Handel - Flavio / Jeffrey Gall, Derek Lee Ragin, Lena Lootens, Bernarda Fink, Ensemble 415, Dir. René Jacobs / Harmonia Mundi 2x Audio CD 1990, Box Set HMC 901312.13 UPC: 093046131227 harmonia mundi s.a. ℗ 1990Made in W. GermanyRecorded at the "Festwoche Der Alten Musik" in Innsbruck in August 1989.A WDR 3 co-production Flavio, re de' Longobardi ("Flavio, King of the Lombards", HWV 16) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian-language libretto was by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Matteo Noris's Flavio Cuniberto. It was Handel's fourth full-length opera for the Royal Academy of Music. Handel had originally entitled the opera after the character of Emilia in the opera. Flavio is unusually concise for an opera by Handel of this period. It is also notable as a skillful blend of tragedy and comedy, both in the text and the music, and for being one of Handel's few operas to feature leading roles for all major voice categories of his day – soprano, contralto, castrato, tenor and bass. Label: Harmonia Mundi – HMC 901312.13 Format: 2 x CD, Album, Box Set Country: Europe Released: 1990 Genre: Classical Style: Baroque, Opera Tracklist: Flavio, Rè Di Longobardi, Opera, HWV 16 Acte I 1-1 Ouverture 3:17 1-2 Scène 1. 5:44 1-3 Scènes 2 Et 3. 6:39 1-4 Scène 4. 6:09 1-5 Scène 5. 6:20 1-6 Scènes 6 Et 7. 5:03 1-7 Scène 8. 3:40 1-8 Scène 9. 3:13 1-9 Scènes 10 Et 11. 7:21 1-10 Scènes 12 Et 13. 6:08 Acte II 1-11 Scènes 1 À 3. 6:32 1-12 Scène 4. 4:20 1-13 Scène 5. 9:10 1-14 Scène 6. 5:33 2-1 Scène 7. 5:40 2-2 Scène 8. 5:39 2-3 Scène 9. 5:44 2-4 Scènes 10 Et 11. 10:57 Acte III 2-5 Scène 1. 8:01 2-6 Scène 2. 3:51 2-7 Scène 2. 7:46 2-8 Scène 3. 4:31 2-9 Scène 4. 4:05 2-10 Scène 4. 6:25 2-11 Scènes 5 Et 6. 1:53 2-12 Scène 7. 8:23 2-13 Scène 7. 3:05 Bass Vocals – Ulrich Messthaler Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel Conductor – René Jacobs Countertenor Vocals – Derek Lee Ragin, Jeffrey Gall Design [Costumes] – Claude Masson Directed By [Mise en scene] – Christian Gangneron Edited By – Paul Dery Engineer – Thomas Gallia Ensemble – Ensemble 415 Liner Notes – Winton Dean Liner Notes [English Translation] – Derek Yeld Liner Notes [French Translation] – Brigitte Barchasz, Viviane Scarpellini Liner Notes [German Translation] – Liesel B. Sayre Liner Notes [Synopsis] – Liesel B. Sayre Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Bernarda Fink Photography By – Yannick Coupannec Producer – Eva Coutaz, Klaus L. Neumann Set Designer – Thierry Leproust Soprano Vocals – Christina Högman, Lena Lootens Tenor Vocals – Gian Paolo Fagotto
