LEONARDO LEO (1694-1744): L’Ambizione Delusa.

Description: Dating from 1740, this comic opera puts on stage lower-class characters who are would-be social climbers with a good bit of dialect humor and the usual romantic tangles. The melodic element points toward Classicism. 3 CDs. Libretto and translation available on-line. Filomena Diodati (soprano), Alessia Martino (mezzo), Giampiero Cicino (baritone), Candida Guida (contralto), Orchestra ICO Della Magna Grecia di Taranto; Antonio Greco.