Saverio Mercadante – ORAZI E CURIAZI – Act I finale

Описание: ORAZI E CURIAZI
Tragedia lirica in 3 atti
Composer: Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870)
Libretto: Salvadore Cammarano
First performance: Teatro San Carlo, Naples, 10 November 1846

Setting: Rome, 7th century BC

Camilla is betrothed to the Alban Curiazio, but Rome is at war with Alba. Three Alban warriors will fight three Roman warriors; the losing side will be subject to the victor. The chosen warriors include Curiazio and Camilla's brother Orazio. Orazio kills Curiazio. During his triumph, Camilla curses him, and he stabs his sister to death.

Act I finale
Camilla and Curiazio are about to be married, but Orazio – Camilla's brother, and one of the warriors chosen to fight for Rome – interrupts the ceremony. Curiazio and his brothers will fight for Alba. Camilla is devastated; now she can never marry Curiazio. While she curses the gods, her father and brother remind her that she is a Roman woman, and Curiazio prepares to fight.

Il vecchio Orazio, cavaliere romano / Roman knight (bass): Alastair Miles
Orazio, suo figlio / his son (baritone): Anthony Michaels-Moore
Camilla, sua figlia / his daughter (soprano): Nelly Miricioiu
Sabina, moglie di Orazio / Orazio’s wife (mezzosoprano): Jennifer Rhys-Davies
Curazio, suo fratello, guerriero albano / her brother, knight of Alba Longa: Marcus Jerome
Il gran sacerdote / The high priest (tenor): Paul Nilon
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

Conductor: David Parry
Philharmonia Orchestra
Opera Rara, London, 1995