Composer: Johann Simon Mayr
Performer: Opera Fuoco
Conductor: David Stern
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP267
Release: 2021
Size: 1.84 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
L’Amor Conjugale
01. Sinfonia
Scena I
02. Introduzione “Gira, gira, molinello” (Floreska)
03. Allegretto “Vieni qua, vieni qua, figliuola” (Floreska, Peters)
Scena II
04. Accompagnato “Sono qua mia cara, addio” (Zeliska, Floreska, Peters)
05. Cantabile “Caro oggetto d’un affeto il più tenero e contento” (Zeliska, Floreska, Peters)
06. Allegro “Lo son allegro, io son contento” (Zeliska, Floreska, Peters)
07. Recitativo “Si Malvino, sta allegro e gia da un pezzo” (Peters, Zeliska, Floreska)
Scena III
08. Recitativo “Sempre più son contento” (Peters, Floreska)
09. Aria “Non so, cosa sia” (Floreska)
Scena IV
10. Recitativo “Qui bisogna sbrigarsi” (Peters)
Scena V, VI, VII
11. Recitativo “Siate pronti miei fidi” (Moroski) – Mio Signore (Peters) – Un espresso (Moroski, Peters)
Scena VII
12. Accompagnato “Qui mi scrive” (Moroski)
13. Aria “Ciel, che lessi quel periglio” (Moroski, Peters)
Scena VIII
14. Recitativo “Lo vedesti” (Floreska, Zeliska)
Scena IX
15. Recitativo “Floreska, ritirati” (Zeliska, Floreska, Peters)
Scena X
16. Recitativo “Lode al Cielo, siam soli” (Zeliska, Peters)
Scena XI
17. Scena “Si, ne profittero” (Zeliska)
Scena XII
18. Recitativo “Lasciami, che ho da fare” (Floreska, Peters)
19. Aria “L’oro a un colore” (Peters)
Scena XIII
20. Recitativo “Sara ver quel che dice” (Floreska)
Scena XIV
21. Scena “Qual notte eterna, spaventosa!” (Amorveno)
22. Aria “Cara immagine adorata” (Amorveno)
23. Accompagnato “Oh Dio, dolce illusione” (Amorveno)
Scena XV
24. Recitativo “Animo, ma cos hai Paura” (Zeliska, Peters)
25. Romanza “Una moglie sventurata” – Prima stanza (Zeliska, Peters)
26. Recitativo “Ma che razza di canzon” (Zeliska, Peters)
27. Romanza “Scuopre alfin, che in nera tomba” – Seconda stanza (Zeliska, Peters)
28. Trio “Ah qual voce mi sorprende” (Amorveno, Zeliska, Peters)
Scena XVI
29. Quartetto “Fra l’orror di questo abisso” (Zeliska, Amorveno, Moroski, Peters)
Scena XVII
30. Accompagnato “Ecco tutto perduto” (Zeliska, Amorveno)
31. Duetto “Ah, ti stringo al seno omai” (Zeliska, Amorveno)
Scena XVIII
32. Finale – Sestetto “Vendetta, vendetta” (Zeliska, Floreska, Amorveno, Aderlao, Moroski, Peters)
Scena ultima
33. Ah, perche non t’apri, o terra (Zeliska, Floreska, Amorveno, Aderlao, Moroski, Peters)
The story of Leonora, taken from the French novel Léonore, ou L’Amour conjugal by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, is familiar to us through Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio. A daring wife disguises herself in order to be hired as a prison guard and manages to rescue her unjustly detained husband. The same story also inspired Giovanni Simone Mayr, a German composer who lived and taught in Bergamo.
An adept of Italian bel canto, Mayr counted Gaetano Donizetti as one of his pupils. L’amor conjugale brought Mayr great success following its 1805 premiere in Padua and was revived many times throughout Europe. Matrimony is not only at the center of the plot, but also of the composer’s style, which cleverly combines orchestral writing inherited from Mozart and Haydn with the Italian vocal tradition, resulting in a highly appealing score. Revisited by David Stern and his company Opera Fuoco in a complete, critical version, this album is an essential addition to the nineteenthcentury operatic canon. This recording also reunites three generations of soloists from Opera Fuoco’s Young Artist Program.