L’Elice” (1666) and “La Galatea” (1667). A comic opera with elements of commedia dell´arte composed for the birthday of Emperor Leopold I’s mother loosely deals with the myth of the Kallisto nymph, who is renamed Elice in this piece. As Diana’s partner, she was to remain chaste and renounce other lovers. Her father, King Lycaon, kept careful tabs on her. Jupiter himself tries to seduce her disguised as a courtier. When the unsuspecting king tries to drive him away with a javelin, he misses and is transformed into a wolf. Diana turns the sinful Elice into a bear. Jupiter takes advantage of this metamorphosis in his own way and takes his mistress into the heavens as a constellation. At the end of the opera, the emperor’s sisters danced ballet to music by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer preserved in Kroměříž.
