Santa Editta
The Stradella Project Vol.3
STRADELLA Alessandro (1643-1682)
Ensemble Mare Nostrum - Andrea De Carlo (Dir)
Label : ARCANA
Artikelnummer: A396
1 CD
CHF 22.50
The title role of Stradella's oratorio, Edith is disputed between various allegorical characters: on the one hand Humiltà, pushing her to a chaste monastic life, on the other hand the mundane figures of Grandezza, Bellezza, Nobiltà and Senso, all inviting her to become Queen and enjoy the pleasures of life. In the end, Edith will ignore the strong arguments submitted by the latter in favour of the advice from an arrogant Humiltà, a sort of alter ego of the Queen who was not to be.