CARL HEINRICH GRAUN (1703-1759): Montezuma.

Catalogue Number: 05M021

Label: Capriccio

Reference: 7085

Format: CD

Price: $23.98

Description: This 1756 opera seria is distinguished by the fact that Frederick the Great wrote the story in French prose and then had it translated and versified into Italian. Taking an Enlightenment stance - the Spaniards are all evil brutes and the Mexicans hapless victims - it offers some attractive coloratura writing (and plenty of sopranos - there are no male voices in the work) and there is some dramatic intensity at the end of Act II and in Act III. 2 CDs. Italian-English libretto. EncarnaciĆ³n Vazquez (mezzo), Dorothea Wirtz, Lourdes Ambriz, Maria Luisa Tamez (sopranos), Cantica Nova Chamber Choir, Deutsche Kammer-akademie; Johannes Goritzki. Original 1993 release.

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