Vinci: Siroe, re di Persia Cristina Alunno, Daniela Salvo, Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo & Antonio Florio

• Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730): Siroe, re di Persia:
• 1Siroe, re di Persia: Sinfonia04:00
• 2Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: Figli, io deggio a voi04:14
• 3Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: Se il mio paterno amore03:34
• 4Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: E poi senza arrossirti05:14
• 5Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: Ancor io penai d'amore04:51
• 6Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: Siroe, non parli?01:09
• 7Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: Se al ciglio lusinghiero03:32
• 8Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: Quanto mi fai pietà02:30
• 9Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: L'onda che mormora04:29
• 10Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: Dall'insidie di Emira06:50
• 11Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: La sorte mia tiranna02:51
• 12Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: Avresti mai creduto00:51
• 13Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: Vedeste mai sul prato03:31
• 14Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: Gran mistero in quei versi00:46
• 15Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: L'incerto mio pensiere08:07
• 16Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: Gran cose io tento00:22
• 17Siroe, re di Persia, Act I: Fra l'orror de la tempesta06:32
• Siroe, re di Persia Act II:
• 18Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Alfin Laodice sei vendicata01:17
• 19Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Voi m'insegnate benché sdegnose03:35
• 20Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Come quel di Laodice04:45
• 21Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Mi credi infedele03:50
• 22Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Pensoso è il Re03:36
• 23Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Deggio a te del giorno i rai04:15
• 24Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Più dubitar non posso00:27
• 25Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Fra sdegno ed amore05:53
• 26Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Disperato e non forte07:22
• 27Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Tu di pietà mi spogli04:18
• 28Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Che risolver degg'io01:19
• 29Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Fra i dubbi affetti miei03:05
• 30Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Dunque l'ami?01:54
• 31Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Amico il fato mi guida04:40
• 32Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Sì diversi sembianti00:14
• 33Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Odio il tiranno00:48
• 34Siroe, re di Persia Act II: Non vi piaque, ingiusti Dei04:24
• Siroe, re di Persia Act III:
• 35Siroe, re di Persia Act III: No, voglio che mora03:50
• 36Siroe, re di Persia Act III: Se il caro figlio04:59
• 37Siroe, re di Persia Act III: Rendi, o Signore03:52
• 38Siroe, re di Persia Act III: Facciano il tuo spavento02:41
• 39Siroe, re di Persia Act III: Ove son? Che m'avvenne?00:29
• 40Siroe, re di Persia Act III: Gelido in ogni vena05:41
• 41Siroe, re di Persia Act III: Olà partite05:00
• 42Siroe, re di Persia Act III: Tu mi volevi estinto02:44
• 43Siroe, re di Persia Act III: Ah, con mio danno imparo00:25
• 44Siroe, re di Persia Act III: Torrente cresciuto per torbida piena06:02
• 45Siroe, re di Persia Act III: Vinto ancor non son io02:00
• 46Siroe, re di Persia Act III: I suoi nemici affetti01:31
• Total Runtime02:38:19

Info for Vinci: Siroe, re di Persia

Based on a ponderous libretto by Metastasio (who defined his own work as stellar) Leonardo Vincis dramma per musica was premiered in Venice in 1726 and was triumphantly acclaimed. Since then, Siroe, Re di Persia was put to music by composers such as Vivaldi, Handel, Hasse, and Galuppi, to mention just a few. The story uses some of the elements of the plot of Partenope, almost as if it were a sequel moved to Persia. Siroes plot revolves around a family mystery mingled with passions, traitors en travesti, fatherly affection and filial honesty that echoes Shakespeares King Lear. Performed in concert version at Teatro San Carlo of Naples in 2018, this rare opera was chosen to open the theatres 281st season. Conductor Antonio Florio , specialist of the Neapolitan Baroque repertoire, revised the score.

Carlo Allemano, tenor (Cosroe)
Roberta Invernizzi, soprano (Emira)
Cristina Alunno, mezzosoprano (Siroe)
Leslie Visco, soprano (Medarse)
Luca Cervoni, tenor (Arasse)
Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Antonio Florio, conductor

Cristina Alunno
a young Italian mezzo-soprano with a versatile, warm and brilliant voice combined with a wide vocal range, able to interpret each character with scenic intensity. ​

Recently she made her debut at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, conducted by A. Florio as Siroe in Siroe Re di Persia by L. Vinci, a work performed in world premiere in modern times and recorded live by Dynamic.

She participated in the Verdi Festival of Parma as a cover of the role of Azucena in G. Verdi's Le Trouvère conducted by R. Abbado and directed by R. Wilson.

​She was cover of Anna Caterina Antonacci for Cesira's role in La Ciociara of M. Tutino at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, she was Mercedes in Carmen by G. Bizet at the Teatro delle Muse in Ancona and she debutted Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana by P. Mascagni at IV Festival Illica in Castell'arquato, she sang in the oratorio Israel in Egypt by G. F. Handel at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia. She was Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana by P. Mascagni at the Teatro G. B. Pergolesi in Jesi and took part in the Festival Verdi of Parma in the concert I Quattro Pezzi Sacri by G.Verdi. ​

During her rising career she sang Preziosilla and Curra in La Forza del Destino by G. Verdi conducted by Zubin Mehta. She sang Maddalena in Rigoletto by G. Verdi and Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana by P. Mascagni., in Die Zaunberflote by W. A. Mozart as second lady, Zulma in Italiana in Algeri by G. Rossini, Juditha in Juditha Triumphans by A. Vivaldi, Narciso in the homonym opera by D.Scarlatti, Dido in Dido and Aeneas by H.Purcell, Statira in L’Incoronazione di Dario by A.Vivaldi, La Fama and Palante in La Guerra de los Gigantes by S. Duron, Flora and Annina in La Traviata by G. Verdi and Clotilde in Norma by V. Bellini also with Mariella Devia, Catherine in Jeanne d’Arc au Bucher by A. Honneger, as Kate P. and covered for Suzuki in Madama Butterfly by G. Puccini, in Stabat Mater di G. B. Pergolesi and she also took part in the shows Canti dall’inferno by A. Chenna and Que son las nubes with music by W. A. Mozart. ​

She performed in important theaters including the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, the Teatro Regio of Parma, the Savonlinna Opera Festival in a tournèe with the Teatro Regio of Torino, the Palacio de la Opera in A Coruna, the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, the Teatro G. B. Pergolesi in Jesi, Teatro D. Alighieri in Ravenna and Teatro delle Muse of Ancona. She has sung with some of the most renowned conductors including Zubin Mehta, Gianandrea Noseda, Daniele Callegari, Fabio Biondi, Josep Pons, Federico Maria Sardelli, Ottavio Dantone, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, Christopher Franklin, Giuseppe Finzi, Guillaume Tourniaire, Gustavo Gimeno and Paolo Olmi. She has worked with directors such as Willy Decker, Davide Livermore, Gustavo Tambascio, Joan Font, Vittorio Borrelli, Paul-Emile Fourny., Francesco Saponaro, and Vivien Hewitt. ​

Cristina has performed on various stages around the world including the Gulangyu Concert Hall in China with Antonio Pompa-Baldi and the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally she performed at the Centrepoint Theatre in Dubai and Emirates Palace Auditorium in Abu Dhabi for the Italian Festival Week, the Auditorium Parco della Musica Sala Petrassi in Rome, the Palazzo Albrizzi di Venezia with the Piesni i Piosnki song collection by F. Chopin, the Festival Suona Francese at Palazzo Farnese in Rome for the French embassy, the Pantheon S. Cristina in Cesena for the Festival Metamorfosi del Contemporaneo in Der Abschied by G. Mahler.

Selected for the Final rounds of Operalia Competition in Los Angeles, she received great recognition by winning several international competitions such as first price in the International Franca Mattiucci Opera Competition, the Premio Città di Pisa "Tribute to Titta Ruffo" competition, the Primo Palcoscenico competition and the Carlo Meliciani competition.

She began her vocal studies at the Conservatorio G. B. Martini in Bologna and after graduating she perfected her abilities at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome under the guided tuition of Renata Scotto. Afterwards, for two years, she attended the Centre de Perfeccionament Placido Domingo at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia.

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