Dorothee Oberlinger, Ensemble 1700 – Andrea Bernasconi: L’Huomo (2024)
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With her recording of the baroque opera “L’Huomo” – a “Festa teatrale” with a libretto by Margravine Wilhelmine (Frederick the Great’s favorite sister) and music by Andrea Bernasconi – Dorothee Oberlinger has once again made a sensational discovery! “L’Huomo” was premiered in 1754 on the occasion of Frederick II’s visit to the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth; more than two hundred years later and after years of intensive research, Dorothee Oberlinger and her Ensemble 1700 and an excellent cast of soloists performed the opera there again in 2023 “with verve and colorful splendor” and provided “pleasurable hours of opera” (Opera!), from which the world premiere recording of the work emerged.Wilhelmine von Bayreuth, the sister of Frederick II of Prussia, was the librettist of “L’Huomo” (ambiguously: The Man or the Man) and commissioned the then Munich Vice-Kapellmeister Andreas Bernasconi (1706-1784) to set the text to music. The plot explores the interplay of good and evil forces, which are expressed by the protagonists Animia and Anemone, the female and male souls. The opera is characterized by a great variety of forms – with dramatic accompanied recitatives, large ensemble tableaux and arias between baroque, gallant style and sensibility. It thus contrasts tragic and humorous elements in a wonderful way. In addition, dances from Carl Heinrich Graun’s “Armida” have been specially reconstructed and inserted in place of the lost dances.
The live performances at the Potsdam Festival in the summer of 2023 were praised by the tagesspiegel: “One would almost think that Dorothee Oberlinger, who often conducts her beautiful-sounding twenty-piece orchestra from the wrist without a baton, translates the double meaning (of the opera) into her own alternation of tenderness and pathos, channeled through seconds of abrupt pauses. A finesse that all eight singers take up at all times. Philipp Mathmann as the male soul Anemone is a countertenor of great radiance, the good spirit of Francesca Benitez sings crystal-clear coloraturas like a queen of the (dawning) night. Alice Lackner’s melting alto and Maria Ladurner’s female soul Animia are completely enchanting in their arias and cavatinas, Florian Götz is full of cleverly tamed power as the bass-baritone Prince of Hell, and Simon Bode (…) surprises with little comedic interludes as Cupid.”
Tracklist:
1-01. Dorothee Oberlinger – Fanfare (01:26)
1-02. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Trema, Spirto infernal (Recitativo accompagnato) (02:39)
1-03. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Interludio Strumentale (00:13)
1-04. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Pantomime- Menuet (Balli) (01:01)
1-05. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Adorabil Deità (Recitativo) (00:58)
1-06. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Allegro assai (Interludio Strumentale) (00:10)
1-07. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Soffre talor del vento (Aria) (08:35)
1-08. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Ad istruire i mortali (Recitativo) (00:44)
1-09. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Caro padre (Aria) (05:32)
1-10. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Musette-Ballet (Balli) (01:56)
1-11. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Prelude-Largo assai-Presto-Gravement (Balli) (01:30)
1-12. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Vincemmo amici (Recitativo) (02:40)
1-13. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Presto-Presto (Balli) (02:09)
1-14. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Vivace (Interludio Strumentale) (00:10)
1-15. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Animia, ecco lo stral (Recitativo) (00:27)
1-16. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Venite, venite (Coro) (01:23)
1-17. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Dove son io! (Recitativo accompagnato) (03:29)
1-18. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Per lei mi nacque amore (Aria) (04:05)
1-19. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Da si dolci espressioni (Recitativo) (01:03)
1-20. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Che bel piacere (Aria) (05:31)
1-21. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Grazioso (Interludio Strumentale) (00:38)
1-22. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Sotto l’impero mio (Recitativo) (00:52)
1-23. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Cieli, che veggo! (Recitativo) (01:09)
1-24. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Arresta il passo (Recitativo) (01:46)
1-25. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Dar bando alla ragione (Aria) (06:20)
2-01. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Cieli! Qual’ improviso (Recitativo) (01:08)
2-02. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Vani li sforzi miei (Recitativo) (00:49)
2-03. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Genio eterno (Aria) (06:00)
2-04. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: D’aver resi al mio impero (Recitativo) (01:30)
2-05. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Se un dardo avvento (Aria) (05:56)
2-06. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Marcia (Interludio Strumentale I) (00:42)
2-07. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Monarca invitto (Coro) (01:01)
2-08. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Del vostro ardente zelo (Recitativo) (00:39)
2-09. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Tergi quei vaghi rai (Aria) (04:44)
2-10. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Mostro crudel (Recitativo) (01:00)
2-11. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Cieli! Anemone è questi! (Recitativo) (00:38)
2-12. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Questi brevi momenti (Recitativo) (00:36)
2-13. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Sino al respiro estremo (Aria) (03:55)
2-14. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Ah traditor! (Recitativo) (00:26)
2-15. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Per ingannar più facilmente (Recitativo) (03:59)
2-16. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Fuggi da me t’invola (Aria) (08:00)
2-17. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Dove corri infelice (Recitativo) (00:58)
2-18. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: La ragion gli affetti (Aria) (04:47)
2-19. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Esiti ancor? (Recitativo) (00:22)
2-20. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Del tuo malvagio impegno (Aria) (03:21)
2-21. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Possenti numi! (Recitativo) (01:05)
2-22. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Marcia (Interludio Strumentale II) (01:04)
3-01. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Gran nume fulgido (Coro I) (02:23)
3-02. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Ah chiaro splendi intorrno (Cavatina) (02:54)
3-03. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Tu de nostri emuli (Coro) (00:39)
3-04. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Ecco, già manifesto (Recitativo) (00:24)
3-05. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: O Sol che venero (Cavatina) (02:16)
3-06. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Gran nume fulgido (Coro II) (00:51)
3-07. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Genio possente (Recitativo) (00:58)
3-08. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Prelude-Grazioso-Menuet-Allegro (Balli) (03:07)
3-09. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Andiamo, e si prepari (Recitativo) (00:16)
3-10. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Marcia (Interludio Strumentale III) (00:26)
3-11. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Amabile Incosia (Recitativo) (00:58)
3-12. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Della farfalla infida (Aria) (06:11)
3-13. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Del suo labbro (Recitativo) (00:13)
3-14. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Cieli, è qui Negiorea (Recitativo) (00:22)
3-15. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Ti sembro austera (Aria) (05:29)
3-16. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: In quale errore (Recitativo) (00:58)
3-17. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Disperato (Interludio Strumentale) (00:17)
3-18. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Cieli! M’avreste forse (Recitativo accompagnato) (02:58)
3-19. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Ove fuggo? (Cavatina) (00:50)
3-20. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Si, che voglio appagarvi (Recitativo) (00:22)
3-21. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Ah scigurato (Recitativo) (03:03)
3-22. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: E dunque ver (Recitativo) (02:51)
3-23. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Le tenebre vinte (Coro) (02:30)
3-24. Dorothee Oberlinger – L’Huomo: Allegro di molto-Presto assai (Balli) (01:13)
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