P.A. Cesti

La Dori P.A. Cesti

Pietro Antonio Cesti was one of the most outstanding champions of 17th-century Venetian opera, and La Dori was both his greatest success and a major influence on the genre in the expressiveness of its arias and duets. The story is set in Babylon on the shores of the Euphrates, and is a convoluted and richly tragicomedic tale of

lost lovers, disguises and mistaken identities filled with larger-thanlife and colourfully costumed characters. This revival of a forgotten masterpiece was acclaimed as 'a production of the highest level in every aspect' (musicaculturaonline.it).

Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli and Emoke Baráth, Sopranos

Francesca Ascioti, Mezzo-soprano o Rupert Enticknap, Countertenor

Bradley Smith and Alberto Allegrezza, Tenors

Pietro Di Bianco, Bass-baritone o Federico Sacchi, Bass

Accademia Bizantina o Ottavio Dantone, Conductor

Stefano Vizioli, Stage Director

Libretto by Giovanni Filippo Apolloni