Galuppi: Operas and Sacral Works

Baldassare Galuppi’s (1706–1785) whole œuvre stands in the sign of instrumental and sacred music: in spite of his varied style, the genres opera seria and opera buffa as well as his vast, rich sacred lifework standing closer to the former are well separated. Galuppi’s opera output consists essentially of a series of opera seria compositions produced in rapid succession. They were followed by buffopieces from the middle of the century onward setting to music first Goldoni’s, later Metastasio’s and Chiari’s texts.

DISC 1-2.: Gustave First, King of Sweden (1740) – Opera in 3 Acts; Libretto by Carlo Goldoni

DISC 3.: The Sage of the Vatican (1758) – Cantata for 3 Voices and Instruments; Libretto by Carlo Goldoni

DISC 4-5.: The Clemency of Tito (1760) – Opera in 3 Acts; Libretto after Pietro Metastasio

DISC 6-7.: The Country Caffè (1761) – Opera in 3 Acts; Libretto by Pietro Chiari

DISC 8.: Musica Sacra – Revised by Francesco Passadore and Franco Rossi

(Sung in Italian and Latin)

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