{"id":8630,"date":"2022-05-27T10:59:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T08:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/post-discographie\/francesco-sacrati-la-finta-pazza\/"},"modified":"2023-09-18T12:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T10:02:21","slug":"francesco-sacrati-la-finta-pazza","status":"publish","type":"post-discographie","link":"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/en\/post-discographie\/francesco-sacrati-la-finta-pazza\/","title":{"rendered":"Francesco Sacrati, La Finta Pazza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/finta_couv-1024x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/finta_couv-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/finta_couv-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/finta_couv-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/finta_couv.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><strong>Leonardo Garc\u00eda Alarc\u00f3n and his Cappella Mediterranea bring Sacrati&#8217;s opera back to life. Discover this opera that was the first to be performed in Paris and gave young Louis XIV a taste for dancing! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For this first recording, Sacrati\u2019s colourful work benefits from an excellent cast of fifteen coherent singers. They\u2019re supported by the stunning Capella Mediterranea Ensemble, comprised of lutes, archlutes, guitars, harps, harpsichords, organs, viols and lyres. <\/em>La Finta pazza<em> played a significant role in introducing Italian opera to France, and it\u2019s wonderful to see it being played in the country once again after an absence of nearly four centuries.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Fran\u00e7ois Hudry for Qobuz<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The opera that made the king dance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>14 December 1645: Cardinal Mazarin arranged for the first Italian opera to be performed in Paris for the entertainment of Queen Mother Anne of Austria and her son, the young King Louis XIV. In return for a fortune, the Italian troupe performed Sacrati&#8217;s <em>La Finta pazza<\/em>, a work first performed in Venice in 1641. To capture the attention of the 7-year-old monarch, they added ballet sequences with monkeys, bears and ostriches. Giacomo Torelli&#8217;s sumptuous sets were built with machinery that had never been seen in France before. The opera also contained the first significant mad scene in history: Deidamie has to pretend to be mad in order to hold her lover, Achilles, who has disguised himself as a woman to escape his fate. This work was fundamental to the history of opera in France and Leonardo Garc\u00eda Alarc\u00f3n has brought it back to life with beauty and vivacity, producing a true musical miracle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La Finta Pazza, Nominated Best Rediscovered Work\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vQSGaVW9xic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Finta-pazza-Versailles-6-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"Mariana Flores, Marcel Beekman, Valerio Contaldo, La Finta Pazza Sacrati, Op&#xE9;ra Royal de Versailles, Capella Mediterranea\" class=\"wp-image-4976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Finta-pazza-Versailles-6-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Finta-pazza-Versailles-6-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Finta-pazza-Versailles-6-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Finta-pazza-Versailles-6-1536x1055.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Finta-pazza-Versailles-6.jpg 1602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-328c6305 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<a class=\"link-default link-center link-circle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qobuz.com\/fr-fr\/album\/la-finta-pazza-leonardo-garcia-alarcon\/gvl7ftw6k0bcb\">\n    <div class=\"content-circle\">\n        <div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <span class=\"title\">\n        Listen to the album on Qobuz    <\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mariana Flores,<\/strong> soprano &#8211; <em>Deidamia<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Paul Antoine Benos-Djian,<\/strong> countertenor &#8211; <em>Achille<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Carlo Vistoli,<\/strong> countertenor &#8211; <em>Ulisse<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Valerio Contaldo,<\/strong> tenor &#8211; <em>Diomede<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alejandro Meerapfel,<\/strong> baritone &#8211; <em>Licomede<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kacper Szel\u0105\u017cek,<\/strong> countertenor, <em>Eunuco<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marcel Beekman,<\/strong> tenor &#8211; <em>Nodrice<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Salvo Vitale,<\/strong> bass &#8211; <em>Capitano<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Julie Roset,<\/strong> soprano &#8211; <em>Aurora\/Giunone<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fiona McGown,<\/strong><em> <\/em>mezzo-soprano<em> -T\u00e9tide\/Vittoria<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alexander Miminoshvili,<\/strong> bass baritone &#8211; <em>Vulcano\/Giove<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Norma Nahoun,<\/strong> soprano &#8211; <em>Fama\/Minerva<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aur\u00e9lie Marjot,<\/strong> soprano &#8211; <em>Donzella 1<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anna Piroli,<\/strong> soprano &#8211; <em>Donzella 2<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sarah Hauss,<\/strong> soprano &#8211; <em>Donzella 3<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Recorded from 9 to 13 June 2021 at l&#8217;Op\u00e9ra Royal du Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles<\/em>. <br\/><em>148 minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3e84c3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Released on 27 May 2022 by Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles Spectacles<\/mark><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-328c6305 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<a class=\"link-default link-center link-circle\" href=\"https:\/\/tickets.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr\/merchandising\/35377\/cvs070-3cd-la-finta-pazza?\">\n    <div class=\"content-circle\">\n        <div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <span class=\"title\">\n        Purchase album    <\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"container titre-secondaire\">\n    <h2 class=\"\">About<\/h2>\n            <p><p>Long considered a \u201cghost composer\u201d, Francesco Sacrati (1605-1650) has been given a new lease of life following the discovery of his opera <i>La Finta pazza<\/i> in 1984 (discovered by musicologist Lorenzo Bianconi). Composed in 1641 in Venice by the greatest musicians of the time, it was the first opera to be performed at the French court (1645) before the young King Louis XIV. It may have even triggered his passion for dance.<\/p>\n<p>This opera beautifully combines lyrics and music and is somewhat similar in style to Monteverdi and Cavall. It was performed at Versailles in 2019 as part of the Op\u00e9ra Royal by Capella Mediterranea (conducted by founder Leonardo Garc\u00eda Alarc\u00f3n). The present recording, made two years later at the very same venue, reveals Sacrati to be a first class composer who, according to Garc\u00eda Alarc\u00f3n, also participated in the creation of Monteverdi\u2019s enigmatic <i>Incoronazione di Poppea<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The recovered score is almost complete, except for the instrumental prologue and a few ritornellos (the violin parts of which are not notated, as was common practice at the time). There are numerous comical moments throughout the work, as well as erotic passages typical of the time period. There are also hunting scenes, sleeping scenes and scenes that are quite gruesome in nature, as well as one of the first mad scenes in the history of opera. With a libretto that re-establishes women in leading roles, <i>Finta pazza<\/i> is still very much in tune with the modern day.<\/p>\n<p>For this first recording, Sacrati\u2019s colourful work benefits from an excellent cast of fifteen coherent singers. They\u2019re supported by the stunning Capella Mediterranea Ensemble, comprised of lutes, archlutes, guitars, harps, harpsichords, organs, viols and lyres. <i>La Finta pazza<\/i> played a significant role in the export of Italian opera to France, and it\u2019s wonderful to see it being played in the country once again after almost four centuries of absence.<\/p>\n<p><b>Fran\u00e7ois Hudry for Qobuz<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ef350914 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<a class=\"link-default link-center link-circle\" href=\"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/post-discographie\/disques-de-lga-2\/\">\n    <div class=\"content-circle\">\n        <div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <span class=\"title\">\n        Concerts    <\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"container partenaires-telechargements no-file\">\n\n    <div class=\"partenaires\">\n        <h3>Our partners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"partenaires_content\">\n                            <div class=\"partenaire_item\" data-call-modal=\"\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"\" height=\"\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"modal\" style=\"visibility: hidden;\" data-modal=\"\">\n                    <div class=\"content-modal col1\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"\" height=\"\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" >\n                        <p>This recording was made possible by Le Centre national de la musique.<\/p>\n                        <span class=\"icon-close\"><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leonardo Garc\u00eda Alarc\u00f3n and his Cappella Mediterranea bring Sacrati&#8217;s opera back to life. 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