Josè Maria Lo Monaco mezzo-soprano ; Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri; Giulio Prandi conductor

It is the fate of myths to be taken up and reworked across the centuries, every time permeated by the ever-changing human Zeitgeist. The myth of Ariadne – universal in its interplay of love, oppression, political cunning, salvation and the alternation of deceptive joy and pain – has repeatedly inspired musicians in some of their finest creations, from Claudio Monteverdi to Richard Strauss.

This musical programme focuses on the myth of Ariadne in the 18th Century, following a double thread: an artistic one, tracing its narrative variations, and a geographical one, moving through the major European musical capitals, from London to Vienna via Naples and Dresden.

Francesco Bartolomeo Conti – Sinfonia
Francesco Bartolomeo Conti – Recitativo e aria d’Arianna
Alessandro Scarlatti – Son pur ridotta a piangere
Giovanni Alberto Ristori – Nell’onda chiara
Benedetto Marcello – Sinfonia
Benedetto Marcello – Come mai puoi vedermi piangere
Nicola Porpora – Si, caro ti consola
Alessandro Scarlatti – Sinfonia
Alessandro Scarlatti – Ingoiatelo, laceratelo