The Rival Queens
HÄNDEL Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)
Catherine Bott, Emma Kirkby (Sopran)
Label : Hyperion Records
Artikelnummer: CDA66950
1 CD Spielzeit : 075:58
CHF 19.50
The Brandenburg Consort - Roy Goodman (Dir) // Seventeenth-century London was gripped by a passion for Italian opera. Two soprano divas held centre stage - Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni - and both quickly won a fiercely partisan following among audiences. The Royal Academy of Music cynically exploited this rivalry by repeatedly engaging the two to sing roles which would bring them into conflict, in 'stage' and 'real life' personas.