Haydn's opera L'isola disabitata ("The Uninhabited Island") was written for the Eszterházy court and premiered in 1779. In one act, it was termed an azione per musica , suggesting a more compact work than an opera seria, and it has just four voice parts. With an action-packed story involving a woman abandoned on a desert island, carving messages into the stone for those who would find her later, it's probably Haydn's most approachable opera, with a libretto by Pietro Metastasio. The work would be ideal for production by ...
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Haydn's opera L'isola disabitata ("The Uninhabited Island") was written for the Eszterházy court and premiered in 1779. In one act, it was termed an azione per musica , suggesting a more compact work than an opera seria, and it has just four voice parts. With an action-packed story involving a woman abandoned on a desert island, carving messages into the stone for those who would find her later, it's probably Haydn's most approachable opera, with a libretto by Pietro Metastasio. The work would be ideal for production by university vocal programs, and it is to be hoped that this lively recording from the Akademie für alte Musik Berlin helps that goal along. The quartet of singers is fine, led with pleasant lightness by mezzo-soprano Sunhae Im in the lead role of the abandoned Costanza. The main attraction, though, is the work of the venerable Akademie für alte Musik, which has kept itself vibrant and relevant since its days behind the Iron Curtain. With Bernhard Forck leading the group from the...
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