Raphael Fusco
Un'alma innamorata
Duration: 13'
Solos:
countertenor
Instrumentation details:
harpsichord (+lute)
violin I
violin II
violoncello
Un'alma innamorata
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Raphael Fusco
Countertenor (Un'alma innamorata)
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Type: Solostimme(n)
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Work introduction
Un’alma innamorata (“A soul in love”) is a cantata for countertenor, strings, and basso continuo on an 18th- century text attributed to Abbé Francesco Mazzioti originally set by G. F. Handel in a secular cantata of the same name. It was commissioned by Nicholas Tamagna and premiered by I Porporini led by Gerd Amelung in the Schlosstheater Celle, Germany.
The cantata fuses Jazz, Blues, Spirituals and Neapolitan Song with Baroque textures and structures to relate the timeless message of an anonymous lover who comes to terms with the pains of their fidelity. In the end the moral of the story: “He who wishes to enjoy life must first learn how to love.”
What is necessary to perform this work?
Countertenor (or contralto / mezzosoprano)
2 Violins
Violoncello
Harpsichord
Optional Theorbo/Archlute and Contrabass
The work may be performed by solo instrumentalists one on a part, or by a string section