''La Virtù trionfante dell'amore e dell'odio overo Il Tigrane'' (RV 740) is a 1724 opera for the carnival season in Rome. It was a joint composition by Benedetto Micheli (Act I),
Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...
(Act II) and Nicola Romaldi (Act III). The libretto was originally thought to based on that by Francesco Silvani already used in Venice in 1691, but has been identified as a libretto by Pietro Andrea Bernardoni used in Vienna in 1710.
Recordings
*Complete Act II -
Mónika González (soprano), Ildikó Szakács (soprano), Artur Stefanowicz (countertenor), Barnabás Heygi (countertenor), Timothy Bentch (tenor),
Zsolt Molnár (baritone) & László Jekl (bass) Savaria Baroque Orchestra
Pál Németh Hungaroton
*"Squarciami pure il seno" (Cleopatra) - by
Simone Kermes
Simone Kermes (born 17 May 1965, in Leipzig) is a German coloratura soprano, especially known for her virtuoso voice, suited to the opera seria genre of the Baroque and early Classical period.
Career
Kermes has performed at many importa ...
on ''Amor Profano'';
Cleopatra's distraught outburst from Il Tigrane reveals a major musical psychologist at work.
/ref> also Regula Mühlemann
Regula Mühlemann (born 7 January 1986) is a Swiss operatic soprano.
Biography
Mühlemann was born in Adligenswil, Switzerland, and studied voice with Barbara Locher at the Academy of Music in Lucerne in 2010, where she graduated with honors w ...
on ''Cleopatra'', La Folia Barockorchester
The La Folia Barockorchester is a Baroque orchestra dedicated to historically informed performance. It was founded in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, in 2007 by Robin Peter Müller, who has been its artistic director and concert master. Named after "L ...
, Robin Peter Müller 2017
*"Fara la mia spada" (Oronte) - Philippe Jaroussky
Philippe Jaroussky (born 13 February 1978) is a French countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the Versailles conservatory, and then took up the piano before turning to singing.
Unusually for a countertenor ...
, ''Heroes'' Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Jean-Christophe Spinosi (born 2 September 1964) is a French conductor and violinist, the founder of French orchestra Ensemble Matheus.
Life and career
In 1991 he created the Ensemble Matheus in Brest, an orchestra which accompanies him through ...
*"Care pupille" Topi Lehtipuu on ''Arie per tenore'' Diego Fasolis
Diego Fasolis (born 19 April 1958) is a Swiss classical organist and conductor, the leader of the ensemble I Barocchisti. He has conducted operas in historically informed performance at major European opera houses and festivals, and has made award- ...
Naive Vivaldi Edition; also by Nicholas Scott ''Un jardin à l'italienne'' Les Arts Florissants
See also
* Tigrane (Hasse)
References
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Operas
1724 operas
Operas by Antonio Vivaldi